Jack Elinson (April 21, 1922 – November 17, 2011) was an American producer and screenwriter.
[1] Elinson had sold a joke to Walter Winchell's newspaper column at the age of 16.
[5] His credits include producing and writing for The Real McCoys, The Johnny Carson Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, Hey, Jeannie!, and One Day At A Time.
[8] In 1985, Elinson was executive producer of the NBC sitcom television series 227.
[citation needed] Elinson died in November 2011 of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 89.