George Meyer
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George Meyer (born 1956) is a producer and writer for The Simpsons, and arguably the writer who has contributed the most to the show over its long run. In 2000, Meyer was called the "the funniest man behind the funniest show on TV" by The New Yorker. He was born in 1956
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Biography
After college, Meyer became a writer for Late Night with David Letterman, Not Necessarily The News, The New Show, and Saturday Night Live. In 1987, Meyer founded the legendary humor zine Army Man, which attained a cult following. One of its readers was Sam Simon, who was a producer on a new animated sitcom called The Simpsons. In 1989 Simon asked Meyer to join the writing staff, and he has remained there intermittently ever since. In 2005 he wrote for the TBS special Earth To America. He was one of the writers for The Simpsons Movie.
Credits
Creative consultant
Written by
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Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" - Episode – "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
- Episode – "Blood Feud"
- Episode – "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II" (as Gasping George Meyer)- Episode – "Separate Vocations"
- Episode – "Homer the Heretic"
- Episode – "Bart's Inner Child"
- Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
- Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"
- Episode – "Behind the Laughter"
- Episode – "The Parent Rap"
Co-producer
Producer
Supervising producer
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Co-executive producer
Executive producer
Treehouse of Horror XIII (3 November 2002) - producer How I Spent My Strummer Vacation (10 November 2002) - producer Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade (17 November 2002) - producer Large Marge (24 November 2002) - producer Helter Shelter (1 December 2002) - producer The Great Louse Detective (15 December 2002) - producer Special Edna (5 January 2003) - producer The Dad Who Knew Too Little (12 January 2003) - producer The Strong Arms of the Ma (2 February 2003) - producer Pray Anything (9 February 2003) - producer I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can (16 February 2003) - producer Barting Over (16 February 2003) - producer A Star Is Born Again (2 March 2003) - producer Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington (9 March 2003) - producer C. E. D'oh (16 March 2003) - producer 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky (30 March 2003) - producer Three Gays of the Condo (13 April 2003) - producer Dude, Where's My Ranch? (27 April 2003) - producer Old Yeller-Belly (4 May 2003) - producer Brake My Wife, Please (11 May 2003) - producer Moe Baby Blues (18 May 2003) - producer The Bart of War (18 May 2003) - producer Simple Simpson (2 May 2004) - producer Treehouse of Horror XV (7 November 2004) - producer All's Fair in Oven War (14 November 2004) - producer Sleeping with the Enemy (21 November 2004) - producer She Used to Be My Girl (5 December 2004) - producer Fat Man and Little Boy (12 December 2004) - producer Midnight Rx (16 January 2005) - producer Mommie Beerest (30 January 2005) - producer Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass (6 February 2005) - producer Pranksta Rap (13 February 2005) - producer There's Something About Marrying (20 February 2005) - producer On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister (6 March 2005) - producer Goo Goo Gai Pan (13 March 2005) - producer Mobile Homer (20 March 2005) - producer The Seven-Beer Snitch (3 April 2005) - producer Future-Drama (17 April 2005) - producer The Heartbroke Kid (1 May 2005) - producer Don't Fear the Roofer (1 May 2005) - producer A Star Is Torn (8 May 2005) - producer Thank God It's Doomsday (8 May 2005) - producer Home Away from Homer (15 May 2005) - producer The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star (15 May 2005) - producer Bonfire of the Manatees (11 September 2005) - creative consultant The Girl Who Slept Too Little (18 September 2005) - creative consultant Milhouse of Sand and Fog (25 September 2005) - creative consultant Treehouse of Horror XVI (6 November 2005) - creative consultant Marge's Son Poisoning (13 November 2005) - creative consultant See Homer Run (20 November 2005) - creative consultant The Last of the Red Hat Mamas (27 November 2005) - creative consultant The Italian Bob (11 December 2005) - creative consultant Simpsons Christmas Stories (18 December 2005) - creative consultant Homer's Paternity Coot (8 January 2006) - creative consultant We're on the Road to D'owhere (29 January 2006) - creative consultant My Fair Laddy (26 February 2006) - creative consultant The Seemingly Never-Ending Story (12 March 2006) - creative consultant Next US airings: Sat. Nov. 5 7:00 PM Fox Bart Has Two Mommies (19 March 2006) - creative consultant Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife (26 March 2006) - creative consultant Million Dollar Abie (2 April 2006) - creative consultant Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (9 April 2006) - creative consultant The Wettest Stories Ever Told (23 April 2006) - creative consultant Girls Just Want to Have Sums (30 April 2006) - creative consultant Regarding Margie (7 May 2006) - creative consultant The Monkey Suit (14 May 2006) - creative consultant Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play (21 May 2006) - creative consultant
Showrunner
- "Treehouse of Horror X" (with Mike Scully and Al Jean)
Trivia
- Wrote an unproduced episode of The Simpsons which, although deemed hilarious, went unproduced as it would have led to serious legal ramifications and personally offended several staff/cast members.
Showrunners
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| 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 | ||
