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Alfred Ernest "Al" Jean (born January 9, 1961) is an American producer and writer. He currently serves as a consulting producer and writer for The Simpsons. He is the longest-serving showrunner for the show, running episodes from season 3 to season 5 with Mike Reiss, then from season 13 to season 37. 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.
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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.
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.
He is married to Stephanie Gillis.[2] The two were wed in Enniskerry, Ireland in 2002.[3]
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 Commentary – There's No Disgrace Like Home - Commentary – Moaning Lisa
- Commentary – The Call of the Simpsons
- Commentary – The Telltale Head
- Commentary – Life on the Fast Lane
- Commentary – Some Enchanted Evening
- Commentary – Bart Gets an "F"
- Commentary – Simpson and Delilah
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror
- Commentary – Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
- Commentary – Dead Putting Society
- Commentary – Bart vs. Thanksgiving
- Commentary – Bart the Daredevil
- Commentary – Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
- Commentary – One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
- Commentary – The Way We Was
- Commentary – Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
- Commentary – Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Commentary – Bart's Dog Gets an "F"
- Commentary – Old Money
- Commentary – Brush with Greatness
- Commentary – Lisa's Substitute
- Commentary – Three Men and a Comic Book
- Commentary – Blood Feud
- Commentary – Stark Raving Dad
- Commentary – Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
- Commentary – When Flanders Failed
- Commentary – Bart the Murderer
- Commentary – Homer Defined
- Commentary – Like Father, Like Clown
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror II
- Commentary – Lisa's Pony
- Commentary – Saturdays of Thunder
- Commentary – Flaming Moe's
- Commentary – Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
- Commentary – I Married Marge
- Commentary – Radio Bart
- Commentary – Lisa the Greek
- Commentary – Homer Alone
- Commentary – Bart the Lover Hidden
- Commentary – Homer at the Bat
- Commentary – Separate Vocations Hidden
- Commentary – Dog of Death
- Commentary – Colonel Homer
- Commentary – Black Widower
- Commentary – The Otto Show
- Commentary – Bart's Friend Falls in Love
- Commentary – Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
- Commentary – Kamp Krusty
- Commentary – A Streetcar Named Marge
- Commentary – Homer the Heretic
- Commentary – Lisa the Beauty Queen
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror III
- Commentary – Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
- Commentary – Marge Gets a Job
- Commentary – New Kid on the Block
- Commentary – Mr. Plow
- Commentary – Lisa's First Word
- Commentary – Homer's Triple Bypass
- Commentary – Marge vs. the Monorail
- Commentary – Selma's Choice
- Commentary – Brother from the Same Planet
- Commentary – I Love Lisa
- Commentary – Duffless
- Commentary – Last Exit to Springfield
- Commentary – So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
- Commentary – The Front
- Commentary – Whacking Day
- Commentary – Marge in Chains
- Commentary – Krusty Gets Kancelled
- Commentary – Homer's Barbershop Quartet
- Commentary – Cape Feare
- Commentary – A Star Is Burns
- Commentary – 'Round Springfield
- Commentary – The Springfield Files
- Commentary – Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
- Commentary – Lisa's Sax
- Commentary – Simpson Tide
- Commentary – Mom and Pop Art
- Commentary – Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
- Commentary – Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
- Commentary – A Tale of Two Springfields
- Commentary – The Great Money Caper
- Commentary – HOMЯ
- Commentary – Worst Episode Ever
- Commentary – Tennis the Menace
- Commentary – Day of the Jackanapes
- Commentary – New Kids on the Blecch
- Commentary – Trilogy of Error
- Commentary – I'm Goin' to Praiseland
- Commentary – Children of a Lesser Clod
 THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII" - Commentary – A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
- Commentary – The Blunder Years
- Commentary – She of Little Faith
- Commentary – Brawl in the Family
- Commentary – Sweets and Sour Marge
- Commentary – Jaws Wired Shut
- Commentary – Half-Decent Proposal
- Commentary – The Bart Wants What It Wants
- Commentary – The Lastest Gun in the West
- Commentary – The Old Man and the Key
- Commentary – Tales from the Public Domain
- Commentary – Blame It on Lisa
- Commentary – Weekend at Burnsie's
- Commentary – Gump Roast
- Commentary – I Am Furious (Yellow)
- Commentary – The Sweetest Apu
- Commentary – Little Girl in the Big Ten
- Commentary – The Frying Game
- Commentary – Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror XIII
- Commentary – How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
- Commentary – Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade
- Commentary – Large Marge
- Commentary – Helter Shelter
- Commentary – The Great Louse Detective
- Commentary – Special Edna
- Commentary – The Dad Who Knew Too Little
- Commentary – The Strong Arms of the Ma
- Commentary – Pray Anything
- Commentary – Barting Over
- Commentary – I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can
- Commentary – A Star Is Born Again
- Commentary – Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington
- Commentary – C.E. D'oh
- Commentary – 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
- Commentary – Three Gays of the Condo
- Commentary – Dude, Where's My Ranch?
