Richard Appel

Richard Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer. After working as a lawyer for several years he became a writer for The Simpsons in 1994. His first episode was Season 7's "Mother Simpson". He left the show after writing "When You Dish Upon a Star". He went on to serve as executive producer on ' and '. He is currently an executive producer on Family Guy, as well the executive producer on , of which he is also a co-creator.

Trivia

 * At the time Appel wrote "Mother Simpson", he was married to the novelist . He named Homer's mother Mona after her.