Army Man (tagline: "America's Only Magazine") was a short-lived comedy what published in the late 1980s by George A. Meyer, an acclaimed writer for "The Simpsons", and American producer?
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Army Man (magazine) Army Man (tagline: "America's Only Magazine") was a short-lived comedy magazine published in the late 1980s by George Meyer, an acclaimed writer for "The Simpsons".
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George Meyer George A. Meyer (born 1956) is an American producer and writer. Meyer is best known for his work on "The Simpsons", where he led the group script rewrite sessions. He has been publicly credited with "thoroughly shap[ing]...the comedic sensibility" of the show.
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America (U.S. TV series) America is an American lifestyle and variety talk show that aired weekday afternoons in syndication during the 1985-86 television season. The program premiered on September 16, 1985 and was initially hosted by Stuart Damon, Sarah Purcell, McLean Stevenson and Olivia Moens, with Charlie O'Donnell announcing. "America" was recorded before a live studio audience.
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The Simpsons discography "The Simpsons" is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening that has aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company since December 1989. It is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, and many aspects of the human condition. The popularity of "The Simpsons" led to the release of the 1990 double platinum album "The Simpsons Sing the Blues", which contains original songs performed by the cast members of the show as their characters. The album spawned two hit singles—"Do the Bartman" and "Deep, Deep Trouble". A less successful sequel, "The Yellow Album", was released in 1998.
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Ghostbusters (1986 TV series) Ghostbusters (later called Filmation's Ghostbusters) is a 1986 animated television series created by Filmation and distributed by Tribune Entertainment, based on Filmation's 1975 live-action television show "The Ghost Busters". It is not to be confused with Columbia Pictures' 1984 film "Ghostbusters" or that film's subsequent animated television show "The Real Ghostbusters". When making their film, Columbia Pictures needed to obtain rights to use the name from Filmation.
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Bart's Comet "Bart's Comet" is the fourteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 5, 1995. In the episode, Bart Simpson accidentally discovers a comet, which is heading towards Springfield. The show's writing staff saw an issue of "Time" magazine which presented the threat of comets hitting Earth on its cover, and decided to create an episode in a similar vein. John Swartzwelder wrote the script, while Bob Anderson directed. "Bart's Comet" contains references to "Where's Waldo?" and "The Twilight Zone", and received positive commendations from reviewers.
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Madhouse Brigade Madhouse Brigade is a half-hour sketch comedy series conceived and written by Alexander "Sandy" Marshall, and produced by Alexander Marshall, Dale Keidel and Jim Larkin. It aired in U.S. syndication in 1978 and 1979, and won Marshall an Emmy Award in 1980 as Best Writer of an Entertainment Series.
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Good Night (The Simpsons short) "Good Night" (also known as "Good Night Simpsons") is the first of forty-eight Simpsons shorts that appeared on the variety show "The Tracey Ullman Show". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 1987, during the third episode of "The Tracey Ullman Show" and marks the first appearance of the Simpson family — Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie — on television. After three seasons on Tracey Ullman, the shorts would be adapted into the animated show "The Simpsons". "Good Night" has since been aired on the show in the episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (in its entirety), along with several other Ullman shorts, and is one of the few shorts to ever be released on DVD, being included in the Season 1 DVD set.
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is an American adult animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974 (airing on most NBC stations on Sunday nights at 10:30, except for the ones who had moved their late-night news to that slot). The show originated in a one-time segment on "Love, American Style" called "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father." The same pilot was later produced with a live cast (starring Van Johnson), but with no success. The show was the first primetime animated sitcom to run for more than a single season since "The Flintstones" more than ten years earlier and would be the only one until "The Simpsons" fifteen years later. The show was inspired by "All in the Family".
