Steve Tompkins

Steve Tompkins is an American television writer and Harvard alumnus. He has worked on such television shows such as The Critic, In Living Color, Entourage, Bernie Mac and The Knights of Prosperity. He was also with The Simpsons, for its seventh and eighth seasons; after leaving he co-created The PJs, with Larry Wilmore and Eddie Murphy. He is currently the producer of the animated television series Fanboy and Chum Chum that will premiere in the f... more

Steve Tompkins is an American television writer and Harvard alumnus. He has worked on such television shows such as The Critic, In Living Color, Entourage, Bernie Mac and The Knights of Prosperity. He was also with The Simpsons, for its seventh and eighth seasons; after leaving he co-created The PJs, with Larry Wilmore and Eddie Murphy. He is currently the producer of the animated television series Fanboy and Chum Chum that will premiere in the fall of 2009 on Nickelodeon Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley said that, with the exception of George Meyer, Tompkins had contributed more to seasons seven and eight than anyone else on the Simpsons staff. According to DVD commentary for season eight, Tompkins wrote the famous sequence in "Homer's Phobia" where Homer takes Bart to a steel mill that turns out to be a gay dance club. He worked on the following episodes: less