![]() Here is a list of episodes he has written: He wrote the largest number of Simpsons episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to several others) by a large margin. Season 16 was the first season to not feature an episode written by John. John worked on The Simpsons as a writer and producer until 2003, and later contributed to The Simpsons Movie. Many other “Army Man” magazine writers would later join The Simpsons writing team including Jeff Martin, David Sacks, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Kevin Curran, and Billy Kimball. The Simpsons developer and original showrunner Sam Simon was a big fan of “Army Man” magazine.Īlong with George Meyer and Jon Vitti of “Army Man” magazine, John would go on to join the original writing team of The Simpsons, beginning in 1989. He later contributed to fellow writer George Meyer’s short-lived “Army Man” magazine. In the mid-1980’s, he was hired to work on the comedy series “Saturday Night Live”. Born in Seattle, Washington in 1949, John began his career working in advertising. John Swartzwelder is an American comedy writer and novelist. Upon being announced the winner, Abe goes and lambast the audience for watching something this violent.īut have you ever wondered who John Swartzwelder is? Bart and Lisa’s stories are so popular, they even get Abe nominated for an award.Īt the award ceremony, Grampa finally sees Itchy and Scratchy when he is announced as a nominee. hires Abe as his newest writer.īart and Lisa explain to Grampa why he’s getting cheques and the trio decide to split the pay three ways. Secretary: “ I’m sorry, but we have a substantial check here for a Mr. Grampa: “ Ishy and what? No, you must be some kind of crazy person.” Secretary: “ Is this the Abraham Simpson who wrote the Itchy and Scratchy episode?” Roger Myers loves the story and has his secretary call Abe. So they resubmit the story, but this time using Grampa’s name. ![]() When their script is rejected, the two believe it is because Myers would not take two kids seriously. Using the book “How To Get Rich Writing Cartoons” by John Swartzwelder, they write an episode and send it in to Roger Myers Jr. Lisa comes up with the idea of them teaming up to write their own episodes. ![]() In the seventy eighth episode of The Simpsons, The Front (Season 04, Episode 19), Bart and Lisa are disappointed by an exceptionally poor episode of Itchy and Scratchy. So let’s get started this week by talking about one of the most prolific and interesting writers of The Simpsons. Over the past 600+ episodes, The Simpsons has taken us on an amazing journey involving music, science, and food to name a few concepts.Īnd what better way to start your week, than by discussing some of these concepts Monday morning? (Today’s post is sponsored by the letter “M”) It’s basically an extra-long DVD commentary (over 80 minutes long!) but for geeks of the show, it’s never dull.Morning Musically-Minded, Medically-Minded, Masticators! ![]() The most recent installment features a roundtable of sorts with Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, and Jeff Martin, writers for The Simpsons back when Conan was just a TV writer.įor any fans of The Simpsons or comedy in general, it’s great to listen to five comedy writers talk about what went into making some of the best television in the history of the medium, as well as a few anecdotes about being in a writers’ room and dealing with celebrities. Past guests include Jack White, Judd Apatow, and Statistician Nate Silver. If you aren’t a regular viewer of Conan O’Brien’s show, you may have missed the fact that he has been hosting a series of long-form discussions titled Serious Jibber Jabber on the show’s website. For me, The Simpsons has taught me everything I know about writing jokes and to this day, I can go back to the classic episodes that I’ve seen a thousand times and laugh as hard as I did when I first saw them. The Simpsons is easily the biggest influence in my life when it comes to comedy and writing, in a way that previous generations of burgeoning writers looked at Monty Python or Mad Magazine. For anyone that knows me, it’s probably a surprise that there’s only been one post about The Simpsons in the two months this site has been up and it wasn’t even written by me.
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