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'''John Swartzwelder''' (born November 16, [[1950]]) is a writer for the animated television series ''[[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.  
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
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|job= Consultant<br>Writer<br>Producer<br>Story editor
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|birthdate= {{Birthdate|1949|2|8}}
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|status=Inactive
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|episodes= 309
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|seasons= [[Season 1]] - [[Season 15|15]]
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|first episode= "[[Bart the General]]"
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|latest episode= "[[The Fat and the Furriest]]"
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|first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''
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|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.  
  
 
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.
  
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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.
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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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He is also noted as being a staunch Libertarian, as well as a gun rights advocate and a chain smoker.
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== Awards ==
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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}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|3}}
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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>}}
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{{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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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>}}
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{{TB|"[[Radio Bart]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{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>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}}}
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{{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>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer the Great]]"<br>{{small|for "[[We Do|We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)]]"}}}}
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== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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=== Teleplay by ===
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*{{ep|Bart the Fink}}
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In 2004, following a short break from writing scripts, he wrote his first novel, ''The Time Machine Did It'' (ISBN 0975579908). It was followed by ''Double Wonderful'' (ISBN 0975579924) in 2005.
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=== Producer ===
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''The Simpsons''' 16th season was the first in which no episodes were authored by Swartzwelder. It has been confirmed that he will return for the 17th season.
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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}}
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*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
  
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In the episode [[The Day the Violence Died]], John Swartzwelder is one of the "surprise witnesses" called by [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons|Lionel Hutz]].  Others include [[Ralph Wiggum]], a man with a dummy, and [[Santa Claus]] on crutches.
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=== Parody lyrics by ===
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*{{alb|The Simpsons Movie: The Music|("{{ap|Spider Pig|song}}")}}
  
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John has yet to feature in a Simpsons DVD commentary, and has refused to even acknowledge this fact on a commentary, even when offered to have a mic brought to him just to utter the word "No". On one audio commentary one of the writers pretended to be him as a joke.  Swartzwelder was rumored to be doing commentary on the [[Season 9]] DVD box set episode "[[The Cartridge Family]]". However, the extent of his participation was that the actual commentators called him on the phone to verify for the fans that he exists. The only opinion he offered on the episode was that he recalled it was a good one.[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6494]  But as far as is known, he won't be on any DVD commentaries. 
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== See also ==
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*{{Written by}}
  
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==''Simpsons'' episodes==
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== References ==
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Here is a continuous listing of every episode he's written for the show so far:
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{{Reflist}}
  
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*"[[Bart the General]]" (7G05) (1990)
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== External links ==
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*"[[Call of the Simpsons]]" (7G07) (1990)
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0841990/}}
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*"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" (7G11) (1990)
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*"[[The Crepes of Wrath]]" (7G13) (1990)
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*[https://johnswartzwelder.com/ JohnSwartzwelder.com]
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*"[[Treehouse of Horror]]" (7F04) (1990)
 
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*"[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]" (7F01) (1990)
 
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*"[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]" (7F09) (1990)
 
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*"[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" (7F10) (1991)
 
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*"[[War of the Simpsons]]" (7F20) (1991)
 
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*"[[Bart the Murderer]]" (8F03) (1991)
 
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*"[[Treehouse of Horror II]]" (8F02) (1991)
 
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*"[[Homer at the Bat]]" (8F13) (1992)
 
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*"[[Dog of Death]]" (8F17) (1992)
 
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*"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]" (8F23) (1992)
 
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*"[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]" (9F03) (1992)
 
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*"[[Whacking Day]]" (9F18) (1993)
 
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*"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" (9F19) (1993)
 
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*"[[Rosebud]]" (1F01) (1993)
 
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*"[[Homer the Vigilante]]" (1F09) (1994)
 
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*"[[Bart Gets Famous]]" (1F11) (1994)
 
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*"[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]" (1F15) (1994)
 
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*"[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]" (1F19) (1994)
 
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*"[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]" (2F01) (1994)
 
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*"[[Homer the Great]]" (2F09) (1995)
 
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*"[[Bart's Comet]]" (2F11) (1995)
 
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*"[[Homie the Clown]]" (2F12) (1995)
 
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*"[[Radioactive Man (Simpsons)|Radioactive Man]]" (2F17) (1995)
 
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*"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" (3F04) (1995)
 
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*"[[Bart the Fink]]" (3F12) (1996)
 
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*"[[Homer the Smithers]]" (3F14) (1996)
 
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*"[[The Day the Violence Died]]" (3F16) (1996)
 
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*"[[You Only Move Twice]]" (3F23) (1996)
 
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*"[[Mountain of Madness]]" (4F10) (1997)
 
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*"[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]" (4F15) (1997)
 
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*"[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]" (4F17) (1997)
 
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*"[[Homer's Enemy]]" (4F19) (1997)
 
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*"[[The Cartridge Family]]" (5F01) (1997)
 
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*"[[Bart Carny]]" (5F08) (1998)
 
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*"[[King of the Hill (The Simpsons episode)|King of the Hill]]" (5F16) (1998)
 
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*"[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]" (5F21) (1998)
 
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*"[[Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"]]" (AABF04) (1998)
 
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*"[[Homer to the Max]]" (AABF09) (1999)
 
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*"[[Maximum Homerdrive]]" (AABF13) (1999)
 
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*"[[Monty Can't Buy Me Love]]" (AABF17) (1999)
 
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*"[[Take My Wife, Sleaze]]" (BABF05) (1999)
 
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*"[[The Mansion Family]]" (BABF08) (2000)
 
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*"[[Kill the Alligator and Run]]" (BABF16) (2000)
 
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*"[[A Tale of Two Springfields]]" (BABF20) (2000)
 
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*"[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]" (CABF02) (2000)
 
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*"[[Hungry, Hungry Homer]]" (CABF09) (2001)
 
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*"[[Simpson Safari]]" (CABF13) (2001)
 
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*"[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]" (CABF18) (2001)
 
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*"[[The Lastest Gun in the West]]" (DABF07) (2002)
 
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*"[[I Am Furious Yellow]]" (DABF13) (2002)
 
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*"[[The Sweetest Apu]]" (DABF14) (2002)
 
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*"[[The Frying Game]]" (DABF16) (2002)
 
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*"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]" (EABF09) (2003)
 
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*"[[Treehouse of Horror XIV]]" (EABF21) (2003)
 
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*"[[The Regina Monologues]]" (EABF22) (2003)
 
  
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[[Category:Annie Award nominees]]
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
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[[Category:The Simpsons Movie: The Music crew]]
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[[Category:The Simpsons: Testify crew]]

Latest revision as of 15:41, February 8, 2023

This article is about the writer. For the character, see John Swartzwelder (character).
John Swartzwelder
John Swartzwelder.png
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Consultant
Writer
Producer
Story editor
Birth date: February 8, 1949 (1949-02-08) (age 75)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 309
Seasons active: Season 1 - 15
First episode: "Bart the General"
Most recent episode: "The Fat and the Furriest"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


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.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[2] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1990[3] "Life on the Fast Lane" Won
1992[4] "Radio Bart" Nominated
1996[5] "Treehouse of Horror VI"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics 1995[6] "Homer the Great"
for "We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)"

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Teleplay by[edit]

Consultant[edit]

Story editor[edit]

Co-producer[edit]

Producer[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Parody lyrics by[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ John Swartzwelder on Twitter - "Birthday"
  2. ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – 1995"


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