born american producer writer best known work simpsons led group script rewrite sessions publicly credited thoroughly ing comedic sensibility raised attended harvard_university president harvard graduated degree abandoning plans attend medical school attempted money dog racing failed months series short term jobs hired david_letterman advice join writing team late night david_letterman left seasons went write new necessarily news saturday night live tired life new_york moved boulder colorado wrote screenplay film star project fell founded humor army man garnered strong following ended issues producer fan hired write animated sitcom simpsons held number positions relationship writer daughter early life education born pennsylvania united_states grew arizona eldest children roman catholic family german ancestry parents worked real estate business jokes somewhat unhappy childhood stating common argument household family member ruined holiday sister noted frequently blamed family problems size family activities limited watched lots television read mad magazine altar boy wrote student newspaper grew hoping day priest television finding humor smart batman appreciated humor attended harvard_university served president harvard fact people took humor seriously changed life wrote harvard big book college life isbn volume commissioned aside grades harvard average suffered bouts depression graduated degree accepted medical school decided commented roman catholic upbringing new_yorker profile people talk horrible brought catholic true main thing sense proportion piece school nun jesus angry wall dying bleeding guy cross image throw little kid think talking line par killing jesus career college moved denver colorado planning scientifically win fortune dog racing ran money weeks worked variety jobs including substitute teacher salesman clothing store won game jeopardy point worked research lab assistant studying hope prove key cell cell recognition fellow writers suggested comedian david_letterman head writer hired member writing staff new late night noted submission little detail beautifully wrote recurring gags including crushing things ambitions wanted challenge audience night brilliance blast higher plane existence later explained left write new late short lived variety series saturday night live creator shared office writer credited giving comedy advice following joined writing teams necessarily news saturday night live beginning later called working frustrating experience work regarded writers producers said stuff wasn popular saturday night regarded lot times sketches cut cut dress rehearsal horrible experience looking seeing painter carefully touching set getting ready smashed pieces sent brooklyn didn realize time left moved boulder colorado wanted far new_york environment wrote film script project dropped success jokes later simpsons ideas found spent time skiing going poetry readings trying meet girls founded humor army man wrote page issue wholly publishing copies gave friends disappointed decline national felt longer magazine sole purpose funny starting army man tried agenda laugh claimed didn know reprinted material obtaining permission including review run added like think army man real publication irresponsible gained strong following listed rolling_stone hot list noted rule stuff funny pretty short army man joke kill cup coffee tastes good idea kind logic kind americans things life big leads consume love suspended publication issue offers magazine national fear lose best qualities according believer comedy circles army man taken mythological proportions met varying reactions felt embarrassed people build monumental work comedy silly little meant reader producer animated sitcom simpsons sent compilation reel simpsons shorts fox variety preceded development series turned job initially offered second chance work creative consultant fall accepted simon hired army man contributors played active role extensive group script sessions rewrite room role performed solo script work credited writing episodes described guru room room according writers approval pitch lines tired lengthy writing schedule decided leave sixth season work film pilot script soon returned consultant later writing staff executive producer noted hard leave simpsons romantic notions subterranean like maybe guerrilla filmmaking attempted projects picked left received final credits season returned write film adaptation later mixed feelings worked hard people liked feels publicly credited thoroughly ing comedic sensibility simpsons runner series time called best comedy writer hollywood scully said main reason simpsons good years said nearly script influence creators writer credit run day people come tell great mention favorite lines george noted beginning adding thousands jokes plot twists etc considers classic brilliant deep suspicion social institutions tradition general affected writing episodes simpsons homer washington thanksgiving work simpsons saturday night live late night david_letterman won received multiple primetime emmy award nominations including award addition work simpsons wrote directed starred play ran weeks theater special earth america personal life relationship writer lived 1990s broke later got child named poppy born father gave sense live seattle raised catholic hated later working simpsons taking advice fellow writer vegetarian collector space program memorabilia practices fan grateful dead closest thing life spiritual figure sister ann married strong interest environment notes organization care days newly discovered species moss frogs sri_lanka named daughter poppy tribute dedication wrote comic opinion piece environment begins certainly animal lover wears leather shoes vegetarian resist smoked salmon friends movie fly fuel jets great clouds fraud feelings summer feeling uneasy starting think culture assault nature course credits late night david_letterman writer necessarily news writer new writer saturday night live writer writer simpsons writer producer wrath thanksgiving blood feud washington horror contributor separate homer sunday sunday brother little laughter parent rap edge writer consulting producer producer credited formal couple earth america
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