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'''Jack S. Margolis''' is a [[counterculture]] writer.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He is known for his pro-marijuana book ''[[A Child's Garden of Grass]]'',<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{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.}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
*''Cooking for Orgies & Other Large Parties'' (1972)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
*''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)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*''[[Linda Lovelace for President]]'' (1975)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Discography==
*''A Child's Garden of Grass: A Pre-Legalization Comedy'' (with Jere Alan Brian and Ron Jacobs) 1971 Elektra Records
==Filmography==
*''[[I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!]]'' (1968, as Big Bear)
*''Knock Outs'' (1992)
*''Roots of Evil'' (1992, Ralph)
*''Death Dancers'' (1993, as Ruben)
==See also==
* [[Watermark Inc.]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0546788|Jack Margolis (I)}}
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