John Swartzwelder (born November 16, 1950) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series The Simpsons, as well as a number of novels. He is credited with writing the largest number of The Simpsons episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to four others) by a large margin. Swartzwelder was one of several writers recruited to The Simpsons from the pages of George Meyer's Army Man magazine...
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John Swartzwelder (born November 16, 1950) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series The Simpsons, as well as a number of novels. He is credited with writing the largest number of The Simpsons episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to four others) by a large margin. Swartzwelder was one of several writers recruited to The Simpsons from the pages of George Meyer's Army Man magazine.
Before working on The Simpsons, Swartzwelder had a long career in advertising, after which he began writing for Saturday Night Live, where he met George Meyer. After Meyer quit, he created Army Man and recruited Swartzwelder to help him write the magazine. Along with Meyer, he was recruited to write for The Simpsons because one of their readers, Sam Simon, was one of the show's original executive producers.
In 1994, with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder was granted a special dispensation and allowed to no longer attend rewrite sessions...
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