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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.
 
'''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.
  
==Trivia==
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== Credits ==
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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=== Staff writer ===
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*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|(as The Devil In Rich Appel)}}
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*{{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
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=== Consulting producer ===
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*{{ep|All Singing, All Dancing}}
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== Trivia ==
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*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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== External links ==
 
*{{IMDB|name/nm0032219/}}
 
*{{IMDB|name/nm0032219/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Richard Appel|Richard Appel}}
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{{Executive producers}}
 
{{Executive producers}}

Revision as of 16:09, November 2, 2011

Richard Appel
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Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 7
First episode: "Mother Simpson"
Most recent episode: "When You Dish Upon a Star"


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 King of the Hill and The Bernie Mac Show. He is currently an executive producer on The Cleveland Show, of which he is also a co-creator.

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