Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS of U and ME

In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Land" target="_self">TV Land</a> 2006 documentary The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Ganz" target="_self">Lowell Ganz</a> credits Belson with including the catchphrase in the script of the season 3 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(1970_TV_series)" target="_self">Odd Couple</a> episode "My Strife in Court" (originally aired Friday, February 16, 1973).&nbsp; Ganz noted that Belson had heard it used years ago by a teacher in a typewriter repair class.

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<h2>Contents</h2><h2>Career</h2>Belson's writing credits include the Steven Spielberg films <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)" title="Always (1989 film)" dir="ltr">Always</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind" title="Close Encounters of the Third Kind" dir="ltr">Close Encounters of the Third Kind</a>, several episodes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show" title="The Dick Van Dyke Show" dir="ltr">The Dick Van Dyke Show</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C." title="Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." dir="ltr">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Spy_(1965_TV_series)" title="I Spy (1965 TV series)" dir="ltr">I Spy</a>. During the early 1960s, concurrent with contributing scripts for TV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcoms" title="Sitcoms" dir="ltr">sitcoms</a> with then writing partner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall" dir="ltr">Garry Marshall</a>, Belson contributed stories for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Key_Comics" title="Gold Key Comics" dir="ltr">Gold Key Comics</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-1" dir="ltr">[1]</a> He also helped produce <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show" dir="ltr">The Drew Carey Show</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Norm_Show" title="The Norm Show" dir="ltr">The Norm Show</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show" dir="ltr">The Tracey Ullman Show</a>.
In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Land" title="TV Land" dir="ltr">TV Land</a> 2006 documentary The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Ganz" title="Lowell Ganz" dir="ltr">Lowell Ganz</a> credits Belson with including in the script of the season 3 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(1970_TV_series)" title="The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)" dir="ltr">Odd Couple</a> episode "My Strife in Court" (originally aired Friday, February 16, 1973) the catchphrase "Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS of U and ME." Ganz noted that Belson had heard it used years ago by a teacher in a typewriter repair class.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" dir="ltr">citation needed</a>]
He won three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards" dir="ltr">Emmy Awards</a>: two for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show" dir="ltr">The Tracey Ullman Show</a> in 1989 and 1990, and one for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Takes_On..." title="Tracey Takes On..." dir="ltr">Tracey Takes On...</a> in 1997.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-2" dir="ltr">[2]</a>
<h2>Death</h2>Belson died of cancer on October 10, 2006 at his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles" dir="ltr">Los Angeles</a> home.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-3" dir="ltr">[3]</a>
His sister, screenwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Johnson" title="Monica Johnson" dir="ltr">Monica Johnson</a>, died on November 1, 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-latimes-4" dir="ltr">[4]</a>

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Belson's writing credits include the Steven Spielberg films <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_(1989_film)">Always </a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind">Close Encounters of the Third Kind </a> , several episodes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show">The Dick Van Dyke Show </a> ; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer_Pyle,_U.S.M.C.">Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. </a> , and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Spy_(1965_TV_series)">I Spy </a> . During the early 1960s, concurrent with contributing scripts for TV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcoms">sitcoms </a>with then writing partner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Marshall">Garry Marshall </a>, Belson contributed stories for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Key_Comics">Gold Key Comics </a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-1">[1] </a> He also helped produce <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show">The Drew Carey Show </a> , <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Norm_Show">The Norm Show </a> , and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show">The Tracey Ullman Show </a> .

In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Land">TV Land </a>2006 documentary The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases , <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Ganz">Lowell Ganz </a>credits Belson with including in the script of the season 3 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(1970_TV_series)">Odd Couple </a> episode "My Strife in Court" (originally aired Friday, February 16, 1973) the catchphrase "Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS of U and ME." Ganz noted that Belson had heard it used years ago by a teacher in a typewriter repair class.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed">citation needed </a> ]

He won three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards">Emmy Awards </a>: two for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show">The Tracey Ullman Show </a> in 1989 and 1990, and one for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Takes_On...">Tracey Takes On... </a> in 1997.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-2">[2] </a>

Belson died of cancer on October 10, 2006 at his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles">Los Angeles </a>home.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-3">[3] </a> His sister, screenwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Johnson">Monica Johnson </a>, died on November 1, 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Belson#cite_note-latimes-4">[4] </a>

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