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National Lampoon (magazine) National Lampoon was an American humor magazine which ran from 1970 to 1998. The magazine started out as a spinoff from the "Harvard Lampoon". "National Lampoon" magazine reached its height of popularity and critical acclaim during the late 1970s, when it had a far-reaching effect on American humor and comedy. The magazine spawned films, radio, live theatre, various sound recordings, and print products including books. Many members of the creative staff from the magazine subsequently went on to contribute creatively to successful media of all types.
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The Secret War of Lisa Simpson "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" is the twenty-fifth and final episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> eighth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 18, 1997. Bart gets sent to a military academy as punishment for bad behavior. While visiting the academy, Lisa sees that the school is far more challenging than hers and she decides that she wants to attend as well. It was directed by Mike B. Anderson, written by Richard Appel and featured Willem Dafoe in a guest spot as the school's commandant.
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Simpson and Delilah "Simpson and Delilah" is the second episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 18, 1990. Homer uses the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant medical insurance plan to buy 'Dimoxinil', a miracle hair growth formula. Homer grows hair, and is given a promotion at work which allows him to hire a secretary named Karl. The episode was directed by Rich Moore and written by Jon Vitti, and guest starred Harvey Fierstein as Karl.
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Frenchy the Clown Frenchy the Clown is the title character in "National Lampoon"'s "Evil Clown Comics", which ran in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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King of the Hill (The Simpsons) "King of the Hill" is the twenty-third episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 3, 1998. It was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Steven Dean Moore, and guest stars Brendan Fraser and Steven Weber. The episode sees Homer trying to climb a large mountain to impress Bart after he humiliates him at a church picnic with his lack of fitness.
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The Office (U.S. TV series) The Office is an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013. It is an adaptation of the BBC series of the same name. "The Office" was adapted for American audiences by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for "Saturday Night Live", "King of the Hill", and "The Simpsons". It is co-produced by Daniels' Deedle-Dee Productions, and Reveille Productions (later Shine America), in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Greg Daniels, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons.
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Humorama Humorama, a division of Martin Goodman's publishing firm, was a line of digest-sized magazines featuring girlie cartoons by Bill Ward, Bill Wenzel, Dan DeCarlo, Jack Cole and many others.
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Alt.tv.simpsons alt.tv.simpsons (called "a.t.s." by regular readers) is a usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussing the American television program "The Simpsons". Created in 1990, the newsgroup became a popular community in the early 1990s, and continues to exist as of 2017. It is known for reviewing episodes and nitpicking minor details on the show.
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Non-English versions of The Simpsons The animated TV show "The Simpsons" is an American English language animated sitcom which has been broadcast in the United States since 1989 on FOX. In other countries, the TV show started broadcasting later than 1989 either in its original version or in a dubbed version.
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Goodtime Girls Goodtime Girls is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 until August 29, 1980. It was created by Leonora Thuna, and produced by Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis and Robert L. Boyett, in association with Garry Marshall's Henderson Productions and Paramount Television. It is a period piece comedy set during World War II, which was the producers' 1940s answer to their top 1950s-themed hits "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley".
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List of The Simpsons episodes "The Simpsons" is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical depiction of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, and television, as well as many aspects of the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of the Fox series "The Tracey Ullman Show" on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time show that was an early hit for Fox.
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Mort Gerberg Mort Gerberg is a multi-genre American cartoonist and author whose work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books, online, home video, film and television. He is best known for his magazine cartoons, which have appeared in numerous and diverse titles such as "The New Yorker", "Playboy", "Harvard Business Review", "The Huffington Post" and Paul Krassner’s "The Realist". He created a weekly news cartoon, "Out of Line," for "Publishers Weekly" from 1988-1994 and has drawn an editorial-page cartoon for "The Columbian", the weekly newspaper in Columbia County, New York, since 2003.
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Samantha Scharff Samantha Scharff is an American television producer and comedy writer. She is most recognized for her work producing Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons on NBC's “Saturday Night Live”. Samantha also produced the hour and a half special “The Best Of Saturday TV Funhouse” which aired during the SNL time slot and received critical acclaim, as well as the DVD title for Universal Home Video.