| Mike Scully | |
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| Born | October 2, 1956 West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Television writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1986 - Present |
| Genres | Humor |
- For the football player, see Mike Scully (American football).
Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956) is an American television writer best known for his work as executive producer[1] and show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001 (Seasons 9-12).
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Career
He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He began as a writer/producer on the show during Season 5 and wrote several episodes that aired in Season 6, including "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" and "Lisa's Rival". During Season 13, he wrote and executive produced "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation".
He was a writer on Everybody Loves Raymond for part of Season 7 and all of Season 8, and co-created (with Julie Thacker) The Pitts for Fox and Complete Savages for ABC. The Pitts was resurrected as an animated show for Fox.
He started his career by writing jokes for Yakov Smirnoff. He is the co-writer and co-executive producer (with Al Jean) of The Simpsons Movie.
An op-ed on Slate argues The Simpsons changed from a realistic show about family life into a typical cartoon during Scully's years as executive producer of The Simpsons.
"But under Scully's tenure, The Simpsons became, well, a cartoon.... Episodes that once would have ended with Homer and Marge bicycling into the sunset (perhaps while Bart gagged in the background) now end with Homer blowing a tranquilizer dart into Marge's neck."[2]
Scully walked a picket line during the 2007-2008 WGA strike while on crutches.[3]
On May 20, 2009, rock guitarist Slash revealed via his Twitter account that he was pitching a cartoon to Comedy Central with Mike Scully.[4]
Scully has also served as consultant producer on the NBC series Parks and Recreation.
The Simpsons episodes written by Mike Scully
- "Lisa's Rival"
- "Lisa on Ice"
- "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
- "Marge Be Not Proud"
- "Team Homer"
- "Lisa's Date with Density"
- "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (The HΩmega Man)
- "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" (with Tom Martin, George Meyer, and Mike's brother, Brian)
- "Beyond Blunderdome"
- "Behind the Laughter" (with Tim Long, George Meyer, and Matt Selman)
- "The Parent Rap" (with George Meyer)
- "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
References
- ^ Mitchell, Gail (January 24, 1999). "Mike Scully Interview". The Simpsons Archive. http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/scully99b.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ Chris Suellentrop (12 February 2003). "The Simpsons: Who turned America's best TV show into a cartoon?". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2078501/. Retrieved 04 January 2009.
- ^ "Notes from the picket line". blog. By Ken Levine. 05 November 2007. http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2007/11/notes-from-picket-line.html. Retrieved 04 January 2009.
- ^ "slashhudson". blog. By Slash Hudson. 20 May 2009. http://twitter.com/slashhudson. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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