Ron Weiner (pronounced ) 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. T ...

. He has written for several shows, including '' 30 Rock'', ''

NewsRadio ''NewsRadio'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from March 21, 1995 to May 4, 1999, focusing on the work lives of the staff of a New York City AM news radio station. It had an ensemble cast featuring Dave Foley, Steph ...

'', '' Futurama'', ''

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'', ''

Father of the Pride ''Father of the Pride'' is a 2004–2005 American adult animated sitcom created by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation that was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network television (after '' Game Over''). The ser ...

'', '' Help Me Help You' and

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. Weiner is the son of neurologist

Howard L. Weiner Howard L. Weiner (born December 25, 1944) is an American neurologist, neuroscientist and immunologist who is also a writer and filmmaker. He performs clinical and basic research focused on multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurologic diseases suc ...

. During his job writing for '' Futurama'' Ron has noted in the audio commentary of Spanish Fry that he tries to get Bender to dance in every episode he writes. He also noted in the commentary for " A Pharaoh to Remember" that he starts off writing his scripts by thinking of a series of dance moves, then building the episode around them. He has worked as a writer on the

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comedy series '' 30 Rock''. He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the third season. Later, he contacted producers for his father's screenplay '' The Last Poker Game'', which was released in 2017. His music has been featured in

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Season 5 episodes.

Writing credits

''NewsRadio'' episodes

*" Flowers for Matthew" *" Assistant" *" Padded Suit"

''Futurama'' episodes

*" The Luck of the Fryrish" *" A Pharaoh to Remember" *"

Less Than Hero "Less Than Hero" is the fourth episode episode in the fourth season of the American animated television series ''Futurama'', and the 58th episode of the series overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 2, 2003. The ...

" *" Spanish Fry"

''Arrested Development'' episodes

*" Notapusy" *"

Family Ties ''Family Ties'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States ...

''30 Rock'' episodes

*" Secrets and Lies" *" Señor Macho Solo" *" Goodbye, My Friend" *" The Problem Solvers" *" Brooklyn Without Limits" *" "Mamma Mia"" *" Verna" *"

TGS Hates Women "''TGS'' Hates Women" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy series '' 30 Rock'', and the 96th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-executive producer Ron Weiner and directed by Beth McCarthy ...

" *" Today You Are a Man" *"

Meet the Woggels! "Meet the Woggels!" is the seventeenth episode of the sixth season of the American television comedy series ''30 Rock'', and the 120th overall episode of the series. It was directed by Linda Mendoza, and written by Ron Weiner. The episode origin ...

" *"

Respawn In video games, spawning is the live creation of a character, item or NPC. Respawning is the recreation of an entity after its death or destruction, perhaps after losing one of its lives. Despawning is the deletion of an entity from the game ...

" (co-written with Hannibal Buress)

References

External links

* * http://www.ronweinermusic.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiner, Ron Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television writers American male television writers Writers Guild of America Award winners The Harvard Lampoon alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Robert Meltzer Award winners