Dana Gould

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Dana Gould (character).

Dana Gould

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Writer Producer Supervising producer Co-executive producer Voice actor Birth date: August 24, 1964 (1964-08-24) Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 123 Seasons active: Season 12 - 19, 23, 28, 31 First episode: "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Most recent episode: "The Town" Album: The Simpsons: Testify

Dana John Gould (born August 24, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and voice artist. He served as an co-executive producer and writer from season 12 to season 19. He has also served as a voice actor for the show. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.

Credits

Written by

• Episode – "Homer the Moe"

• Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"

• Episode – "C.E. D'oh"

• Episode – "The President Wore Pearls"

• Episode – "Goo Goo Gai Pan" (as Lawrence Talbot)

• Episode – "Bart Has Two Mommies"

• Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

Consultant

• Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"

Producer

• Episode – "Homer the Moe"

• Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut"

Supervising producer

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
• Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
• Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade"
• Episode – "Large Marge"
• Episode – "Helter Shelter"

Co-executive producer

Episode – "The Great Louse Detective" Episode – "Special Edna" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "The Strong Arms of the Ma" Episode – "Pray Anything" Episode – "Barting Over" Episode – "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" Episode – "A Star Is Born Again" Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" Episode – "C.E. D'oh" Episode – "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" Episode – "Old Yeller-Belly" Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please" Episode – "The Bart of War" Episode – "Moe Baby Blues" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" (as Dana Ghouled) Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker" Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" Episode – "The Regina Monologues" Episode – "The Fat and the Furriest" Episode – "Today I Am a Clown" Episode – "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" Episode – "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Episode – "Margical History Tour" Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Episode – "Smart and Smarter" Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" Episode – "Co-Dependent's Day" Episode – "The Wandering Juvie" Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Episode – "Catch 'Em If You Can" Episode – "Simple Simpson" Episode – "The Way We Weren't" Episode – "Bart-Mangled Banner" Episode – "Fraudcast News" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XV" (as Dana Ghoul) Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy" Episode – "She Used to Be My Girl" Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy" Episode – "Midnight Rx" Episode – "Mommie Beerest" Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" Episode – "Pranksta Rap" Episode – "There's Something About Marrying" Episode – "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" Episode – "Goo Goo Gai Pan" Episode – "Mobile Homer" Episode – "The Seven-Beer Snitch" Episode – "Future-Drama" Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer" Episode – "The Heartbroke Kid" Episode – "A Star Is Torn" Episode – "Thank God It's Doomsday" Episode – "Home Away from Homer" Episode – "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star" Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees" Episode – "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" Episode – "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVI" (as Dana Ghoul) Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning" Episode – "See Homer Run" Episode – "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" Episode – "The Italian Bob" Episode – "Simpsons Christmas Stories" Episode – "Homer's Paternity Coot" Episode – "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" Episode – "My Fair Laddy" Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Episode – "Bart Has Two Mommies" Episode – "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" Episode – "Million-Dollar Abie" Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Episode – "Regarding Margie" Episode – "The Monkey Suit" Episode – "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" Episode – "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (as Plan 9 from Dana Gould) Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa" Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Episode – "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" Episode – "The Wife Aquatic" Episode – "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" Episode – "Little Big Girl" Episode – "Springfield Up" Episode – "Yokel Chords" Episode – "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" Episode – "Homerazzi" Episode – "Marge Gamer" Episode – "The Boys of Bummer" Episode – "Crook and Ladder" Episode – "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!" Episode – "24 Minutes" Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want" Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" Episode – "The Homer of Seville" Episode – "Midnight Towboy" Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" (as Dana Ghouled) Episode – "Little Orphan Millie" Episode – "Husbands and Knives"

Also starring

• Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut"

• Episode – "Pranksta Rap"

• Episode – "The Wife Aquatic"

Special guest voice

• Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"

• Episode – "The Town"

• Episode – "Screenless"

For The Simpsons

• Album – The Simpsons: Testify

Interviewee

• Special – The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!

See also

• Category:Characters voiced by Dana Gould

External links

• Dana Gould at the Internet Movie Database
• Dana Gould at Wikipedia
• Dana Gould at Twitter

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