Sam Simon

For the character, see Sam Simon (character).

Sam Simon

Crew Information Gender: Male Job: Executive producer Writer Birth date: June 6, 1955 (1955-06-06) Status: Active Number of episodes: 485 First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Most recent episode: "The Ned-Liest Catch"

Sam Simon (born June 6, 1955) is one of the original developers of The Simpsons, along with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. Simon left the show after season 4 over creative difficulties with Groening and Brooks. He received a sizeable pay off which earns him tens of millions of dollars a year; he remains credited as an executive producer despite not working on the show since.

He has also worked on many other television shows including Cheers and The Drew Carey Show. He was married to Jennifer Tilly from 1984 to 1991. He is currently writing a sitcom for Howard Stern’s Howard 100 channel on Sirius Satellite Radio named The Bitter Half.

Trivia

• When Drew Carey and Norm MacDonald were on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2000, they used Sam as their Phone-A-Friend(s).
• Simon frequently appears as a panelist on the PBS program Mental Engineering.
• Ever since Simon left The Simpsons during Season 4, he has always been credited in Treehouse of Horror episodes as "Sam 'Sayonara' Simon".
• In The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular, they showed Simon a lot like Howard Hughes.

Credits

Developed By

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Episode – "Bart the Genius" Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Episode – "Bart the General" Episode – "Moaning Lisa" Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons" Episode – "The Telltale Head" Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane" Episode – "Homer's Night Out" Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted" Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" Episode – "Lard of the Dance" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" Episode – "Homer Scissorhands"

Executive Producer

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Episode – "Bart the Genius" Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Episode – "Bart the General" Episode – "Moaning Lisa" Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons" Episode – "The Telltale Head" Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane" Episode – "Homer's Night Out" Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted" Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" Episode – "Homer Scissorhands"

Character Design

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Episode – "Bart the Genius" Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Episode – "Bart the General" Episode – "Moaning Lisa" Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons" Episode – "The Telltale Head" Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane" Episode – "Homer's Night Out" Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted" Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"

Creative Supervisor

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Episode – "Bart the Genius" Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Episode – "Bart the General" Episode – "Moaning Lisa" Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons" Episode – "The Telltale Head" Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane" Episode – "Homer's Night Out" Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted" Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening"

Writer

• Episode – "The Telltale Head" (with Al Jean, Mike Reiss and Matt Groening)
• Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" (with George Meyer, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti)
• Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening" (with Matt Groening)
• Episode – "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" (with John Swartzwelder)
• Episode – "Treehouse of Horror - The Raven" (with Edgar Allen Poe)
• Episode – "The Way We Was" (with Al Jean and Mike Reiss)
• Episode – "Treehouse of Horror II" (with Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jeff Martin, George Meyer and John Swartzwelder. Credited as Slithering Sam Simon)
• Episode – "Black Widower" (with Thomas Chastain and Jon Vitti)
• Episode – "Treehouse of Horror III - Dial Z for Zombies" (with Jon Vitti. Credited as Scarifying Sam Simon)

External links

• Sam Simon at the Internet Movie Database
• Sam Simon at Wikipedia
• Interview with Sam Simon

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

Current executive producers James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Matt Selman • Sam Simon* Former executive producers David X. Cohen • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein Other executive producers Scot Amos • Nick Bliobenes • Fritz Bronner • Dominic Buttimore • Steve Callaghan • Jeremy Chilnick • Charlie Dixon • Nandish Domlur • Jay Fukuto • Rick Giolito • Greg Goodrich • Seth Green • Dan Harmon • John Harvatine IV • Mark Hentemann • Clare Hollywood • Larry Jones • Foo Katan • Richard Kay • Leigh Kelly • Scott Krager • Brad Lewis • David Lipman • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • Rob Pratt • Kent Rice • Justin Roiland • Tom Root • Carl Rosendahl • Matthew Senreich • Eric Shanks • Denise Sirkot • Danny Smith • Gabe Spitzer • Morgan Spurlock • Chris Takami • Fumiaki Tanaka • Eric Towner • Kara Vallow • Nikki Vanzo • Michael Webb Current co-executive producers J. Stewart Burns • Dan Castellaneta • Joel H. Cohen • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Christine Nangle • Michael Price • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook Former co-executive producers Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • John Frink • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Josh Lieb • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Marc Wilmore Other co-executive producers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • John Viener

Showrunners
James L. Brooks • Matt Groening • Al Jean • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Sam Simon • Josh Weinstein
Co-showrunners
Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price