Brian Scully (born August 10, 1953 in
West Springfield, Massachusetts
West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 28,835 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is also known as "West ...
)
[ is an American ]television writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and producer.
Scully initially worked as a TV salesman before eventually getting a job writing on '' Out of This World''. After the show was canceled, Scully was unemployed for over a year but a residual payment of $20,000 for ''Out of This World'' reruns helped pay his health insurance costs after his wife gave birth to their premature child.The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
'' (such as " Lost Our Lisa")Complete Savages
''Complete Savages'' is an American sitcom that was broadcast on ABC from September 24, 2004 to June 17, 2005. It was part of ABC's final '' TGIF'' comedy line-up. The show was created by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker and executive produced by ...
''. He has produced ''The Drew Carey Show
''The Drew Carey Show'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1995 to September 8, 2004. Set in Cleveland, Ohio, the series revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionali ...
''[ and '' The Pitts''. He is the older brother of long-time ''The Simpsons'' writer and showrunner ]Mike Scully
Michael C. Scully (born October 2, 1956) is an American television writer and producer. He is known for his work as executive producer and showrunner of the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' from 1997 to 2001. Scully grew up in West Springfield, M ...
,Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their ...
'' as a writer and consulting producer.[
]
''The Simpsons'' episodes
Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for ''The Simpsons'':
* " Lost Our Lisa" - May 10, 1998
* "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" is the twelfth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 31, 1999, just after Super Bowl XXXIII and the pre ...
" (co-written with Tom Martin, George Meyer
George Meyer (born 1956) is an American producer and writer. Meyer is best known for his work on ''The Simpsons'', where he led the group script rewrite sessions. He has been publicly credited with "thoroughly shap ng... the comedic sensibility ...
, and Mike Scully) - January 31, 1999
* " Make Room for Lisa" - February 28, 1999
''Family Guy'' episodes
Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for ''Family Guy'':
* " I Dream of Jesus" - October 5, 2008
* " Big Man on Hippocampus" - January 3, 2010
* " Friends of Peter G." - February 13, 2011
* " Leggo My Meg-O" - May 6, 2012
* " Bigfat" - April 14, 2013
* " Vestigial Peter" - October 6, 2013
References
External links
*
American television writers
American male television writers
Living people
Writers from Massachusetts
People from West Springfield, Massachusetts
1953 births
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
{{simpsons-stub