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The Simpsons Season 11
The eleventh season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between September 26, 1999 and May 21, 2000. It started with " Beyond Blunderdome" and ended with " Behind the Laughter". With Mike Scully as the showrunner for the eleventh season,Groening, p. 12. it has twenty-two episodes, including four hold-over episodes from the season 10 production line. Season 11 was released on DVD in Region 1 (North America), on October 7, 2008, with both a standard box and Krusty-molded plastic cover. The season coincided with The Simpsons family being awarded their star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the season receiving itself an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, an Annie Award, and a British Comedy Award. It also saw the departure of voice actress Maggie Roswell. ''The Simpsons'' ranked 41st in the season ratings with an average U.S. viewership of 8.8 million viewers, making it the second highest rated show on Fox after ''Malcolm in the Middle''. It got an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krusty The Clown
Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky (; ), better known by his stage name Krusty the Clown (sometimes spelled as Krusty the Klown), is a recurring character on the List of animated television series, animated television series ''The Simpsons''. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is the long-time clown host of Bart Simpson, Bart and Lisa Simpson's favorite TV show, a variety show consisting of various kid-friendly Sketch comedy, sketches and often highly violent cartoons, most notably ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show''. Despite his cheery onscreen persona, Krusty is actually a cynical, burnt-out, addiction-riddled smoker who is made miserable by show business but continues on anyway. He has become one of the most frequently occurring characters outside the main Simpson family and has been the focus of many episodes, some of which also feature Sideshow Bob. Krusty was created by cartoonist Matt Groening and partially inspired by James H. Allen, Rusty Nails, a television clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comedy Awards
The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The British Comedy Awards (1990–2014) The awards were shown live on ITV (TV network), ITV in December from 1990 to 2006, after which the broadcast of the #2007, British Comedy Awards 2007 was suspended by ITV due to allegations of irregularities and deception in the awarding of the #2005, 2005 People's Choice Award and then ongoing related investigations about the 2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal resulting in Ofcom's subsequently fining ITV a record British pound, £5.675 million for its misuse of premium-rate telephone lines. After Michael Parkinson presented the inaugural ceremony at the London Palladium in December 1990, the majority of subsequent shows were presented by Jonathan Ross, staged at The London Studios, London Studios, and produced by Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. He has formerly written for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1992–1995) and ''The Simpsons'' (1995–2012), as well as serving as a co-executive producer and consulting producer for the latter from its seventh to its twenty-fourth seasons. Early years Maxtone-Graham is the son of maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham. He is the great-nephew of Jan Struther, the writer of Mrs. Miniver. He attended Trinity School and Brown University. An enthusiastic swimmer, his first job after college was as a diver with an underwater research team. After struggling to establish a career in journalism, he penned material for the television show '' Not Necessarily the News'' and the magazines '' National Lampoon'' and '' Army Man''. His work in ''Army Man'', an offbeat magazine published by future ''Simpsons'' colleague George Meyer, brought him to the attention of Jack Handey, who suggested he work for ''Saturday Night Live''. ''Sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Long
Tim Long (born June 14, 1969) is a comedy writer born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Long calls Exeter, Ontario, his home town and has written for ''The Simpsons'', ''Politically Incorrect'', '' Spy'' magazine and the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. Currently credited as a consulting producer on ''The Simpsons'', Long was - until Season 20 - credited as an executive producer. His work has also recently appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker''. He also wrote the episode "Mr Roboto" for YTV's '' Mr. Young''. Long was also a consulting writer on ''The Simpsons Movie''. He attended high school at South Huron District High School in Exeter, Ontario, Canada. Long graduated from University College at the University of Toronto with a major in English Literature and pursued graduate studies in English at Columbia University. He was an intern at ''Spy'' magazine under E. Graydon Carter before joining the staff of ''The David Letterman Show'', where he wrote for three y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donick Cary
Donick Cary is an American writer and producer. Early life Cary grew up on Nantucket Island, graduating from Nantucket High School in 1986. Personal life He is the son of actors Richard and Mara Cary and the brother of actress Martha Cary, the latter two of whom have done voices for his show ''Lil' Bush''. Career He got his start writing for ''Late Night with David Letterman''. He continued working with the show through its move to CBS, serving as both head writer and the "guy in the bear suit". After five years in ''Late Night'', Cary moved to ''The Simpsons'', where he served as a co-executive producer for four seasons (seasons 7-11). He then served in the same capacity on NBC’s ''Just Shoot Me!'' and '' Parks and Recreation'', HBO’s ''Bored to Death'', and Fox’s ''New Girl''. Cary has produced pilots for and developed with Brillstein Grey, Sony Television, Happy Madison, Conaco, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, FX, HBO, the WB and Nickelodeon. In 2007, Donick created the animated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Greaney
