Sam Simon
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Sam Simon
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Samuel "Sam" Simon (born June 6, 1955) is an American boxing manager, director, philanthropist, producer, and writer. He is one of the original developers of The Simpsons, along with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. Despite being a developer, he has served as a creative supervisor, executive producer, and writer. He left the show after season 4 over creative difficulties with Matt Groening and James L. 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 was married to onetime guest star on the show, actress and poker expert and player, Jennifer Tilly from 1984 until 1991. He was also interview in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.
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Credits
Developed by
Executive producer
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 Vitt])
- Episode – "Treehouse of Horror III - Dial Z for Zombies" (with Jon Vitti.; credited as Scarifying Sam Simon)
Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Look at All Those Idiots")
Interviewee
Trivia
- Ever since Sam 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 Sam Simon a lot like Howard Hughes.
External links
Sam Simon at the Internet Movie Database
Sam Simon at Wikipedia
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 | ||
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| Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price | ||
Interviewees in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!
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