born january american screenwriter producer jean known work simpsons born raised detroit michigan graduated harvard_university jean began writing career 1980s fellow harvard worked writers producers television shows tonight starring johnny jean offered job writer animated sitcom simpsons alongside members original writing staff served runners fourth seasons left simpsons season create critic animated film critic broadcast abc january aired second season fox march received critics catch viewers lasted seasons jean signed year deal produce television shows abc duo created executive produced canceled season jean returned time simpsons tenth season runner start thirteenth season held position jean writers producers worked feature length film based series released personal life education born january born raised michigan graduated irish ancestry jean arrived harvard_university sixteen years old graduated bachelor degree mathematics jean freshman said math arrived harvard soon found comedic feet hall harvard jean met fellow freshman befriended collaborated writing efforts humor publication writer said definitely large magazine funny guys unusually polished comedy writers age surprised went success jean stated duo spent time adding practically second room eventually vice president publication jean currently lives los_angeles california wife television writer ireland jean daughters nineteen years old respectively january career early career simpsons humor magazine hired jean graduated 1980s duo began collaborating television material period worked writers producers television shows tonight starring johnny jean offered job writer animated sitcom simpsons created continues air today jean friends interested working simpsons cartoon think long jean fan work brooks simon took job duo members original writing staff simpsons worked thirteen episodes season watching episode simpsons open fire television december jean opined series greatest project involved desired continue working rest professional career enjoyed simpsons time recognized brooks previous work largely based humor depth warmth jean credited sole writer episodes considers process mainly collaborative principal writer episode written script real team effort person credited writer episode opening credits person came idea episode wrote draft contributed small final script jean stated favorite characters write character relates similar fact daughter jean runner simpsons start season runner ultimate responsibility processes episode goes completion including writing animation voice acting music jean began tenure runner thing thought day don blow screw thing loves episode jean ran washington aired september felt lot pressure good pressured seven script order improve humor jean said kept thinking good good added definitely scared run dumped jean served runners end fourth season established seasons able depth tenure jean believes reasons fans critics regard season best seasons simpsons writer simpsons commented mike responsible best thing appeared television season simpsons comedy writer said years running pretty good ones maybe people ran better critic disney jean left simpsons fourth season order create critic animated film critic voiced executive produced brooks broadcast abc january received critics catch viewers hiatus weeks returned june completed airing initial production run critic moved fox network second season simpsons aired network brooks able create crossover critic crossover occurred simpsons episode star burns fond crossover publicly citing thirty minute advertisement critic brooks said years mike guys worked hearts staying morning right point matt mike scripts taken plenty credit lot great work fact direct work critic shot giving support stated little upset actions minute episode doesn watch critic jean added people impression simpsons episode good stands critic existed fox critic short lived broadcasting episodes cancellation total episodes produced returned briefly series internet broadcast series developed cult following thanks complete series release dvd jean signed year deal produce television shows abc duo created executive produced canceled season said compromised executives time telling job pair periodically returned work simpsons example contract disney allowed write produce episodes including season work simpsons jean returned time simpsons tenth season runner start thirteenth season time jean called great job lot responsibility cited fact people love great adds hardest thing point thinking fresh ideas people things challenge think idea good hasn seen jean return initially welcomed stating jean took helm executive producer guided away gag heavy homer centric incarnation certainly brighter days long time fans critics argued quality declined recent years jean tenure jean responded criticism saying possible declined honestly time remember season people saying gone downhill listened stopped episode glad didn jean writers producers worked feature length film released voice cast signed film work began script producers simpsons initially worried creating film negative effect crew focus attention projects progressed additional writers animators hired film produced time brooks able invite jean continued work runner television produce film jean frequently appears simpsons dvd audio commentaries episodes collaborated told ign enjoys seen episodes years kind like reunion people worked pleasant experience awards jean received emmy awards award work simpsons won best producing production category simpsons episode springfield files shared writing comedy series award episode mother wife duo given given writers advanced literature animation film television years outstanding contributions profession animation writer
Al Jean