The show's creator and producer, Paul Henning is from Independence, Missouri, and donated for the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area near Branson.

Barry Gray, the show's creator, also composed the music for the series.

" The show's creator Matt Groening has called Smith very similar to Lisa: " Yeardley has strong moral views about her character.

Sometimes, this title is conferred upon a celebrity or notable creator who has lent his or her name to a project to boost its prestige or credibility, as a recognition of newly-acquired industry status, or as a perk to the show's main star or creative force.

The show's creator Humphrey Barclay would also go on to create the TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set, featuring the rest of the Python team.

The show's creator Aaron Sorkin also mentioned the film and Chayefsky during his acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for writing the film The Social Network.

According to George Schlatter, the show's creator, " Humphrey later said that not doing it may have cost him the election ", and " said the rest of his life that appearing on Laugh-In is what got him elected.

However, in the film series the show's creator placed the community closer to the Cimarron Strip or Cherokee Strip of the Indian Territory panhandle area near the Cimarron River.

The site was chosen because it was the childhood home of the show's creator, Donald Bellisario.

In 2005, Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry used the band's song " Juicy " as the background music for the second season of the show's promotional advertisements, which Griffin credited with bringing attention to the album.

According to the show's creator, Guy Daniels, " We got all the dialogue in by noon, or else we wouldn't get it done at all.

On March 15, 2010 The Bachelorette creator Mike Fleiss appeared on 20 / 20 to confess that he develops the show's contestants into characters that will cater to his audience's tastes and that they " need fair share of villains every season.

Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of Romano, creator / producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff.

In January 2004, creator Esther Shapiro participated in a marathon of the show's episodes, called " Serial Bowl: Alexis vs. Krystle ", giving behind-the-scenes tidbits and factoids.

She has been married to the show's creator, Kurt Sutter, since 2004.

A fan of the series who was writing an episode guide at TV Tome informed creator Angus Oblong of the show's cancellation and rallied fans of the series to petition and encourage the network to renew the show.

The show's creator Alan Ball states they represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation.

The character of Sam is based on the show's creator.

However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired.

Josh Schwartz, the show's creator, stated that in season 2, the show would " no longer be about Ryan's past ; now it's going to be about Ryan's future " and that this season would " slow down the storytelling a little bit ... and evolve the characters ".

When series creator Leonard Freeman died in 1974, the show's ownership was shared among Lord, CBS, and Freeman's estate, with a contract that made Lord executive producer and gave him complete control over content.

Though, often mistaken for a mole his identity as a hamster was confirmed directly by the show's creator Brian Cosgrove on 20 January 2011, following numerous public complaints to the UK quiz show " The Chase " which did not offer mole as part of its multiple choice answers.

The show's creator and on-air host was Don Herbert.

White was originally scared to play Rose, feeling that she would not be able to play the role — until the show's creator took her aside and told her not to play Rose as stupid but to play her as someone " terminally naive, a person who always believed the first explanation of something.

Much of the show's time travel concepts were based on the book An Experiment with Time by J. W. Dunne.

In the show's Broadway production, she was portrayed by Stephanie J.

The show's tone could move from silly to sobering from one episode to the next, with dramatic tension often occurring between the civilian draftees of 4077th — Hawkeye, Trapper John, B. J.

" Cronkite also angered the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the show's sponsor, by grammatically correcting its advertising slogan.

* After her dismissal from this position, she meets J. Peterman on the street (" The Understudy ") and becomes an editor at his J. Peterman Catalog, where she remains employed for the rest of the show's run.

The show blended national news headlines, interviews with newsmakers, lifestyle features, other light news and gimmicks ( including the presence of the chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs as the show's mascot during the early years ), and local station news updates.

In their first season review, John J. O ' Connor said Dream On wasn't " different from ordinary network fare ... except for, as might be expected, the more freewheeling language and treatments of sex "; by the season's third episode, the show's protagonist is " already becoming just another nice bachelor father, not all that different from the one John Forsythe played on television several decades ago.

Besides the show's botanic, animal and historic references, as well as its generally comedic overtones, Saber Marionette J briefly explores deeper motifs as well.

Some of the show's other actors were recruited by " Bilko " producer Edward J. Montagne to appear in Nat Hiken's followup sitcom Car 54, Where Are You ?, and in McHale's Navy.

It was on the set of " Young and the Restless " that she met her second husband, the show's executive producer Edward J. Scott.

The show's sponsors included International Silver Company ( 1944 – 49 ), H. J.

J. Michael Straczynski, the show's creator, once explained that he chose the name " Shadows " because of its meaning in Jungian psychology.

Bookman was often the brunt of fat jokes via the show's main character " J. J. Evans " ( Jimmie Walker ).

Though ever the womanizer, J. R. had two wives during the show's run: Sue Ellen ( played by Linda Gray ) and Cally ( played by Cathy Podewell ), and three sons.

In 2001, J. J. Abrams, producer of the television series Alias, discovered Giacchino through his video game work and asked him to provide the new show's soundtrack.

The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

Announcer Tomm Looney was the announcer for the show's entire run and currently does sports updates and co-hosting on J. T. the Brick's show on Fox Sports Radio.

The show's many guests included prominent politicians such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, John McCain, John Kerry, Vice President Dick Cheney, J. D.

(** The " J & B Get Baked " episode also was one of the show's first encounters with mainstream media, as the episode featured the stars smoking marijuana on the steps of Bloomington's courthouse.

J. Michael Straczynski commented about the show's cancellation and the planned second season.

High-profile cast departures also damaged the show's reputation, with long-running and popular characters Wheels, Sheridan Sturgess, Stephen Richardson, Joey Valentine, Claire Fielding, Toni Windsor and Craig " C. J " Jones all exiting during the show's last 12 months.