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|job= Consultant<br>Writer<br>Producer<br>Story editor | |job= Consultant<br>Writer<br>Producer<br>Story editor | ||
| − | |birthdate= {{Birthdate| | + | |birthdate= {{Birthdate|1949|2|8}} |
|status=Inactive | |status=Inactive | ||
| − | |episodes= | + | |episodes= 309 |
| − | |seasons= [[Season | + | |seasons= [[Season 1]] - [[Season 15|15]] |
| − | |first episode="[[Bart the General]]" | + | |first episode= "[[Bart the General]]" |
| − | |latest episode="[[The | + | |latest episode= "[[The Fat and the Furriest]]" |
|movie=yes | |movie=yes | ||
| + | |first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]'' | ||
| + | |latest album= ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]'' | ||
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| − | + | '''John Swartzwelder''' (born February 8, 1949)<ref>[https://twitter.com/JJSwartzwelder/status/1623414359862181888 John Swartzwelder on Twitter - "Birthday"]</ref> is a writer for the ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He is credited with writing the largest number of ''Simpsons'' episodes. John was one of several writers recruited to The Simpsons from the pages of [[George Meyer]]'s ''{{W2|Army Man|magazine}}'' magazine. | |
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| − | '''John Swartzwelder''' (born | ||
Beginning with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder no longer attended rewrites with the rest of the staff, having been given special dispensation to send in his drafts from home and let the other writers revise them. | Beginning with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder no longer attended rewrites with the rest of the staff, having been given special dispensation to send in his drafts from home and let the other writers revise them. | ||
| − | According to his longtime collaborators on ''The Simpsons'', [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]], Swartzwelder is a huge fan of | + | According to his longtime collaborators on ''The Simpsons'', [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]], Swartzwelder is a huge fan of {{W|Preston Sturges}} films and loves "anything old-timey American." This vaguely defined aesthetic presents itself in many of the episodes he's written, in the form of wandering hobos, Prohibition-era speakeasies, carnies, 19th-century baseball players, aging Western movie stars, and Sicilian gangsters. |
According to the DVD commentaries, he used to write episodes while sitting at a booth in his favorite restaurant "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes" (Matt Groening). When the state of California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought a diner booth and installed it in his house, allowing him to smoke and write in peace. | According to the DVD commentaries, he used to write episodes while sitting at a booth in his favorite restaurant "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes" (Matt Groening). When the state of California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought a diner booth and installed it in his house, allowing him to smoke and write in peace. | ||
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| − | + | {{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production|Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production}}}} | |
| − | + | {{TB|[[2007]]<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}} | |
| − | + | {{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}} | |
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| − | + | {{TB|[[1990]]<ref name="Emmy42Anim">[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"]</ref>}} | |
| − | + | {{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}} | |
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| − | + | {{TBT|[[1992]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"]</ref>}} | |
| − | + | {{TB|"[[Radio Bart]]"}} | |
| + | {{TRs|Nominated|3}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[1995]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1995"]</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Homer the Great]]"<br>{{small|for "[[We Do|We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)]]"}}}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | |E1n=as Triple Admiral John Swartzwelder | ||
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| + | === Teleplay by === | ||
| + | *{{ep|Bart the Fink}} | ||
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| + | === For The Simpsons === | ||
| + | *{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}} | ||
| + | *{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}} | ||
| + | *{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}} | ||
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| + | === Parody lyrics by === | ||
| + | *{{alb|The Simpsons Movie: The Music|("{{ap|Spider Pig|song}}")}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:41, February 8, 2023
- This article is about the writer. For the character, see John Swartzwelder (character).
John Swartzwelder
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John Swartzwelder (born February 8, 1949)[1] is a writer for the The Simpsons. He is credited with writing the largest number of Simpsons episodes. John was one of several writers recruited to The Simpsons from the pages of George Meyer's Army Man magazine.
Beginning with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder no longer attended rewrites with the rest of the staff, having been given special dispensation to send in his drafts from home and let the other writers revise them.
According to his longtime collaborators on The Simpsons, Al Jean and Mike Reiss, Swartzwelder is a huge fan of Preston Sturges films and loves "anything old-timey American." This vaguely defined aesthetic presents itself in many of the episodes he's written, in the form of wandering hobos, Prohibition-era speakeasies, carnies, 19th-century baseball players, aging Western movie stars, and Sicilian gangsters.
According to the DVD commentaries, he used to write episodes while sitting at a booth in his favorite restaurant "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes" (Matt Groening). When the state of California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought a diner booth and installed it in his house, allowing him to smoke and write in peace.
Contents
Awards[edit]
Credits[edit]
Written by[edit]
Teleplay by[edit]
Episode – "Bart the Fink"
Consultant[edit]
Story editor[edit]
Co-producer[edit]
Producer[edit]
For The Simpsons[edit]
Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield - Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
- Album – The Simpsons: Testify
Parody lyrics by[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ John Swartzwelder on Twitter - "Birthday"
- ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
- ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
- ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
- ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
- ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1995"
External links[edit]
John Swartzwelder at the Internet Movie Database
John Swartzwelder at Wikipedia- JohnSwartzwelder.com
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