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Mirkin has been cited as introducing a more surreal element to the show's humor, as shown by his sole writing credit for the show, " Deep Space Homer ", which sees Homer Simpson go to space as part of a NASA program to restore interest in space exploration.
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The character's new addiction to coffee was suggested by writer-producer David Mirkin, who has friends who stopped drinking alcohol and became addicted to coffee.
David Mirkin has noted that " he can do anything, and it fits perfectly.
Mirkin has also moved into feature film direction: he directed the films Romy and Michele's High School Reunion ( 1997 ) and Heartbreakers ( 2001 ).
Mirkin has described himself as a " nerd " and was often in trouble as a child because he was " in another world ".
In 2004, Mirkin was attached to direct Sports Widow, a comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as a disregarded housewife who seeks to become an expert in American football in order to regain her husband's attention ; the project has never been completed.
" Mirkin has said that Patrick Stewart is " one of the best guest performances " because " he was so committed to character.
The character, which was pitched by former show runner David Mirkin and portrayed by Castellaneta, has become one of the writers ' favourites, and was series animation director Jim Reardon's favourite joke of the entire season.
Mirkin and his coworkers hold the patents on this process, and the patterning technique has expanded to include liquid " inks ".
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The scene was directed by David Mirkin and was the first time a Simpsons character had been in the real world in the series.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Mirkin had been " forced off the show ," due to the negative reaction of Spelling and others, though in 2012, Mirkin stated that he left the series after refusing to accept a substantially reduced budget.
Mirkin had been the show runner during seasons five and six, but had been brought back to run two episodes during the ninth season.
It was filmed on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City and directed by David Mirkin, who later said that Fox " couldn't have been less supportive " because they thought it would be too expensive.
Mirkin commented that Cavett's part was probably the " meanest " they had ever been to a guest star.
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Mirkin intended to pursue a career in electrical engineering, which he saw as a more stable employment opportunity than writing or film making.
Mirkin was apprehensive about the job because he was aiming to work on Cheers, a show more focused on character-driven humor which Mirkin preferred writing, but felt he could not turn the opportunity down.
" This meant Mirkin had to adapt his preference for character-driven comedy to fit the show ; it " forced you to put all the cleverness into the plot, a much more difficult thing to do.
In a 2004 interview with Animation Magazine, Mirkin stated that he felt that he " brought show back to a more story-oriented " approach and increased the focus on characters and their emotions, although " at the same time still keeping it surreal and weird ".
In 2004, Mirkin stated that he " really wasn't at all intimidat to join show's writing crew ," because he " had worked with and written with " many of his fellow writers previously and concluded that, " took this show in a direction that is more personal to me.
David Mirkin recalled that more writers came to her recording session than any other.
David Mirkin deliberately placed more graphic violence in the episode due to complaints about excessive violence in the show.
Former The Simpsons < nowiki >'</ nowiki > show runner David Mirkin originally came up with the idea of Bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was.
David Mirkin, who was show runner at the time, originally had the idea of Bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was.
Mirkin liked the scene where Bart is punched by Nelson at the playground because Bart takes a while to recover, which made the scene more realistic.
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Mirkin wanted to produce a surreal, Monty Python-esque, single-camera comedy series.
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Grammer usually joins the show's " table readings " ( wherein cast members read each script together for the first time ), and former executive producer David Mirkin described working with Grammer as very pleasant, due to his lively sense of humor.
The two approved and offered Mirkin a freelance job writing one of the final nine episodes of show's first season, pending their commissioning by NBC.
Mirkin did not have time, but worked as writer and consultant on the show's first season, and later returned to direct the 1998 final season episode " The Beginning of the End ".
Mirkin created Get a Life alongside Chris Elliott, who was also the show's lead actor
According to Mirkin, many of the executives struggled to understand it and objected to the darkness and surrealism of the show's humor, which included the frequent death of Elliott's character, and regularly threatened to shut down production.
The show's production process was lengthy ; Mirkin would rise at to film the show, write further episodes from until, and then repeat that the following day.
The show's production company TriStar Television refused, while Mirkin responded: " The thing about these parodies is they don't hurt a show.
Mirkin moved the show's focus toward Homer Simpson, and also developed some of its secondary characters, including Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
Mirkin conducted the show's writing sessions in one room, rather than splitting the writers into two groups, as later showrunners would do, and often worked late into the night.
Among the show's staff, Mirkin, Kirkland, Groening and Ian Maxtone-Graham list it as one of their favorite episodes.
In the DVD audio commentary for the episode, Mirkin called the opening sequence at the petting zoo one of his favorite set pieces in the show's history.
Mirkin gave the idea to Collier to write it with the help of the show's executive producer, James L. Brooks.
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Mirkin lists Woody Allen and James L. Brooks as his writing inspirations and Stanley Kubrick and the work of the comedy group Monty Python as developing his " dark sense of humor.
Executive producer David Mirkin enjoyed directing Goulet because he was " such a good sport " and had " a great sense of humor ".
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Using this technique Chad Mirkin, Schatz and their co-workers were able to make complex two dimensional shapes, a representation of a shape created is shown to the right.
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Created by Brown, Charlie Coffey, and director and executive producer David Mirkin, it was a comedy about actress Julie Robbins ( Brown ), who in this initial story, goes to great lengths to land an interview with teen singer Kiki ( played by Kim Walker ) in the hopes of getting hired as a tabloid-TV celebrity journalist.
Although rejected by the producers of The Ropers, Three's Company creator Bernie West was impressed by the script and Mirkin began pitching ideas for that series instead.
Mirkin had wanted to cast comedian Chris Elliott in the pilot, but was prevented by Fox, which wanted Elliott for another show.
Fox was lukewarm about the idea, but Mirkin convinced them to order a pilot by understating how dark the show would be.
Several people at the network enjoyed it and commissioned The Edge, a sketch comedy show also written by Mirkin and Brown, with Mirkin directing.
" Lisa the Vegetarian " was approved by Mirkin after the story was pitched by Cohen ; Mirkin had just become a vegetarian himself, and so many of Lisa's experiences in the episode were based on his own.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 comedy film starring Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim, and Alan Cumming directed by David Mirkin.
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Heartbreakers is a 2001 caper-romantic comedy film directed by David Mirkin.
The film was set in Palm Beach, Florida ( specifically the Breakers Hotel ); according to the DVD commentary by director David Mirkin, only a few external shots were actually shot in Palm Beach, with the rest utilizing Los Angeles locations as stand-ins.
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Although " Homer the Great " was written by John Swartzwelder, the story was suggested by executive producer David Mirkin.
The episode was the second and last episode written by Steve O ' Donnell and was based on an idea from David Mirkin.
The writers had particular fun writing over the top, melodramatic lines " tortured metaphors ," many of which were penned by producer David Mirkin.
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