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Find sources: Jack Douglas Writer - News Newspaper Book Scientist JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Jack DouglasBornDouglas Linley Crickard17, 1908Lynbrook, New York, USDiedJanuary 31, 1989 (1989-01-31) (age 80)Los Angeles, California, USA Pen nameJack DouglasOccupationNovelist, story writer, columnist, actor, TV presenter, comedianPeriod1947-1979GenreComedyNotedy work My brother was the only childSpousesReiko Hashimoto (1 960-1989 - His death) Marion Hutton (1949-1954 - divorced) Merle Dean Crane (1)937-1949 - divorced)Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children5 Jack Douglas (Children Douglas Linley Crickard was born , July 17, 1908 - January 31, 1989) was an American comedy writer who wrote for radio and television while additionally writing a series of humor books. Radio Radio, he was a writer for Red Skelton, Bob Hope and Situation Comedy, By Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou (1938-46), in which Riggs switched back and forth from his natural baritone to the voice of a seven-year-old girl. Television Continues to write for Skelton and Hope as he moved to television, Douglas also wrote for Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, Woody Allen, Johnny Carson, The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet, The Jack Paar Show, The George Gobel Show and Laughter-In. Laugh-In's producer, George Schlatter, said: He saw the world from a different angle than the rest of us. Not only was he funny, he was good. He was best known for his frequent appearances as a guest on the Jack Paar show in the late 1950s and early 1960s. On the one hand, when Douglas was well established as a guest of Paar, Paar punished him for holding a stack of cards with jokes during a conversation with Paar. When Paar returned to television in 1973 and faced unexpected low ratings, he enlisted Douglas to post a monologue material in the mail. A week there was no mail from Douglas; but his next package contained a note: Sorry, I didn't send anything last week. I forgot what you were on. Douglas and his third wife, Reiko, a japanese-born singer and comedian, were regular guests at the show, hosted by Merv Griffin, Dick Cavet and Johnny Carson. The 1959 humor books of Douglas's performances with Paar gave him a huge audience for his humorous memoirs, published by Dutton and Putnam with many paperback editions of the mass market Pocket Books and others. My brother was an only child, adapted from a book he published privately in 1947 and sent to 400 of his friends, remained on the bestseller lists for several months in 1959. Some of his books, including Up and Eat Your Snowshoes (1970), were installed in Northern Ontario, Ontario, Jack and Reiko Douglas lived for several years after buying a desert house on Bird Lake near Killarney Provincial Park in 1968. The City of Chinookville in Northern Ontario books are based on the Ontario city of Sudbury. The book Neighbors Scare My Wolf (1968) was based on his experience of living in New Canan, Connecticut. Douglas won an Emmy in 1954 for Best Comedy Material. In his 2003 film Everything Else, Woody Allen (as his character David Dobel) references one of Douglas's books, Never Trust naked Bus Driver, in this bit of dialogue: Years ago, Falk, a very wonderful comedy writer, wrote a very funny book, with a deep, very deep and meaningful title. It was called Never Trust a Naked Bus Driver. Now, you'd be surprised how many people do just that - and worse. Jack Douglas's No Navel books to guide him (1947) My brother was an only child (1959) Never Trust a Naked Bus Driver (1960) Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way to the Grave (1959) The Adventures of Huckleberry Hashimoto (1964) Neighbors Scare My Wolf (1968) Shut Up and Eat Snowshoes (1970) What Do You Hear From Walden Pond? (1971) Jewish/Japanese Sex and Cookbook, and How to Raise Wolves (1972) Benedict Arnold Slept Here (1975) Going Nuts in Brazil (1977) Rubber Duck (1979) Links to Jack Douglas buys a Canadian island. Ottawa Magazine. March 2, 1968. 