Sam Simon
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Sam Simon
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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.
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Credits
Developed By
Executive Producer
Character Design
Creative Supervisor
Written by
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)
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.
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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 | ||
