* Bart Simpson / Simpsons Comics ( 2009, Bongo Comics ), He is a writer / artist since Bart Simpson # 50, and he also did a full issue in Simpsons Comics # 163.

* January 9 – Al Jean, American writer for " The Simpsons "

Long time writer for The Simpsons, David X. Cohen changed his middle initial from S to X because there was already a David S Cohen registered with the Writer's Guild of America.

'" Former Simpsons writer Jay Kogen praised her performance on the show, particularly in the episode " Lisa's Substitute ", as able " to move past comedy to something really strong and serious and dramatic.

The Simpsons writer Al Jean commented that Grampa is often the focus of pointed jokes about old people.

The Simpsons writer David Mirkin said that one of his favorite jokes on the show is the one where Grampa cycles down the street in high speed and shouts that he feels young again, and is then knocked flying from his bicycle after a doll's head flies into the spokes and falls into an open grave.

He was named after television writer John Frink, who was later hired on The Simpsons.

Further inspiration was drawn from comedian Rich Hall, an acquaintance of The Simpsons writer George Meyer.

On April 25, 1993, Lorne Michaels chose Conan O ' Brien, who was a writer for The Simpsons at the time and a former writer for Michaels at Saturday Night Live, to fill Letterman's old seat directly after The Tonight Show.

* Bill Oakley, former co-executive producer and head writer for The Simpsons and Mission Hill

* Ron Hauge, Emmy award winning writer for The Simpsons grew up here, and went to high school in the neighboring city of Glasgow.

* Michael Price, a WGA Award and Emmy Award winning American writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons.

Maxtone-Graham had previously worked with showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein on a game show and the two had wanted to hire him as a writer on The Simpsons.

In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a writer and producer for The Simpsons, to assist in developing the show.

* Daniel Chun, writer, co-executive producer of The Simpsons

Actor / writer Harry Shearer ( This Is Spinal Tap, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons ), who has attended at least one Bohemian Club event, wrote and directed The Teddy Bears ' Picnic, a parody of Bohemian Grove mock pagan pageantry and drunken revelry.

In recent years, film scholars such as Alessandro Pirolini have also argued that Sturges ' cinema anticipated more experimental narratives by contemporary directors such as Joel and Ethan Coen, Robert Zemeckis, and Woody Allen, along with prolific The Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder: " Many of movies and screenplays reveal a restless and impatient attempt to escape codified rules and narrative schemata, and to push the mechanisms and conventions of their genre to the extent of unveiling them to the spectator.

Notable alumni of the newspaper include ABC News political director Hal Bruno, Rape of Nanking author Iris Chang, Simpsons producer / writer Larry Doyle, film critic Roger Ebert, novelist Dave Eggers, folk singer Dan Fogelberg, High Times editor Steven Hager, Playboy founder / CEO Hugh Hefner, attorney Albert E. Jenner, Jr., columnist Robert Novak, Coast to Coast Live radio host Ian Punnett, advice columnist Dan Savage, film critic Gene Shalit, and several Pulitzer Prize winners.

In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a Simpsons writer and producer, to assist in developing the series ; the two then spent time researching science fiction books, television shows, and films of the past.

He changed his professional name from " Josh " to " J. Elvis " to avoid confusion with former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein .< ref name =" sn-brainscan ">

Josh Weinstein ( born May 5, 1966 ) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons.

" The Crepes of Wrath " was the first episode of The Simpsons for which George Meyer was credited as a writer, and he wrote it together with Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti.

" On the audio commentary for the episode, executive producer Al Jean said the line was " probably " written by The Simpsons staff writer Ken Keeler.

The success of The Simpsons led Fox to develop other animated series aimed at adults, including King of the Hill ( created by Mike Judge ), Futurama ( also by Groening ), Family Guy ( created by Seth MacFarlane ), American Dad!

Simpsons executive producer Mike Scully said, " It just seemed like the right thing to do.

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Groening felt that the episode was a thirty-minute advertisement for Brooks ' show The Critic, ( which had moved to Fox from ABC for its second season ) and was created by former The Simpsons show runners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, and whose lead character Jay Sherman appears in the episode.

Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.

" The Simpsons showrunner Mike Scully also noted that future Bart is the kind of person who is " always waiting for some big sort of cash payoff that he feels he's owed whether it be an insurance settlement, an inheritance, or something that's gonna come sooner or later.

In addition to being called upon for her expertise in psychology, she also has appeared on a number of TV shows, including Saturday Night Live, CHiPs, Simon & Simon, Ellery Queen, Mama's Family, Taxi, Happy Days, Police Squad !, Police Woman, Night Court, The Nanny, Frasier, The Andy Dick Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, One Life to Live, WKRP in Cincinnati, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Mr. Belvedere, Married ... with Children, Entourage, The Simpsons, All That, Kenan & Kel, The Steve Harvey Show, My Two Dads, Melrose Place, ALF, The Larry Sanders Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Late Night with Conan O ' Brien and Moonlighting.

Before returning to work full-time on The Simpsons, Jean had worked on a television series called Teen Angel together with Mike Reiss and Freiberger.

The first issue of 2007 was a Simpsons special where there is an exclusive interview with the show's executive producer Mike Scully.

In 2007, former Simpsons executive producer Mike Reiss listed " Homer's Enemy " as one of his two least favorite episodes, stating, " I just think the episode was in bad taste.

The Simpsons writer and producer Mike Reiss claimed that this episode is Australia's least favorite, and that " whenever we have the Simpsons visit another country, that country gets furious, including Australia ".

His longtime collaborators on The Simpsons, Al Jean and Mike Reiss, describe Swartzwelder as a huge fan of Preston Sturges films and a lover of " anything old timey American.

" Trilogy of Error " was written by Matt Selman and was directed by Mike B. Anderson as part of the twelfth season of The Simpsons ( 2000 – 2001 ).

Amongst those who liked it were Al Jean and Mike Reiss, showrunners of The Simpsons.

" According to Simpsons writer Mike Reiss, the episode also had supporters among conservative groups.

The Simpsons writers Mike Reiss and Al Jean were discussing about having an episode where Maggie would say her first word, and Reiss thought it would be cute to have her say " daddy " when no one could hear her.

Inspired by an event in Simpsons writer Mike Reiss ' childhood, young Bart does not want to give up sleeping in the crib to make way for his newborn sister.

Mike Scully, who worked as show runner for the episode, stated that the “ scary names ” were removed because they had also “ turned into shameless plugs ” for side projects done by The Simpsons ’ staff members.

The idea for the episode came from The Simpsons writer Mike Scully, who wanted to do an episode involving hockey because of his passion for the sport.

Simpsons executive producer Mike Scully said, " It just seemed like the right thing to do.

" Simon Crerar of Times Online named Paul and Linda McCartney's performance in the episode as one of the thirty-three " funniest Simpsons cameos ever ", and Larry Dobrow and Mike Errico of Blender listed it as the eighth best band cameo in the show's history.

The Simpsons show runner Mike Scully has said that he thought this was " probably too long to wait before getting the story started.

According to then-showrunner Mike Scully, the story of this episode originated from the fact that the staff members of The Simpsons wanted to do an episode about Marge but felt they did not want it to revolve around her getting a new job, as that had been seen on the show " too often ".

According to The Simpsons show runner Mike Scully, when the staff members worked on the episode they decided to include a lot of observations they had made about how it is like to be the new student in school.