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'''Jon Vitti''' is a writer who is most noted for his well-received scripts for the television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He has also written for the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' and ''The Critic'' series, and has served as a consultant for several animated movies, including ''Ice Age'' (2002) and ''Robots'' (2005). He is one of 11 writers who worked on ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
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{{Crew
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|name= Jon Vitti
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
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|job= Story editor<br>Writer<br>Executive story editor<br>Creative consultant<br>Co-producer<br>Producer
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|birthdate=
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|status=Inactive
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|episodes= 134
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|seasons= [[Season 1|Seasons 1]] - [[Season 5|5]], [[Season 6|6]], [[Season 7|7]], [[Season 13|13]] - [[Season 16|16]]
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|first episode= "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Midnight Rx]]"
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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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}}
  
He most recently co-wrote the Live-Action/CGI Animated adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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'''Jon Vitti''' is an American writer and producer. He served as a writer, producer, story editor and creative consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He also served as a writer for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''. He has also worked for ''{{ap|King of the Hill|real world show}}'' and ''[[The Critic]]''.
  
He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he contributed to the ''Harvard Lampoon''. Prior to joining the Simpsons show, he had a brief stint with ''Saturday Night Live''. He has stated on a DVD commentary that it was "a very unhappy year".
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He has also used the pseudonym '''Penny Wise'''. Vitti used the pseudonym for episodes "[[Another Simpsons Clip Show]]" and "[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]" because he did not want to be credited for writing a clip show as expressed on Simpsons DVD commentaries yet ironically his name was credited for writing the first Simpsons clip show "[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]".
  
He is sometimes credited as "John Vitti".
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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|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}}
  
He has also used the pseudonym '''Penny Wise'''. Vitti used the pseudonym for episodes [[Another Simpsons Clip Show]] and [[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]] because he did not want to be credited for writing a clip show as expressed on Simpsons DVD commentaries yet ironcially his name was credited for writing the first Simpsons clip show [[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]. The director of The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular "Pound Foolish" has yet to come out and express his true identity away from the pseudonym. It has been expressed by [[Matt Groening]] on commentaries that "Pound Foolish" is a male director who has directed for the show in past episodes.
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[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|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[She of Little Faith]]"}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}}}
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{{TB|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2002"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Old Man and the Key]]"<br>{{small|for "[[Ode to Branson]]"}}}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
=== Writer ===
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=== Written by ===
* {{ep|Bart the Genius}}
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{{Scroll|
* {{ep|The Crepes of Wrath}}  
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{{TO}}
* {{ep|Homer's Night Out}}  
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{{Season1A
* {{ep|Simpson and Delilah}}
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|E2=yes
* {{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an F}}
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|E10=yes
* {{ep|Lisa's Substitute}}
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|E11=yes
* {{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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}}
* {{ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}}
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{{Season2A
* {{ep|Radio Bart}}
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|E2=yes
* {{ep|Bart the Lover}}
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|E16=yes
* {{ep|Black Widower}}
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|E19=yes
* {{ep|Treehouse of Horror III|Dial 'Z' for Zombies}}
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}}
* {{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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{{Season3A
* {{ep|Brother from the Same Planet}}
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|E3=yes
* {{ep|So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show}}
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|E11=yes
* {{ep|Cape Feare}}
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|E13=yes
* {{ep|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily}}
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|E16=yes
* {{ep|The Old Man and the Key}}
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}}
* {{ep|Weekend at Burnsie's}}
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{{Season4A
* {{ep|Little Girl in the Big Ten}}
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|E5=yes
* {{ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, Teens and Gays}}
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|E5n=as Vicious Jack Vitti
* {{ep|Simple Simpson}}
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|E9=yes
* {{ep|Sleeping with the Enemy}}
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|E14=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season5A
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{Season6A
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|E3=yes
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|E3n=as Penny Wise
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E3=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E10n=as Penny Wise
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}}
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{{Season13A
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|E13=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season15A
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|E8=yes
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{Season16A
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|E3=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
=== Executive Story Editor ===
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=== Teleplay by ===
* {{ep|The Crepes of Wrath}}
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*{{ep|Black Widower}}
* {{ep|Some Enchanted Evening}}
 
  
== External Links ==
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=== Screenplay by ===
*{{IMDB|name/nm0900140/}}
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*{{mov}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Jon Vitti|Jon Vitti}}
 
  
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=== Story editor ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season1A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Executive story editor ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season1A
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season2A|all=yes}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Co-producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season3A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E7n=as Vicious Jack Vitti
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season3A
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|E24=yes
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}}
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{{Season4A|all=yes|E5n=as Vicious Jack Vitti}}
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{{Season5A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{Season13A
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season14A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{Season15A
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season16A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n=as Jon Bleedy
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Creative consultant ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season6A
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|E18=yes
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|E22=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}}
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*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
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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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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0900140/}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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{{Writers|former=yes}}
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{{Producers|former=yes|former co=yes}}
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{{Story editors|episodes=yes}}
 
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitti, John}}
{{Realworld}}
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[[Category:Cast and Crew]]
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[[Category:Consultants]]
[[Category:Writers]]
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[[Category:Annie Award nominees]]
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award nominated crew]]
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
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[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons 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 17:12, September 24, 2024

Jon Vitti
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Story editor
Writer
Executive story editor
Creative consultant
Co-producer
Producer
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 134
Seasons active: Seasons 1 - 5, 6, 7, 13 - 16
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Midnight Rx"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


Jon Vitti is an American writer and producer. He served as a writer, producer, story editor and creative consultant for The Simpsons. He also served as a writer for The Simpsons Movie. He has also worked for King of the Hill and The Critic.

He has also used the pseudonym Penny Wise. Vitti used the pseudonym for episodes "Another Simpsons Clip Show" and "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" because he did not want to be credited for writing a clip show as expressed on Simpsons DVD commentaries yet ironically his name was credited for writing the first Simpsons clip show "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show".

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[1] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1992[2] "Radio Bart" Nominated
2002[3] "She of Little Faith"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics 2002[4] "The Old Man and the Key"
for "Ode to Branson"

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Teleplay by[edit]

Screenplay by[edit]

Story editor[edit]

Executive story editor[edit]

Co-producer[edit]

Producer[edit]

Creative consultant[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Parody lyrics by[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]