Richard Appel

Richard Appel

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Writer Producer Birth date: May 21, 1963 (1963-05-21) Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 99 Seasons active: Seasons 6 - 10 First episode: "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Most recent episode: "When You Dish Upon a Star" First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Richard Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer. After working as a lawyer for several years he became a writer for The Simpsons in 1994. His first episode was Season 7's "Mother Simpson". He left the show after writing "When You Dish Upon a Star". He went on to serve as executive producer on King of the Hill and The Bernie Mac Show. He is currently an executive producer on Family Guy, as well the executive producer on The Cleveland Show, of which he is also a co-creator.

Credits

Staff writer

Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land" Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" (as Richarred Appel) Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend" Episode – "Lisa on Ice" Episode – "Homer Badman" Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" Episode – "Fear of Flying" Episode – "Homer the Great" Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three" Episode – "Bart's Comet" Episode – "Homie the Clown" Episode – "Bart vs. Australia" Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" Episode – "A Star Is Burns" Episode – "Lisa's Wedding" Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" Episode – "The PTA Disbands" Episode – "'Round Springfield" Episode – "The Springfield Connection" Episode – "Lemon of Troy" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" Episode – "Radioactive Man"

Story editor

Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul" Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (as Richard Former Attorney Appel) Episode – "King-Size Homer" Episode – "Mother Simpson" Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Team Homer" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Bart the Fink" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" Episode – "Homer the Smithers" Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" Episode – "Bart on the Road" Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "Homerpalooza" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" Episode – "The Springfield Files" Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" Episode – "Simpson Tide"

Written by

• Episode – "Mother Simpson"
• Episode – "Bart on the Road"
• Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
• Episode – "Bart After Dark"
• Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
• Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
• Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as Wretched Appel) Episode – "The Homer They Fall" Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns" Episode – "Bart After Dark" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density" Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "Homer's Phobia" Episode – "Brother from Another Series" Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter" Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Episode – "Grade School Confidential" Episode – "The Canine Mutiny" Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa" Episode – "In Marge We Trust" Episode – "Homer's Enemy" Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper" Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"

Co-executive producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as The Devil In Rich Appel) Episode – "The Cartridge Family" Episode – "Bart Star" Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic" Episode – "Realty Bites" Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" Episode – "Bart Carny" Episode – "Das Bus" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity" Episode – "This Little Wiggy" Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions" Episode – "Girly Edition" Episode – "Trash of the Titans" Episode – "King of the Hill" Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Consulting producer

• Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing"
• Episode – "The Joy of Sect"

For The Simpsons

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Trivia

• At the time Appel wrote "Mother Simpson", he was married to the novelist Mona Simpson. He named Homer's mother Mona after her.

See also

• Episodes written by Richard Appel

External links

• Richard Appel at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Appel at Wikipedia

Writers

Current writers Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • J. Stewart Burns • Joel H. Cohen • John Frink • Tom Gammill • Stephanie Gillis • Al Jean • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price • Max Pross • Matt Selman • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook Former writers Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Bob Bendetson • James L. Brooks • Bill Canterbury • Donick Cary • Dan Castellaneta • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jennifer Crittenden • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Michael Ferris • Brent Forrester • Peter Gaffney • Valentina L. Garza • Mitch Glazer • Allen Glazier • Ned Goldreyer • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Matt Groening • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Pete Holmes • David Isaacs • Ken Keeler • Billy Kimball • Jay Kogen • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Deb Lacusta • Ken Levine • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Michael Nobori • Conan O'Brien • Steve O'Donnell • Bill Oakley • Bill Odenkirk • Don Payne • Rachel Pulido • Mike Reiss • Nell Scovell • Brian Scully • Mike Scully • David Silverman • Sam Simon • David M. Stern • Joshua Sternin • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker • Miranda Thompson • Steve Tompkins • Jennifer Ventimilia • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky • William Wright One-time writers Judd Apatow • Gary Apple • Bob Bain • Jack Barth • Jane Becker • Dick Blasucci • Neal Boushell • Neil Campbell • Michael Carrington • David Chambers • Julie Chambers • Thomas Chastain • Jeremy Chilnick • Chris Cluess • Robert Cohen • Max Cohn • Jessica Conrad • David Cryan • Spike Feresten • Bill Freiberger • Daniel Furlong • Ricky Gervais • Howard Gewirtz • Evan Goldberg • Brendan Hay • Eric Horsted • Justin Hurwitz • Ben Joseph • Eric Kaplan • Mick Kelly • Dave King • Adam I. Lapidus • Josh Lieb • David Mandel • Matt Marshall • Jenna Martin • Samantha Martin • Brian McConnachie • Christine Nangle • Jane C. O'Brien • Sam O'Neal • Jack Parmeter • Steve Pepoon • Edgar Allan Poe • Brian Pollack • Mimi Pond • Zach Posner • Julia Prescott • Mert Rich • Simon Rich • David Richardson • Jace Richdale • Renee Ridgeley • Brian K. Roberts • Seth Rogen • David Sacks • Robin Sayers • Harry Shearer • Dennis Snee • Robin Stein • David H. Steinberg • Peter Tilden • Patric Verrone • Steve Viksten • Vince Waldron • Danielle Weisberg • Steve Young • Ron Zimmerman Staff writers Richard Appel • Bill Canterbury • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jennifer Crittenden • Valentina L. Garza • Dan Greaney • Teresa Hsiao • Jon Kern • Cesar Mazariegos • Matt Selman • Matt Warburton Book writers Peter Alexander • Jamie Angell • Ted Brock • Eileen Campion • Max Franke • Jim Jensen • Barbara McAdams • Bill Morrison • Mili Smythe • Mary Trainor • Doug Whaley Other writers Neil Alsip • Jamie Angell • Bob Bain • Eric Brewster • Jeremy Chilnick • Patrick Meighan • Jack Parmeter • Jeffrey Poliquin • Tom Root • Morgan Spurlock • Michael R. Viner

