Mike Scully
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| Mike Scully | |
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| Image:Mike Scully.jpg | |
| Born | October 2 1956 West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1986 - Present |
| Genres | Humour |
- For the football player, see Mike Scully (football player).
Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is an Emmy Award-winning American television writer best known for his work as show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001 (Seasons 9-12).
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.
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."[1]
According to Ken Levine[2], Mr. Scully is walking a picket line in the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike even though on crutches.
[edit] 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"
- "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
- "Beyond Blunderdome"
- "Behind the Laughter"
- "The Parent Rap"
- "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
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| Preceded by Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein | The Simpsons show runner 1997 – 2001 | Succeeded by Al Jean |
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