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Al Jean
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Alfred Ernest "Al" Jean (born January 9, 1961) is an American producer and writer. He is the current showrunner and executive producer of The Simpsons. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends, The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem, The Simpsons: Access All Areas, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, The Simpsons: America's First Family and Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson.
Biography
He was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, where he graduated from Harrison High School. His family owns a hardware store across the street from the high school, called Jean's Hardware. He attended Harvard University at the age of 16, majoring in mathematics.[1] He went on to write for the National Lampoon, The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson, ALF and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Career
In 1989 he and writing partner Mike Reiss were hired to write for The Simpsons. Jean wrote numerous episodes including "Moaning Lisa" and "The Way We Was". Jean and Reiss served as showrunners for season 3 and season 4. In 1994 they left to create the animated series The Critic. The show caused controversy after its lead character Jay Sherman appeared in the episode "A Star Is Burns". It was canceled after 23 produced episodes but was released on DVD and has a cult following. The two next worked for Disney and created the show Teen Angel. They occasionally returned to produce episodes of The Simpsons, such as "Simpson Tide".
He returned to the show as a writer in season 10 before becoming executive producer and showrunner again from season 13. He has remained in this position ever since. He co-wrote and produced The Simpsons Movie in 2007.
Jean is also the creator of the web series Jesus and His brothers on Icebox.com.
He is married to Stephanie Gillis.[2] The two were wed in Enniskerry, Ireland in 2002.[3]
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 Episode – "Moonshine River"  THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (as Th-Th-Th-That's Al, Folks!)- Episode – "Adventures in Baby-Getting"
- Episode – "Gone Abie Gone"
- Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys"
- Episode – "A Tree Grows in Springfield"
- Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
- Episode – "To Cur, with Love"
- Episode – "Homer Goes to Prep School"
- Episode – "A Test Before Trying"
- Episode – "The Changing of the Guardian"
- Episode – "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"
- Episode – "Hardly Kirk-ing"
- Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa"
- Episode – "Black-Eyed, Please"
- Episode – "Dark Knight Court"
- Episode – "What Animated Women Want"
- Episode – "Pulpit Friction"
- Episode – "Whiskey Business"
- Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"
- Episode – "The Saga of Carl"
- Episode – "Dangers on a Train"
- Episode – "Homerland"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (as Al 'Lucky 13' Jean)
- Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral"
- Episode – "YOLO"
- Episode – "Labor Pains"
- Episode – "The Kid Is All Right"
- Episode – "Yellow Subterfuge"
- Episode – "White Christmas Blues"
- Episode – "Steal This Episode"
- Episode – "Married to the Blob"
- Episode – "Specs and the City"
- Episode – "Diggs"
- Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much"
- Episode – "The Winter of His Content"
- Episode – "The War of Art"
- Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee"
- Episode – "Luca$"
- Episode – "Days of Future Future"
- Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting"
- Episode – "Brick Like Me"
- Episode – "Pay Pal"
- Episode – "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge"
- Episode – "Clown in the Dumps"
- Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship"
- Episode – "Super Franchise Me"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (as @AlJean on Twitter - 5 Years After Everyone Else)
- Episode – "Opposites A-Frack"
- Episode – "Simpsorama"
- Episode – "Blazed and Confused"
- Episode – "Covercraft"
- Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
- Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"
- Episode – "Bart's New Friend"
- Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth"
- Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"
- Episode – "My Fare Lady"
- Episode – "The Princess Guide"
- Episode – "Sky Police"
- Episode – "Waiting for Duffman"
- Episode – "Peeping Mom"
- Episode – "The Kids Are All Fight"
- Episode – "Let's Go Fly a Coot"
- Episode – "Bull-E"
- Episode – "Mathlete's Feat"
- Episode – "Every Man's Dream"
- Episode – "'Cue Detective"
- Episode – "Puffless"
- Episode – "Halloween of Horror"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (as Emojean)
- Episode – "Friend with Benefit"
- Episode – "Lisa with an "S""
- Episode – "'Paths of Glory"
- Episode – "Barthood"
- Episode – "The Girl Code"
- Episode – "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles"
- Episode – "Much Apu About Something"
- Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
- Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow"
- Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian"
- Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles"
- Episode – "The Burns Cage"
- Episode – "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back"
- Episode – "Fland Canyon"
- Episode – "To Courier with Love"
- Episode – "Simprovised"
- Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow"
- Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"
- Episode – "Friends and Family"
- Episode – "The Town"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (as Al "You're Next, Gunsmoke" Jean)