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

Current executive producers James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Matt Selman • Sam Simon* Former executive producers David X. Cohen • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein Other executive producers Scot Amos • Nick Bliobenes • Fritz Bronner • Dominic Buttimore • Steve Callaghan • Jeremy Chilnick • Charlie Dixon • Nandish Domlur • Jay Fukuto • Rick Giolito • Greg Goodrich • Seth Green • Dan Harmon • John Harvatine IV • Mark Hentemann • Clare Hollywood • Larry Jones • Foo Katan • Richard Kay • Scott Krager • Brad Lewis • David Lipman • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • Rob Pratt • Kent Rice • Justin Roiland • Tom Root • Carl Rosendahl • Matthew Senreich • Eric Shanks • Denise Sirkot • Danny Smith • Gabe Spitzer • Morgan Spurlock • Chris Takami • Fumiaki Tanaka • Eric Towner • Kara Vallow • Nikki Vanzo • Michael Webb Current co-executive producers J. Stewart Burns • Joel H. Cohen • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Christine Nangle • Michael Price • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook Former co-executive producers Richard Appel • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • John Frink • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Josh Lieb • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Marc Wilmore Other co-executive producers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • John Viener

Consulting producers

Current consulting producers Dan Castellaneta • Dan Greaney • Tim Long • Carolyn Omine • David Silverman Former consulting producers Megan Amram • Richard Appel • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Tom Gammill • Al Jean • Brian Kelley • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Christine Nangle • Bill Oakley • Don Payne • Max Pross • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • David M. Stern • Josh Weinstein Other consulting producers Chris Sheridan • Scott Sherman

Producers and Co-producers

Current producers Richard K. Chung • Alexander Duke • Tom Gammill • David Mirkin • Max Pross • Richard Raynis • Mike Reiss • Richard Sakai • Mike Scully • Denise Sirkot Former producers Larina Jean Adamson • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Kyle Bayles • Bob Bendetson • Joseph A. Boucher • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • John Frink • Valentina L. Garza • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Jay Kogen • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Tim Long • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • J. Michael Mendel • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Conan O'Brien • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Bonita Pietila • Gerry Richardson • David Sacks • Brian Scully • Matt Selman • David Silverman • David M. Stern • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky Other producers Holly Adams • Rory Armes • Bob Bain • Chuck Beaver • Trevor Bent • Tara Beyhm • Kevin Biggins • Travis Bowe • Hans ten Cate • Vlad Ceraldi • Chiodo Brothers Productions, Inc. • Edward Chiodo • Dorina Diakoumopoulou • Ron Diamond • András Erkel • Kim Fertman • Mark Flitman • Darren Futa • Marci Galea • Ollie Green • Brian Grohl • Joey Haines • Dean Hannan • Pete Herzog • Bryan Johnson • Conall Jones • Rachel Braga Jones • Claudia Katz • Dan Kitchen • Jonathan Knight • Edward Kuspiel • Cate Latchford • Scott Lauritzen • Esther H. Lee • Rob Leingang • Steve Marmel • Matt McKnight • John Melchior • Alfred Milgrom • Jon O'Sheal • Jon Osborn • Jack Parmeter • Maria Beatriz Silva Piovezanni • Paul Provenzano • Harish Rao • Alan Rast • Johanna Rees • Mark Rhodes • Ryan Ridley • Laura Saravia • Mike Schneider • Kirk Scott • Gary Sheinwald • Shannon Smith • Beth Sowersby • Desirée Stavracos • Szavo Sztilkovics • Nick Trotta • Scott Turow • Brian Ullrich • Martijn van der Meulen • Csaba Varga • Michael R. Viner • Ru Warner • Cam Weber • David Wisehart • Wendy Cong Zhao Current co-producers Dominique Braud Former co-producers Larina Jean Adamson • Joseph A. Boucher • Tom Brady • Daniel Chun • Richard K. Chung • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Brent Forrester • Valentina L. Garza • Paul Germain • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Tim Long • Tom Martin • J. Michael Mendel • George Meyer • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Brian Scully • Matt Selman • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore Other co-producers Sady Cohen • Doug Goldstein • Tova Goodman • Jay Kleckner • Ethan Marak • Amanda Moshay

Story editors

Episode story editors Richard Appel • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Jennifer Crittenden • Richard Doctorow • Larry Doyle • Brent Forrester • Valentina L. Garza • Ned Goldreyer • Dan Greaney • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Jon Kern • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Tim Long • Jeff Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • Dan McGrath • Jane C. O'Brien • Steve O'Donnell • Bill Oakley • Matt Selman • Damilare Sonoiki • John Swartzwelder • Jon Vitti • Josh Weinstein Other story editors Anthony Blasucci • Mike Desilets • Dave Ihlenfeld • Ted Jessup • Artie Johann • Shawn Reis • David Wright