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|status= Inactive
 
|status= Inactive
|episodes= 58
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|seasons= [[Season 6]] - [[Season 9|9]]
 
|first episode= "[[A Star Is Burns]]"
 
|first episode= "[[A Star Is Burns]]"
 
|latest episode= "[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]"
 
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'''Kenneth Keeler''' (Born 1961) is a former writer and producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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'''Kenneth "Ken" Keeler''' (born December 2, 1961) is an American television producer and writer. He served as a writer, co-producer, producer and supervising producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He also worked for ''[[Futurama]]'' and ''[[The Critic]]''.
 
 
== Biography ==
 
After earning his doctorate, Keeler joined the Performance Analysis Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He soon left Bell Labs to write for David Letterman and subsequently for various sitcoms, including several episodes of ''Wings'', ''News Radio'', ''The Simpsons'', ''[[Futurama]]'', and ''The Critic'', as well as the short-lived FOX claymation show ''The PJs''.
 
 
 
Keeler was instrumental in the creation of ''Futurama'', and served as a co-executive producer in its first three years, and as an executive producer in its fourth year. He was one of the show's most prolific writers, with nine episodes to his name (including the series finale, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", and the Writers Guild Award-winning "Godfellas"). Keeler wrote many of the original songs on both ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'' during his time with the shows. He is also the writer of the direct-to-DVD ''Futurama'' movie ''{{IS|Bender's Big Score}}''.
 
  
 
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*{{ep|Bart Sells His Soul}}
 
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*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(as Ken 'Clown After Midnight' Keeler)}}
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*{{ep|The Springfield Files}}
 
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*{{ep|Grade School Confidential}}
 
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*{{ep|The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson|("[[You're Checkin' In]]")}}
 
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*{{ep|Dude, Where's My Ranch?|("[[Everyone Hates Ned Flanders]]")}}
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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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*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
  
== References ==
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== See also ==
{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
 
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Revision as of 18:20, January 5, 2020

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Ken Keeler (character).
Ken Keeler
Ken Keeler.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Producer
Supervising producer
Writer
Birth date: December 2, 1961 (1961-12-02) (age 62)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 57
Seasons active: Season 6 - 9
First episode: "A Star Is Burns"
Most recent episode: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


Kenneth "Ken" Keeler (born December 2, 1961) is an American television producer and writer. He served as a writer, co-producer, producer and supervising producer for The Simpsons. He also worked for Futurama and The Critic.

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Co-producer

Written by

Producer

Supervising producer

Soundtrack

For The Simpsons

See also

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