Conan O'Brien
- For the character, see Conan O'Brien (character).
Conan O'Brien
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Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American talkshow host and writer. He is a former writer for The Simpsons, writing episodes including "New Kid on the Block" and "Marge vs. the Monorail".
In fall of 1991, O'Brien signed on as a writer and producer for The Simpsons, where he also became a supervising producer. In a speech he gave at Harvard on Class Day in 2000, O'Brien credited The Simpsons with "saving" him, a reference to the career slump he was experiencing prior to his hiring for that show.[1]
He wrote the episodes "New Kid on the Block", "Marge vs. the Monorail", "Homer Goes to College" and the wraparounds of "Treehouse of Horror IV". He also wrote the unproduced sequel to "Stark Raving Dad", which was intended to revolve around Prince.[2] He also created the character of Captain Horatio McCallister (the Sea Captain) and he named Patty and Selma Bouvier's iguana Jub-Jub (something he would say during awkward silences while writing). Of the episodes he wrote while there, he considers "Marge vs. the Monorail" to be his favorite. In the writer's room O'Brien used to act out jokes and other actions, entertaining the other writers.
He left The Simpsons in 1993 to host Late Night With Conan O'Brien, taking over after David Letterman left NBC for CBS.
Contents
Credits
Writer
Episode – "New Kid on the Block" - Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
- Episode – "Homer Goes to College"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (as Watch Conan O'Brien)
Producer
Supervising producer
- Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
- Episode – "Cape Feare"
- Episode – "Homer Goes to College"
- Episode – "Rosebud"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (as Conan 12: 30 NBC O'Brien)
- Episode – "Marge on the Lam"
Guest starring
Soundtrack
- Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" (writer of "The Monorail Song")
- Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing" (writer of "The Monorail Song")
External links
References
- ↑ Text of O'Brien's 2000 commencement speech at Harvard from Everything2
- ↑ Reiss, Mike. (2003). The Simpsons season 3 DVD Easter Egg commentary for the episode "Stark Raving Dad" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
Guest stars in season 5
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| George Harrison • David Crosby • Kelsey Grammer • The Ramones (Joey Ramone • Johnny Ramone • Marky Ramone • C. J. Ramone) • Pamela Reed • George Fenneman • James Brown • Ernest Borgnine • Michelle Pfeiffer • Werner Klemperer • Robert Goulet • Gerry Cooney • Sam Neill • Conan O'Brien • James Woods • Kathleen Turner • James Taylor • Buzz Aldrin |
