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|name= Richard Appel
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|status=Inactive
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
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|job= Writer<br>Producer
|first episode="[[Mother Simpson]]"
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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1963|5|21}}
|latest episode="[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]"
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|deathdate=
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|status= Inactive
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|episodes= 99
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|seasons= [[Season 6]] - [[Season 10|10]]
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|first episode= "[[Another Simpsons Clip Show]]"
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|latest episode= "[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]"
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|first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''
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|latest album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
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'''Richard Appel''' (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. He served as a writer, staff writer, story editor, producer, co-executive producer and consulting producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He also worked for ''[[Family Guy]]'' and co-created ''{{W|The Cleveland Show}}''.
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}}}
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{{TB|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
 
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'''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 ''{{w|King of the Hill}}'' and ''{{w|The Bernie Mac Show}}''. He is currently an executive producer on ''{{W|The Cleveland Show}}'', of which he is also a co-creator.
 
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season7A
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|E8=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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{{Season8A
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|E5=yes
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|E25=yes
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{{Season9A
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|E7=yes
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{{Season10A
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|E5=yes
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{{TC}}
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=== Staff writer ===
 
=== Staff writer ===
{{Scroll|width=80%|
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{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy Land}}
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{{Season6A
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
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|E3=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|(as Richarred Appel)}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Girlfriend}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Homer Badman}}
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|E6n=as Richarred Appel
*{{ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Fear of Flying}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Great}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|And Maggie Makes Three}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Homie the Clown}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Bart vs. Australia}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Homer vs. Patty and Selma}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|A Star Is Burns}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Lisa's Wedding}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|The PTA Disbands}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|'Round Springfield}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|The Springfield Connection}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Lemon of Troy}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part (Two)}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|Radioactive Man}}
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|E24=yes
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
== Story editor ==
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=== Story editor ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Bart Sells His Soul}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
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|E3=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(as Richard ''Former Attorney'' Appel)}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|King-Size Homer}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Mother Simpson}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming}}
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|E6n=as Richard "Former Attorney" Appel
*{{ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Marge Be Not Proud}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Team Homer}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Two Bad Neighbors}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Bart the Fink}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Smithers}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Homerpalooza}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|You Only Move Twice}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer}}
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|E24=yes
*{{ep|The Springfield Files}}
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|E25=yes
*{[ep|Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious}}
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}}
*{{ep|Simpson Tide}}
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{{Season8A
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|E2=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
=== Written by ===
 
*{{ep|Mother Simpson}}
 
*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
 
*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
 
*{{ep|Bart After Dark}}
 
*{{ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}
 
*{{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
 
*{{ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
 
  
 
=== Producer ===
 
=== Producer ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII|(as Wretched Appel)}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|The Homer They Fall}}
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{{Season8A
*{{ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Bart After Dark}}
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|E1n=as Wretched Appel
*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Lisa's Date with Density}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Mountain of Madness}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Homer's Phobia}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Brother from Another Series}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Homer vs. the 18th Amendment}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Grade School Confidential}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|The Canine Mutiny}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Homer's Enemy}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|The Principal and the Pauper}}
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|E24=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Co-executive producer ===
 
=== Co-executive producer ===
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|(as The Devil In Rich Appel)}}
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{{Scroll|
*{{ep|The Cartridge Family}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Bart Star}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
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|E4n=as The Devil in Rich Appel
*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Bart Carny}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Das Bus}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|This Little Wiggy}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Trouble with Trillions}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Girly Edition}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|King of the Hill}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Lost Our Lisa}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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|E24=yes
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Consulting producer ===
 
=== Consulting producer ===
*{{ep|All Singing, All Dancing}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|The Joy of Sect}}
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{{Season9A
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|E11=yes
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== For The Simpsons ===
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*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*At the time Appel wrote "[[Mother Simpson]]", he was married to the novelist [[wikipedia:Mona Simpson (novelist)|Mona Simpson]]. He named [[Homer]]'s mother [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] after her.
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*At the time Appel wrote "[[Mother Simpson]]", he was married to the novelist {{W2|Mona Simpson|novelist}}. He named [[Homer]]'s mother [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] after her.
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== See also ==
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*{{Written by}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0032219/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0032219/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Richard Appel}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
  
{{Executive producers}}
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{{Writers|former=yes|staff=yes}}
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{{Executive producers|former co=yes}}
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{{Consulting producers|former=yes}}
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{{Producers|former=yes}}
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{{Story editors|episodes=yes}}
 
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[[Category:Writers]]
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winning crew]]
[[Category:Cast and crew]]
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
[[Category:Executive producers]]
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[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew]]
[[Category:Consulting producers]]
 
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew]]
 

Latest revision as of 13:59, January 26, 2023

Richard Appel
Richard Appel by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Writer
Producer
Birth date: May 21, 1963 (1963-05-21) (age 61)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 99
Seasons active: Season 6 - 10
First episode: "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
Most recent episode: "When You Dish Upon a Star"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons


Richard Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. He served as a writer, staff writer, story editor, producer, co-executive producer and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He also worked for Family Guy and co-created The Cleveland Show.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1997[1] "Homer's Phobia" Won

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Staff writer[edit]

Story editor[edit]

Producer[edit]

Co-executive producer[edit]

Consulting producer[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Trivia[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]