death_date years_active death_place birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
14 november 1987 1960 -- 1987 -lrb- his death -rrb- burbank , california , u.s. new york city , new york , u.s. milt josefsberg 29 june 1911 milt josefsberg
 milton josefsberg television screenwriter/producer
milt josefsberg

milt josefsberg -lrb- june 29 , 1911 -- december 14 , 1987 -rrb- was a radio writer for `` the jack benny program '' , and later a writer for many television sitcoms , such as `` archie bunker 's place '' , `` all in the family '' , `` here 's lucy '' , `` the lucy show '' , `` the odd couple '' and `` the jack benny show '' .
he wrote books on the jack benny show and comedy writing .
jim wickey of `` the green house '' , `` the rip borsley show '' once commented about josefsberg : '' `` milt josefsberg is an american success story .
i doubt i would be writing if i had not been influenced by milt , and i know that can be said for many of today 's writers .
the wga picket line would be thinner without him ! '' ''
also a producer and script reader , josefsberg , who was called by mel shavelson , one-time creative partner and three-time writers gould of america -lrb- wga -rrb- president `` the maven of comedy '' , did such for the television show , `` the joey bishop show '' from 1961 to 1965 , the film `` butterfly '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- , as well as the tv series , `` you ca n't take it with you '' which ran from 1987 to 1988 .
he also penned the books `` the jack benny show '' and `` comedy writing for television and hollywood : for television and hollywood '' with garry marshall -lrb- executive producer of the abc-tv sitcom series `` happy days '' and `` laverne and shirley '' -rrb-