 Special – Planet of the Couches - Episode – "Trust but Clarify"
- Episode – "There Will Be Buds"
- Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend"
- Episode – "Dad Behavior"
- Episode – "The Last Traction Hero"
- Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas"
- Episode – "Pork and Burns"
- Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One"
- Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two"
- Episode – "Fatzcarraldo"
- Episode – "The Cad and the Hat"
- Episode – "Kamp Krustier"
- Episode – "22 for 30"
- Episode – "A Father's Watch"
- Episode – "The Caper Chase"
- Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart"
- Episode – "Moho House"
- Episode – "Dogtown"
- Episode – "The Serfsons"
- Episode – "Springfield Splendor"
- Episode – "Whistler's Father"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" (as Al "You're Next, Gunsmoke" Jean)
- Episode – "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me"
- Episode – "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be"
- Episode – "Singin' in the Lane"
- Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus"
- Episode – "Gone Boy"
- Episode – "Haw-Haw Land"
- Episode – "Frink Gets Testy"
- Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't"
- Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage"
- Episode – "Fears of a Clown"
- Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"
- Episode – "King Leer"
- Episode – "Lisa Gets the Blues"
- Episode – "Forgive and Regret"
- Episode – "Left Behind"
- Episode – "Throw Grampa from the Dane"
- Episode – "Flanders' Ladder"
- Episode – "Bart's Not Dead"
- Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel"
- Episode – "My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" (as Electoral College Jean)
- Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
- Episode – "From Russia Without Love"
- Episode – "Werking Mom"
- Episode – "Krusty the Clown"
- Episode – "Daddicus Finch"
- Episode – "'Tis the 30th Season"
- Episode – "Mad About the Toy"
- Episode – "The Girl on the Bus"
- Episode – "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can"
- Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture"
- Episode – "101 Mitigations"
- Episode – "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
- Episode – "E My Sports"
- Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy"
- Episode – "Girl's in the Band"
- Episode – "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh"
- Episode – "D'oh Canada"
- Episode – "Woo-hoo Dunnit?"
- Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion"
- Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content"
- Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"
- Episode – "The Fat Blue Line"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX" (as Constitutional Crisis Jean)
- Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast"
- Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill"
- Episode – "Livin La Pura Vida"
- Episode – "Thanksgiving of Horror" (as Alka Seltzer Jean)
- Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"
- Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside"
- Episode – "Hail to the Teeth"
- Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"
- Episode – "Frinkcoin"
- Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy"
- Episode – "Screenless"
- Episode – "Better Off Ned"
- Episode – "Highway to Well"
- Episode – "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby"
- Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part One"
- Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part Two"
- Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"
- Episode – "The Way of the Dog"
- Episode – "Undercover Burns"
- Episode – "I, Carumbus"
- Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" (as Antiviral Jean)
- Episode – "The 7 Beer Itch"
- Episode – "Podcast News"
- Episode – "Three Dreams Denied"
- Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati"
- Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry"
- Episode – "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"
- Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
- Episode – "Diary Queen"
- Episode – "Wad Goals"
- Episode – "Yokel Hero"
- Episode – "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?"
- Episode – "Manger Things"
- Episode – "Uncut Femmes"
- Episode – "Burger Kings"
- Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield"
- Episode – "Mother and Child Reunion"
- Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A."
- Episode – "The Last Barfighter"
- Episode – "The Star of the Backstage"
- Episode – "Bart's in Jail!"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" (as That's Al, Jean)
- Episode – "The Wayz We Were"
- Episode – "Lisa's Belly"
- Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)"
- Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)"
- Episode – "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"
- Episode – "Mothers and Other Strangers"
- Episode – "A Made Maggie"
- Episode – "The Longest Marge"
- Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid"
- Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands"
- Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!"
- Episode – "Bart the Cool Kid"
- Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar"
- Episode – "The Sound of Bleeding Gums"
- Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher"
- Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun"
- Episode – "Marge the Meanie"
- Episode – "Meat Is Murder"
- Episode – "Poorhouse Rock"
- Episode – "Habeas Tortoise"
- Episode – "One Angry Lisa"
- Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout"
- Episode – "The King of Nice"
- THOH – "Not It"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
- Episode – "From Beer to Paternity"
- Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet"
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