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{{Crew
|name= David S. Cohen
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|name= David X. Cohen
|image=[[File:David X. Cohen.jpg|225px]]
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|image= [[File:David X. Cohen.jpg|200px]]
|gender= Male
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
|job= Writer
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|job= Editor<br>Producer<br>Writer
 
|birthdate= {{birthdate|1966|7|13}}
 
|birthdate= {{birthdate|1966|7|13}}
|status=Inactive
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|status= Inactive
|episodes= 121
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|episodes= 123
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|seasons= [[Season 5|Seasons 5]] - [[Season 10|10]], [[Season 26|26]], [[Season 32|32]]
 
|first episode= "[[Homer Goes to College]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Homer Goes to College]]"
|latest episode= "[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Podcast News]]"
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|first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''
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|latest album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''David Samuel Cohen''', B.Sc., M.S. (born July 13, 1966), better known as '''David X. Cohen''' is a former writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and head writer and executive producer of ''[[Futurama]]''. He wrote 13 episodes of ''The Simpsons'' and coined the word "[[Made-up words#Cromulent|cromulent]]", meaning "valid" or "acceptable", which has entered wide use following its usage in ''The Simpsons''. Known pre-''Futurama'' as David S. Cohen, he changed his name after joining the Writer's Guild of America as there was already another David S. Cohen (The writers guild does not allow members to have the same name). He chose X because it sounded more "sci-fi-ish", though has jokingly said that the X would make him "the David Cohen people would remember". He works with [[Matt Groening]] on many projects.
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'''David Samuel Cohen''', {{W|Bachelor of Arts|B.A.}}, {{W|Master of Science|M.Sc.}} (born July 13, 1966), credited as '''David S. Cohen''' and currently better known as '''David X. Cohen''', is an award-winning American television producer and writer. He served as an editor, producer and writer for 121 episodes and coined the word "[[Dictionary:Cromulent|cromulent]]", meaning "valid" or "acceptable", which has entered wide use following its usage in ''The Simpsons''.
  
== Trivia ==
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Known pre-''[[Futurama]]'' as David S. Cohen, he changed his name after joining the Writer's Guild of America as there was already another David S. Cohen (The writers guild does not allow members to have the same name). He chose X because it sounded more "sci-fi-ish", though has jokingly said that the X would make him "the David Cohen people would remember". He works with [[Matt Groening]] on many projects.
* Cohen graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in physics and from the University of California, Berkeley with a Master's degree in computer science.
 
* Cohen was classmates in the Harvard physics department with ''Cats & Dogs'' and ''Antz'' director Lawrence Guterman. Both studied under physicist Sidney Coleman and Nobel Prize winner Norman F. Ramsey, as well as under Fields Medal winner David Mumford.
 
* His favorite movie is ''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb''.''
 
* He is a fan of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''.
 
* Both his parents were biologists.
 
* He wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.
 
  
== Writing credits ==
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== Credits ==
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|(Nightmare Cafeteria)}}
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=== Staff writer ===
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*{{ep|Homer Goes to College}}
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*{{ep|Rosebud}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV|(credited as Discurteous David Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|Marge on the Lam}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
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*{{ep|Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood}}
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*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Homer}}
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*{{ep|$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)}}
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*{{ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
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*{{ep|Bart Gets Famous}}
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*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
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*{{ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}}
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*{{ep|Deep Space Homer}}
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*{{ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
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*{{ep|Bart Gets an Elephant}}
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*{{ep|Burns' Heir}}
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*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
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*{{ep|The Boy Who Knew Too Much}}
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*{{ep|Lady Bouvier's Lover}}
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*{{ep|Secrets of a Successful Marriage}}
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*{{ep|Bart of Darkness}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's Rival}}
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}}
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=== Story editor ===
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{{Scroll|
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*{{ep|Another Simpsons Clip Show}}
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*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy Land}}
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*{{ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|(credited as David H.B. ''Motra'' Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Girlfriend}}
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*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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*{{ep|Homer Badman}}
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*{{ep|Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy}}
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*{{ep|Fear of Flying}}
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*{{ep|Homer the Great}}
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*{{ep|And Maggie Makes Three}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
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*{{ep|Homie the Clown}}
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*{{ep|Bart vs. Australia}}
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*{{ep|Homer vs. Patty and Selma}}
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*{{ep|A Star Is Burns}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's Wedding}}
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*{{ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
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*{{ep|The PTA Disbands}}
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*{{ep|'Round Springfield}}
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*{{ep|The Springfield Connection}}
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*{{ep|Lemon of Troy}}
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*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)}}
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*{{ep|Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)}}
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*{{ep|Radioactive Man}}
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}}
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=== Written by ===
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{{Scroll|
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror V|(credited as David Cohen's Severed Hand)}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(credited as The Square Root of David S. Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
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*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII|(credited as Day Of The Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
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*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|(credited as David ;^[ Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
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*{{ep|Das Bus}}
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*{{ep|Bart the Mother}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX|(credited as David S. Coffin)}}
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*{{ep|Podcast News}}
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}}
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=== Co-producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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*{{ep|Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily}}
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*{{ep|Bart Sells His Soul}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(Homer³)}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(credited as The Square Root of David S. Cohen)}}
*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield|(Reverend Lovejoy scene)}}
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*{{ep|King-Size Homer}}
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*{{ep|Mother Simpson}}
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*{{ep|Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming}}
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*{{ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular}}
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*{{ep|Marge Be Not Proud}}
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*{{ep|Team Homer}}
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*{{ep|Two Bad Neighbors}}
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*{{ep|Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield}}
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*{{ep|Bart the Fink}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Iconoclast}}
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*{{ep|Homer the Smithers}}
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*{{ep|The Day the Violence Died}}
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*{{ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
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*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
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*{{ep|22 Short Films About Springfield}}
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*{{ep|Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"}}
 
