Jack S. Margolis

Jack S. Margolis (1934–1997) was a counterculture writer.{{cite book|last=Ellison|first=Harlan|title=The Other Glass Teat|year=2013|publisher=E-Reads|isbn=978-0759230668|pages=100, 101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ocq4UO7qUWoC&q=%22Jack+Margolis%22&pg=PT181}} He was known for his pro-marijuana book A Child's Garden of Grass,{{cite web|last=Weil|first=Andrew|title=If You Choose To Use Marijuana – How To Reduce Your Risk|url=http://www.niu.edu/health/drugs/handouts/Reducing%20Marijuana%20Risk%20spring%202012.pdf|publisher=NIU|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}{{cite book|title=Drug Paraphernalia and Youth: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, November 16, 1979|year=1980|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7GsWpbdWp0C&q=%22Child's+Garden+of+Grass%22+Margolis}} which he developed into a comedy album in the 1970s with Jere Alan Brian and producer Ron Jacobs. Margolis also worked as a screenwriter and wrote the script for Claudio Guzmán's 1975 film Linda Lovelace for President. Prior to that, Margolis wrote the Jay Ward Productions film, The Nut House!!.

Bibliography

=Books=

A Child's Garden of Grass: The Official Handbook for Marijuana Users (1970, with Richard Clorfene){{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/982547042.html?dids=982547042:982547042&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+10%2C+1971&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Amusing+Book&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131165607/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/982547042.html?dids=982547042:982547042&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+10,+1971&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Amusing+Book&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Amusing Book |date=January 10, 1971 |work=The Hartford Courant |quote=A CHILD'S GARDEN OF Jack S. Margolis and Richard Clorfene; Pocket Books; 95 cents. The Official Handbook for Marijuana users. This neat little book is just ...|page=23L |accessdate=June 3, 2012 |location=Hartford, Conn.}}{{cite book|last=Marincolo|first=Sebastin|title=High: Insights on Marijuana|date=March 2010|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|isbn=978-1608444069|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyOIFYZ44YcC&q=%22Child%27s+Garden+of+Grass%22+Margolis&pg=PA49}}
Cooking for Orgies & Other Large Parties (1972){{cite news|last=Church|first=Ruth Ellen|title=A trio of varying value|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/170325315|access-date=August 26, 2013|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 18, 1973}}{{cite book|title=Review: Cooking for Orgies & Other Large Parties|year=1972|publisher=Publishers Weekly, Volume 201|page=231|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7ZEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Child's+Garden+of+Grass%22+Margolis}}
The Ins & Outs of Orgies (1973)
The Poetry of Richard Milhouse Nixon (1974)
Impotence Is Always Having to Say You're Sorry, and Other Questionable Insights (1975)
Jack S. Margolis' Complete Book of Recreational Drugs (1978)

=Scripts=

The Nut House!! (1964){{cite news|title=Special on Wacky Comedy|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AgVUAAAAIBAJ&pg=2355,2388188&dq=jack-margolis+nut-house&hl=en|accessdate=August 26, 2013|newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press|date=August 15, 1964}}
Linda Lovelace for President (1975){{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Kevin|title='Linda Lovelace for President' (review)|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/157775064|access-date=August 26, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 26, 1975}}{{cite news|last=Jane|first=Ian|title=Linda Lovelace for President (review)|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34197/linda-lovelace-for-president/|accessdate=August 26, 2013|newspaper=DVD Talk|date=August 26, 2008}}