- Commentary – Old Yeller-Belly
- Commentary – Brake My Wife, Please
- Commentary – The Bart of War
- Commentary – Moe Baby Blues
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV"
- Commentary – My Mother the Carjacker
- Commentary – The President Wore Pearls
- Commentary – The Regina Monologues
- Commentary – The Fat and the Furriest
- Commentary – Today I Am a Clown
- Commentary – 'Tis the Fifteenth Season
- Commentary – Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays
- Commentary – I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot
- Commentary – Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
- Commentary – Margical History Tour
- Commentary – Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Commentary – Smart and Smarter
- Commentary – The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
- Commentary – Co-Dependent's Day
- Commentary – The Wandering Juvie
- Commentary – My Big Fat Geek Wedding
- Commentary – Catch 'Em If You Can
- Commentary – Simple Simpson
- Commentary – The Way We Weren't
- Commentary – Bart-Mangled Banner
- Commentary – Fraudcast News
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror XV
- Commentary – All's Fair in Oven War
- Commentary – Sleeping with the Enemy
- Commentary – She Used to Be My Girl
- Commentary – Fat Man and Little Boy
- Commentary – Midnight Rx
- Commentary – Mommie Beerest
- Commentary – Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass
- Commentary – Pranksta Rap
- Commentary – There's Something About Marrying
- Commentary – On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister
- Commentary – Goo Goo Gai Pan
- Commentary – Mobile Homer
- Commentary – The Seven-Beer Snitch
- Commentary – Future-Drama
- Commentary – Don't Fear the Roofer
- Commentary – The Heartbroke Kid
- Commentary – A Star Is Torn
- Commentary – Thank God It's Doomsday
- Commentary – Home Away from Homer
- Commentary – The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star
- Commentary – The Bonfire of the Manatees
- Commentary – The Girl Who Slept Too Little
- Commentary – Milhouse of Sand and Fog
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror XVI
- Commentary – Marge's Son Poisoning
- Commentary – See Homer Run
- Commentary – The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
- Commentary – The Italian Bob
- Commentary – Simpsons Christmas Stories
- Commentary – Homer's Paternity Coot
- Commentary – We're on the Road to D'oh-where
- Commentary – My Fair Laddy
- Commentary – The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
- Commentary – Bart Has Two Mommies
- Commentary – Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
- Commentary – Million-Dollar Abie
- Commentary – Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore
- Commentary – The Wettest Stories Ever Told
- Commentary – Girls Just Want to Have Sums
- Commentary – Regarding Margie
- Commentary – The Monkey Suit
- Commentary – Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
- Commentary – The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
- Commentary – Jazzy and the Pussycats
- Commentary – Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror XVII
- Commentary – G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)
- Commentary – Moe'N'a Lisa
- Commentary – Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)
- Commentary – The Haw-Hawed Couple
- Commentary – Kill Gil, Volumes I & II
- Commentary – The Wife Aquatic
- Commentary – Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times
- Commentary – Little Big Girl
- Commentary – Springfield Up
- Commentary – Yokel Chords
- Commentary – Rome-Old and Juli-Eh
- Commentary – Homerazzi
- Commentary – Marge Gamer
- Commentary – The Boys of Bummer
- Commentary – Crook and Ladder
- Commentary – Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!
- Commentary – 24 Minutes
- Commentary – You Kent Always Say What You Want
- Commentary – The Simpsons Movie
- Commentary – He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
- Commentary – The Homer of Seville
- Commentary – Midnight Towboy
- Commentary – I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Commentary – Treehouse of Horror XVIII
- Commentary – Little Orphan Millie
- Commentary – Husbands and Knives
- Commentary – Funeral for a Fiend
- Commentary – Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
- Commentary – E Pluribus Wiggum
- Commentary – That '90s Show
- Commentary – Love, Springfieldian Style
- Commentary – The Debarted
- Commentary – Dial 'N' for Nerder
- Commentary – Smoke on the Daughter
- Commentary – Papa Don't Leech
- Commentary – Apocalypse Cow
- Commentary – Any Given Sundance
- Commentary – Mona Leaves-a
- Commentary – All About Lisa
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Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield 
Al Jean at the Internet Movie Database
Al Jean at Wikipedia
