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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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[[File:Johnscameo2.JPG|thumb|300px|John, as seen in a cameo in "[[Hurricane Neddy]]".]]
 
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'''John Swartzwelder''' (born November 16, 1950) 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 ''[[Wikipedia:Army Man (magazine)|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.
 
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 [[Wikipedia:Preston Sturges|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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In 2004, following a short break from writing scripts, he wrote his first novel, ''The Time Machine Did It'' (ISBN 0-9755799-0-8). It was followed by ''Double Wonderful'' (ISBN 0-9755799-2-4) in 2005.
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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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{{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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== Books ==
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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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* The Time Machine Did It (2004)
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{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
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* Double Wonderful (2005)
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* How I Conquered Your Planet (2006)
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* The Exploding Detective (2007)
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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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* Dead Men Scare Me Stupid (2008)
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* Earth vs. Everybody (2009)
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* The Last Detective Alive (2010)
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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|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer the Great]]"<br>{{small|for "[[We Do|We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)]]"}}}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's First Word}}
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*{{ep|Homer's Triple Bypass}}
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*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
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*{{ep|Selma's Choice}}
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*{{ep|I Love Lisa}}
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|E14=yes
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*{{ep|Last Exit to Springfield}}
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*{{ep|So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show}}
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*{{ep|Whacking Day}}
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*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
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*{{ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}}
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|E20=yes
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*{{ep|Homer's Barbershop Quartet}}
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*{{ep|Cape Feare}}
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|E22=yes
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*{{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
 
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*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
 
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*{{ep|Deep Space Homer}}
 
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*{{ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
 
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*{{ep|Bart Gets an Elephant}}
 
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*{{ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}}
 
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*{{ep|Colonel Homer}}
 
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*{{ep|Black Widower}}
 
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*{{ep|The Otto Show}}
 
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*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail|(The Monorail Song)}}
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*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
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*{{ep|Homer the Great|(We Do The Stonecutters' Song)}}
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
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*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died|(The Amendment Song)}}
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*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
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*{{mov|(Spider Pig, Springfield Anthem)}}
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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
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"


External links[edit]


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