Michael "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer.
He was born to a Jewish family in Bristol, Connecticut. Reiss attended Harvard University and was co-president of the Harvard Lampoon with Jon Vitti. He has frequently collaborated with his writing partner Al Jean as a writer for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and as writers/producers for many episodes of The Simpsons. The duo created and executive p...
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Michael "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer.
He was born to a Jewish family in Bristol, Connecticut. Reiss attended Harvard University and was co-president of the Harvard Lampoon with Jon Vitti. He has frequently collaborated with his writing partner Al Jean as a writer for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and as writers/producers for many episodes of The Simpsons. The duo created and executive produced Teen Angel, which was canceled in its first season.
Along with director Xeth Feinberg, in 2000 Reiss independently produced Hard Drinkin' Lincoln, a series of 16 flash animation cartoons for Icebox.com.
Later, Reiss collaborated with Feinberg again to independently produce a short internet cartoon series entitled Queer Duck for Icebox.com. In 2002, the series was picked up by Showtime, where it aired as a supporting feature to Queer as Folk. Queer Duck: the Movie was released on DVD on July 18, 2006. The feature film reunites the Queer...
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