Seaman Block Jacobs (February 25, 1912 – April 8, 2008) was an American screenwriter. He wrote episodes for several TV shows, such as The Addams Family, The Lucy Show, I Dream of Jeannie, F-Troop, The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy and Diff'rent Strokes. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1978 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for The George Burns One-Man Show in 1977. He co-wrote for I Love Lucy and The Love Boat with Freddie Fox (screenwriter).Robert L. Mott - Radio Live! Television Live!: Those Golden Days When Horses Were 2004 p162 "Jacobs and his partner, Freddie Fox, wrote for I Love Lucy, Love Boat, and God knows how many more. Jacobs also created the wacky F Troop. Freddie Fox wrote for the Judy Canova Show and for Bob Hope. Fred was probably one of the few .."
On April 8, 2008, Jacobs died of cardiac arrest at the age of 96.
Selected filmography Film Year Film Notes 1963 It Happened at the World's Fair Written by 1980 Oh, God! Book II Writer Television Year Title Notes 1949–1950 The Ed Wynn Show 7 episodes 1957–1959 How to Marry a Millionaire 7 episodes 1959–1962 Bachelor Father 28 episodes 1960 The Dennis O'Keefe Show 1 episode 1963–1964 Petticoat Junction 6 episodes 1964–1965 The Addams Family Pilot episode 1965–1966 F Troop 8 episodes 1967–1968 The Mothers-in-Law 5 episodes 1967–1970 Family Affair 4 episodes 1968–1970 The Red Skelton Show 41 episodes 1971 The Jimmy Stewart Show Unknown episodes 1972 Temperatures Rising 2 episodes 1973 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home 1 episode 1973–1975 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters 1 episode 1975–1976 Maude 2 episodes 1976 The Dumplings 1 episode 1976–1977 Wonderbug 3 episodes 1976–1981 The Jeffersons 5 episodes 1983 Bob Hope's All-Star Super Bowl Party Television special 1986 All-Star Tribute to General Jimmy Doolittle Television special 1987 NBC Investigates Bob Hope Television special 1991 Bob Hope & Friends: Making New Memories Television special
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Comedy Writer Seaman Jacobs passes away at 96