Larry Tucker June 23 1934 April 1 2001 was an American film and television writer producer and occasional actor who wrote the comedy Bob Carol Ted Alice 1969 with Paul Mazursky Tucker and Mazursky were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their work on Bob Carol Ted Alice Tucker was from Philadelphia and began his career with humorist Mort Sahl at San Franciscos Hungry i club After the Hungry i Tucker became a television writer working on The Danny Kaye Show Tucker acted in the films Blast of Silence 1961 Advise and Consent 1962 Shock Corridor 1963 and Angels Hard as They Come 1971 Tucker and Mazursky were also responsible for the development and production of The Monkees eponymous television series and the 1968 romantic comedy I Love You Alice B Toklas which starred Peter Sellers In the early 1980s Tucker was executive producer and one of the writers of the sitcom Jennifer Slept Here 1983 Mr Merlin 198182 Teachers Only 198283 and Stir Crazy 1985 Tucker died of complications from multiple sclerosis and cancer in 2001 Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Tucker screenwriter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia