Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956) is an American television writer best known for his work as executive producer and show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001 (Seasons 9-12).
He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He began as a writer/producer on the show during Season 5 and wrote several episodes that aired in Season 6, including "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" and "Lisa's Rival". During Season 13, he wrote and executi...
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Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956) is an American television writer best known for his work as executive producer and show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001 (Seasons 9-12).
He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts. He began as a writer/producer on the show during Season 5 and wrote several episodes that aired in Season 6, including "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" and "Lisa's Rival". During Season 13, he wrote and executive produced "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation".
He was a writer on Everybody Loves Raymond for part of Season 7 and all of Season 8, and co-created (with Julie Thacker) The Pitts for Fox and Complete Savages for ABC. The Pitts was resurrected as an animated show for Fox.
He started his career by writing jokes for Yakov Smirnoff. He is the co-writer and co-executive producer (with Al Jean) of The Simpsons Movie.
An op-ed on Slate argues The Simpsons changed from a realistic show about family life into a typical cartoon during Scully's years as...
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