62. Received on January 8, 2015 - through Newspapers.com. Jack Douglas's External References documents at Syracuse University Special Collection Research Center Toynbee Doob's Pal Time (June 15, 1959) are derived from the (writer) Oldid'960991650 Don't let the name of the Jewish-Japanese sex and cook book and how to raise a wolf fool. There is some rising wolves, but hardly sex and no real Jewish-Japanese cuisine fusion talk. Jack Douglas was a humorist writer working in the 1970s and seemed to relish filling his book with as many socially unacceptable jokes as humanly possible. With the advantage of politically correct hindsight, there is no way Douglas would have been published today with his perch for sexist, racist and homophobic cracks. However, if you fancy an understanding of the heyday of the nerve-touching 1970s give Douglas a read. Maybe it will show only the big stick we have our butts these days. You also like: The Book of Lovers Fortress Solitude Ribs, Chops, Steaks, Wings How Incredible It May Seem, author Jack Douglas based this book on his personal experience. After forging a storied career as a comedy writer- with frequent appearances on radio and television- Douglas spent his time picking up wolves (among other animals). In the book, he pairs a life story and a comic laugh out loud the effect, taking his main character from Connecticut's suburbs in Lost Lake, Ontario. All the while, rude jokes and absurd antics fly like tennis balls from a machine gun. Meanwhile, a perfectly funny atmosphere permeates every page, as if the book feeds mainly on the power of wise cracks. Of course, this is just one of the many gut-busting efforts of Jack Douglas. In addition to his career as a writer for radio and television, he has written popular books like What Do You Hear From Walden Pond? And shut up and eat snowshoes! Both of these books similarly find the author mixing rough comedy with personal experiences. They may not be appropriate for today's audience, but in some ways that makes them all the more refreshing. Despite its imperceptible appearance, Jewish-Japanese sex and Cook's book and how to raise wolves are actually quite hard to find these days. In fact, the cheapest copy on Amazon is a whopping $145 USD, and that's for a paperback edition. Copies listed in NSW are in ballpark of $555 USD and up. Yes, $555 for a mint condition is a copy of this outrageous book. Needless to say, we'll keep our eyes peeled the next time we go thrift shopping! Check it out you'd also like: Book Lovers of Fortress Of Solitude Ribs, Chops, Steaks, Wings Yes, You Read It Right - Jewish-Japanese Sex and Cookie Books and How to Raise Wolves Here at AbeBooks, We're Not Strangers' Oddities. Not only are we a bit weird of ourselves, but we've been combing the literary world for strange books to add to the Weird Book Room for years. So maybe I shouldn't have been surprised this morning to learn about a book called The Jewish-Japanese Sex and Cook Book and How to Raise The Wolves by Jack Douglas. I felt my eyebrows lift in spite of myself. The investigation reveals that the book's author, Jack Douglas (1908-1989), was an American comedy writer (not to be confused with the comedian, Jack Douglas of Carry On Films), making the book less likely to be any manual or serious volume seeking to lure one into a cult. What a relief. Rather, the 1972 title, published by the sons of G.P. Putnam, seems to be a kind of memoir - Douglas tongue-in-cheek, a comedic account trying to raise (literally) wolves in suburban Connecticut. When the wildness of wolves turns too much for a quiet life cul- de-sac (as it would be), Douglas and his family (two-legged and four-legged alike) head to the green pastures - in this case, two small islands in the wild northern Ontario that Douglas acquired in 1968. Reviews of the book are mixed, with some readers put aside for language 1970s deemed definitely racist, sexist and otherwise biased by today's standards, and other readers able to suspend their outrage, forgive the disruption decades ago, and enjoy silly humor and sincere books, and of course the notion of owning domestic wolves. Teh Teh also seems to hide some serious reports about wildlife conservation under its rough, wisecracking surface. The book is out of print and there are currently only a dozen copies available on the site, ranging in price from $200 to $850. Douglas was born in 1908 and named Douglas Linley Crickard, but chose the pseudonym Jack Douglas for his writing. He wrote mainly for television and radio, but the author of humorous books on the side. He was known for his work on Laughter-In (I wonder if he is responsible for Here Come The Judge!?), as well as writing for both Red Skelton and Bob Hope. He had a long-term friendship with TV presenter Jack Paar, and appeared on his show regularly as well as on Merv Griffin.