According to Matt Groening, his work needed the least amount of re-writes as well.Īccording to the DVD commentaries, he used to write episodes while sitting at a booth in his favorite restaurant “drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes” per Matt Groening. “Treehouse of Horror XIV” (EABF21) (2003)īeginning with the show’s sixth season, John no longer attended rewrites with the rest of the writing staff, having been given special permission to send in his drafts from home and let the other writers revise them. Spritz Goes to Washington” (EABF09) (2003) “The Lastest Gun in the West” (DABF07) (2002) “A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love” (CABF18) (2001) “The Computer Wore Menace Shoes” (CABF02) (2000) “A Tale of Two Springfields” (BABF20) (2000) “Kill the Alligator and Run” (BABF16) (2000) “Monty Can’t Buy Me Love” (AABF17) (1999) “Homer Simpson in: “Kidney Trouble”” (AABF04) (1998) “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace” (5F21) (1998)
“The Day the Violence Died” (3F16) (1996) “The Boy Who Knew Too Much” (1F19) (1994) “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?” (8F23) (1992) “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish” (7F01) (1990) Here is a list of episodes he has written:
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He wrote the largest number of Simpsons episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to several others) by a large margin. Season 16 was the first season to not feature an episode written by John. John worked on The Simpsons as a writer and producer until 2003, and later contributed to The Simpsons Movie. Many other “Army Man” magazine writers would later join The Simpsons writing team including Jeff Martin, David Sacks, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Kevin Curran, and Billy Kimball. The Simpsons developer and original showrunner Sam Simon was a big fan of “Army Man” magazine.Īlong with George Meyer and Jon Vitti of “Army Man” magazine, John would go on to join the original writing team of The Simpsons, beginning in 1989. He later contributed to fellow writer George Meyer’s short-lived “Army Man” magazine.
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In the mid-1980’s, he was hired to work on the comedy series “Saturday Night Live”. Born in Seattle, Washington in 1949, John began his career working in advertising. John Swartzwelder is an American comedy writer and novelist. Upon being announced the winner, Abe goes and lambast the audience for watching something this violent.īut have you ever wondered who John Swartzwelder is? Bart and Lisa’s stories are so popular, they even get Abe nominated for an award.Īt the award ceremony, Grampa finally sees Itchy and Scratchy when he is announced as a nominee. hires Abe as his newest writer.īart and Lisa explain to Grampa why he’s getting cheques and the trio decide to split the pay three ways. Secretary: “ I’m sorry, but we have a substantial check here for a Mr. Grampa: “ Ishy and what? No, you must be some kind of crazy person.” Secretary: “ Is this the Abraham Simpson who wrote the Itchy and Scratchy episode?” Roger Myers loves the story and has his secretary call Abe. So they resubmit the story, but this time using Grampa’s name. When their script is rejected, the two believe it is because Myers would not take two kids seriously. Using the book “How To Get Rich Writing Cartoons” by John Swartzwelder, they write an episode and send it in to Roger Myers Jr. Lisa comes up with the idea of them teaming up to write their own episodes. In the seventy eighth episode of The Simpsons, The Front (Season 04, Episode 19), Bart and Lisa are disappointed by an exceptionally poor episode of Itchy and Scratchy. So let’s get started this week by talking about one of the most prolific and interesting writers of The Simpsons. Over the past 600+ episodes, The Simpsons has taken us on an amazing journey involving music, science, and food to name a few concepts.Īnd what better way to start your week, than by discussing some of these concepts Monday morning? (Today’s post is sponsored by the letter “M”) Morning Musically-Minded, Medically-Minded, Masticators!
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