Daniel Greaney is an American television writer. He has written for ''The Simpsons'' and ''The Office''. He was hired during ''The Simpsons'' seventh season after writing the first draft of the episode " King-Size Homer", but left after season eleven. He returned to the ''Simpsons'' staff during the thirteenth season, and remains involved with the series (as a consulting producer and occasional writer) into the present day. Life and career Greaney attended Harvard College, where he was president of '' Harvard Lampoon'' and editor of the ''Harvard Lampoon'''s nationally distributed parody of ''USA Today''. He also worked as an editorial assistant at ''The Boston Globe''. At Harvard Law School, he edited a student publication, competing against a rival publication edited by Barack Obama. He graduated from Harvard in 1987. After college, he worked as a reporter for ''USA Today'' and co-authored a book entitled ''Truly One Nation'' with ''USA Today'' founder Allen H. Neuharth. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother's Little Helper
"Brother's Little Helper" is the second episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 3, 1999. In the episode, Bart floods the school gymnasium and the schoolyard, which prompts the school's principal Seymour Skinner to diagnose Bart with ADHD. Bart is prescribed a psychostimulant drug called Focusyn (a parody of (Ritalin) and which sounds similar to the related drug Focalin, a drug released six years after the episode aired), and initially starts paying more attention to his studies. After a while however, Bart starts turning psychotic and is convinced that Major League Baseball is watching over the people of Springfield. The episode was directed by director Mark Kirkland and was the first episode staff writer George Meyer received a sole writing credit for since the season 5 episode " Bart's Inner Child". Meyer, who was facing some psychological difficulties while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" is the fourteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American television series ''The Simpsons'', and marks the final regular appearance of the character Maude Flanders. The episode aired on Fox on February 13, 2000. In the episode, she is killed in an accident while watching an auto race, devastating Ned Flanders and prompting Homer to find a new woman for his grieving friend. After a series of unsuccessful dates, Ned begins to question his faith in God. However, his faith is restored after hearing the female lead singer of a Christian rock band, played by guest star Shawn Colvin, sing in church. The episode's title is a parody of the song title "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan. The episode was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Jim Reardon. Maude was voiced by Marcia Mitzman Gaven after regular voice actor Maggie Roswell had left the show over a pay dispute, and the producers decided to kill off the character and make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Flanders
The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writers intended many of these characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town of Springfield, where the series primarily takes place. A number of these characters have gained expanded roles and have subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to the creator of ''The Simpsons'', Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy series ''Second City Television''. This article features the recurring characters from the series outside of the five main characters (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson). Each of them are listed in order by their first name. A Agnes Skinner Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille in most appearances, Maggie Roswell i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Marcia Mitzman Gaven is an American actress from New York. Since studying at the High School of Performing Arts and the State University of New York at Purchase, she has appeared in many musicals during her career singing in both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles. Her Broadway debut came in 1979 when she played Betty Rizzo in '' Grease'', serving as the replacement for the original actress of the role. In the 1980s she appeared in the musicals ''The Rocky Horror Show'', ''Oliver!'', '' Zorba'', ''Nine'', '' Anything Goes'', ''Chess'', and '' Welcome to the Club'', and in the operas ''Brigadoon'', '' South Pacific'', and ''Sweeney Todd''. In 1992, Gaven played the character Mrs. Walker in a new production called '' The Who's Tommy'' at La Jolla Playhouse. The musical was a success, resulting in its move to Broadway in 1993. Gaven was praised by critics for her performance and received a Tony Award nomination in the " Best Featured Actress in a Musical" category. She eventually h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons Season 14
The fourteenth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between November 3, 2002 and May 18, 2003. It was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show runner for the fourteenth production season was Al Jean, who executive produced 21 of 22 episodes. The other episode, " How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", was run by Mike Scully. The fourteenth season has met with mostly positive reviews and won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour), four Annie Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award. This season contains the show's 300th episode, " Barting Over". Production Writers credited with episodes in the fourteenth season included J. Stewart Burns, Kevin Curran, John Frink & Don Payne, Dana Gould, Dan Greaney, Brian Kelley, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Matt Warburton and Marc Wilmore. Freelance writers include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
