Al Jean

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Al Jean (born January 9, 1961 Detroit, Michigan) is a television comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons.

Contents 1 Life and work 2 Credited episodes 3 References 4 External links

Life and work

During his youth, Jean worked in his father's hardware store in Michigan. He graduated from Harrison High School and attended Harvard University,^[1] where he majored in mathematics and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.

He has written for National Lampoon magazine, The Tonight Show, ALF and The PJs. In 1994, along with Mike Reiss, he created the prime time animated show The Critic, which was cancelled on both ABC and FOX, before finding some success in reruns on Comedy Central. These were also followed by a series of internet only shorts based around the Jay Sherman character in 2001.

He was show runner for Seasons 3 and 4 of The Simpsons, along with Mike Reiss. He was a writer/producer since the beginning of the Simpsons series.

Jean has been executive producer on The Simpsons since 2001. The show's nineteenth season, currently airing, is his seventh season as solo executive producer (ninth total).

Jean has been prominent in The Simpsons DVD commentaries, being part of the commentaries for almost every episode he executive produced or collaborated on.

Jean is also the creator of the web series "Jesus and His brothers" on Icebox.com.^[2]

Credited episodes

• "There's No Disgrace Like Home" – with Mike Reiss.
• "Moaning Lisa" – with Mike Reiss.
• "The Telltale Head" – with Matt Groening, Mike Reiss and Sam Simon.
• "The Way We Was" – with Mike Reiss and Sam Simon.
• "Stark Raving Dad" – with Mike Reiss.
• "Treehouse of Horror II" – contributor.
• "Lisa's Pony" – with Mike Reiss.
• "Treehouse of Horror III" (Clown Without Pity) – with Mike Reiss.
• "'Round Springfield" – story with Mike Reiss/teleplay by Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimillia.
• "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" – with Mike Reiss.
• "Lisa's Sax"
• "Mom and Pop Art"
• "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
• "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
• "HOMR"
• "Day of the Jackanapes"
• "Children of a Lesser Clod"

References

1. ^ [1] SNPP.
2. ^ [2] "Icebox.com"

External links

• Al Jean at the Internet Movie Database
• Washington Post - A Q&A with Al Jean

Preceded by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon	(with Mike Reiss) The Simpsons show runner Seasons 3 and 4 1991–1993	Succeeded by David Mirkin
Preceded by Mike Scully	The Simpsons show runner Seasons 13 - Incumbent 2001 – present	Succeeded by Next show runner

v • d • e The Simpsons writers Current writers J. Stewart Burns · Dan Castellaneta · Daniel Chun · Joel H. Cohen · Kevin Curran · John Frink · Dan Greaney · Matt Groening · Ron Hauge · Al Jean · Deb Lacusta · Tim Long · Ian Maxtone-Graham · George Meyer · David Mirkin · Bill Odenkirk · Carolyn Omine · Don Payne · Michael Price · Mike Reiss · Mike Scully · Matt Selman · Matt Warburton · Jeff Westbrook · Marc Wilmore Former recurring writers Richard Appel · James L. Brooks · Donick Cary · David X. Cohen · Jonathan Collier · Jennifer Crittenden · Greg Daniels · Larry Doyle · Brent Forrester · Dana Gould · Ken Keeler · Brian Kelley · Jay Kogen · Jeff Martin · Tom Martin · Dan McGrath · Frank Mula · Bill Oakley · Conan O'Brien · Jace Richdale · Brian Scully · Sam Simon · David M. Stern · John Swartzwelder · Julie Thacker · Steve Tompkins · Jon Vitti · Josh Weinstein · Wallace Wolodarsky One or two-time writers Bob Bendetson · Michael Carrington · Robert Cohen · Spike Feresten · Ricky Gervais · Howard Gewirtz  · Ned Goldreyer · Reid Harrison · Mick Kelly · Billy Kimball · Andrew Kreisberg · Bob Kushell · Adam I. Lapidus · Rob LaZebnik · Ken Levine · Steve O'Donnell · Steve Pepoon · Mimi Pond · Rachel Pulido · David Richardson · David Sacks · Nell Scovell · Joshua Sternin · Jeffrey Ventimilia · Patric Verrone · Steve Young

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