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
 
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII|(Citizen Kang)}}
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*{{ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}}
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*{{ep|Homerpalooza}}
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*{{ep|You Only Move Twice}}
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*{{ep|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer}}
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*{{ep|The Springfield Files}}
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*{{ep|Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
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*{{ep|Simpson Tide}}
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}}
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=== Producer ===
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VII|(credited as Day Of The Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|The Homer They Fall}}
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*{{ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
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*{{ep|Bart After Dark}}
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*{{ep|A Milhouse Divided}}
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*{{ep|Lisa's Date with Density}}
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*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
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*{{ep|The Twisted World of Marge Simpson}}
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*{{ep|Mountain of Madness}}
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=== Supervising producer ===
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{{Scroll|
 
*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
 
*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
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*{{ep|Homer's Phobia}}
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*{{ep|Brother from Another Series}}
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*{{ep|My Sister, My Sitter}}
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*{{ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
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*{{ep|Grade School Confidential}}
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*{{ep|The Canine Mutiny}}
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*{{ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
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*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
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*{{ep|Homer's Enemy}}
 
*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
 
*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|(Fly Vs. Fly)}}
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*{{ep|The Secret War of Lisa Simpson}}
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*{{ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson}}
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*{{ep|The Principal and the Pauper}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
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}}
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=== Co-executive producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|(credited as David ;^[ Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|The Cartridge Family}}
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*{{ep|Bart Star}}
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*{{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
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*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
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*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
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*{{ep|Bart Carny}}
 
*{{ep|Das Bus}}
 
*{{ep|Das Bus}}
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*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
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*{{ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
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*{{ep|This Little Wiggy}}
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*{{ep|The Trouble with Trillions}}
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*{{ep|Girly Edition}}
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*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
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*{{ep|King of the Hill}}
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*{{ep|Lost Our Lisa}}
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*{{ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
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*{{ep|Lard of the Dance}}
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*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
 
*{{ep|Bart the Mother}}
 
*{{ep|Bart the Mother}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX|(Starship Poopers)}}
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*{{ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
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}}
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=== Consulting producer ===
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*{{ep|All Singing, All Dancing}}
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*{{ep|The Joy of Sect}}
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=== Executive producer ===
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX|(credited as David "Watch Futurama" Cohen)}}
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*{{ep|D'oh-in' in the Wind}}
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*{{ep|Lisa Gets an "A"}}
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*{{ep|Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"}}
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*{{ep|Mayored to the Mob}}
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*{{ep|Viva Ned Flanders}}
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*{{ep|Wild Barts Can't Be Broken}}
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*{{ep|Sunday, Cruddy Sunday}}
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*{{ep|Homer to the Max}}
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=== Special thanks ===
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*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
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=== For The Simpsons ===
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*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
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== See also ==
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*{{Written by|David X. Cohen}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* {{IMDB|name/nm0169326/}}
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*{{IMDB|name/nm0169326/}}
* {{Wikipedialink|David X. Cohen|David X. Cohen}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
*[http://www.frontwheeldrive.com/david_x_cohen.html David X Cohen Interview]
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*{{Infosphere|David X. Cohen}}
*[http://dvd.ign.com/articles/432/432838p1.html IGN Interview With Cohen]
 
*[http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-18927/ TV Tome Profile]
 
*[http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/off-the-planet/2005/12/10/1134086846734.html Interview with David X Cohen about the return of futurama]
 
*[http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/futurama/dxcinterview.html An Interview About Math in Futurama, With David X Cohen, Dr Sarah Greenweld and Matt Groening]
 
 
 
  
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{{Consulting producers|former=yes}}
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{{Supervising producers|former=yes}}
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{{Producers|former=yes|former co=yes}}
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{{Story editors|episodes=yes}}
 
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[[Category:Cast and crew]]
 
[[Category:Writers]]
 
[[Category:Producers]]
 
[[Category:Executive producers]]
 
[[Category:Consulting producers]]
 
 
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew]]
 
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew]]
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[[Category:Special thanks]]
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
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[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew]]

Revision as of 18:58, October 15, 2021

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see David Cohen (character).
David X. Cohen
David X. Cohen.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Editor
Producer
Writer
Birth date: July 13, 1966 (1966-07-13) (age 57)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 123
Seasons active: Seasons 5 - 10, 26, 32
First episode: "Homer Goes to College"
Most recent episode: "Podcast News"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons


David Samuel Cohen, B.A., M.Sc. (born July 13, 1966), credited as David S. Cohen and currently better known as David X. Cohen, is an award-winning American television producer and writer. He served as an editor, producer and writer for 121 episodes and coined the word "cromulent", meaning "valid" or "acceptable", which has entered wide use following its usage in The Simpsons.

Known pre-Futurama as David S. Cohen, he changed his name after joining the Writer's Guild of America as there was already another David S. Cohen (The writers guild does not allow members to have the same name). He chose X because it sounded more "sci-fi-ish", though has jokingly said that the X would make him "the David Cohen people would remember". He works with Matt Groening on many projects.

Credits

Staff writer

Story editor

Written by

Co-producer

Producer

Supervising producer

Co-executive producer

Consulting producer

Executive producer

Special thanks

For The Simpsons

See also

External links