Brent Forrester is an American writer and producer, who has written for 6 Emmy Award-winning television comedies. He wrote several episodes of the animated television sitcom ''

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'' between 1993 and 1997. He has worked as a writer on ''

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'', '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He served as head writer and executive producer on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Office'' and ''

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''. Forrester has also written feature films.

Early life

Forrester, the son of physician James S. Forrester, grew up as a surfer in

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. As an undergraduate John Jay Scholar at

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he worked on the university's student TV station, and returned to Los Angeles to begin a career as a TV writer. At Columbia, he roomed with future

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mayor Tim Kelly in

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Career

Forrester wrote for ''

'' between 1993 and 1997. He wrote the episodes: " Homer vs. Patty and Selma",Mirkin, David. (2005) Commentary for "Homer vs. Patty and Selma", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season'' VD 20th Century Fox. "

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", the Krusty Burger segment of " 22 Short Films About Springfield", and " Homerpalooza". "Homerpalooza" was based on a story by David X. Cohen, although Forrester wrote the script. To do research for the episode, Forrester went to one of the

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concerts, which ended up being a horrible experience. Several of the jokes in the episode are based on his experiences: cameras (including his own) were being seized and thrown in the garbage, there were numerous advertisements, several "sour faced teens", a real freak show and at one point a stranger approached Forrester and asked "how's it going, nark?" Forrester has also served as executive producer on ''

'', and written for ''

'', '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'' and ''

''. He served as a writer and consulting producer on ''

''. He has written seven episodes of the show including " The Merger" and "

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" and directed the episode " Casual Friday". He also directed a 2008 series of

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of the show, and wrote the NBC.com web series '' In Gayle We Trust''. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film ''

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''. Forrester is writing the film ''The Low Self Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie'' with

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, and a sitcom pilot for

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. Forrester also voiced Leon the Drug Addict in the episode of ''King of the Hill'' "Junkie Business". In May 2012, he became an executive producer for the final season of ''The Office''. In 2014, Netflix announced a two-season comedy series entitled ''

'' co-created by director

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, and Lesley Arfin, with Forrester as executive producer. In 2019–2020 Forrester is executive producer of ''

'' directed by

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and starring

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Writing credits

''The Simpsons'' written episodes

Forrester has written (or co-written) the following episodes: *" Homer vs. Patty and Selma" (February 26, 1995) *"

" (May 14, 1995) *" 22 Short Films About Springfield" ontributor(April 14, 1996) *" Homerpalooza" (May 19, 1996)

''Mr. Show'' written episodes

Forrester has co-written (with

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) the following sketches from the following episodes: *"The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost" (December 5, 1997) ketch: "Pre-Taped Call-In Show"*"Rudy Will Await Your Foundation" (November 9, 1998) ketch: "Audition"

''Undeclared'' written episode

Forrester co-wrote (with

) the following episode: *"The Perfect Date" (February 19, 2002)

''The Office'' written episodes

Forrester has written or co-written the following episodes: #" The Merger" (November 16, 2006) - Season 3 #"

" (February 15, 2007) - Season 3 #"

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" co-written with

Justin Spitzer Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and showrunner. He is best known for creating the sitcoms '' Superstore,'' '' American Auto,'' and '' St. Denis Medical.'' His other credits include ''Scrubs'', ''Courting Alex ...

(April 26, 2007) - Season 3 #" Did I Stutter?" co-written with

(May 1, 2008) - Season 4 #"

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" (November 13, 2008) - Season 5 #" Blood Drive" (March 5, 2009) - Season 5 #"

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" (October 15, 2009) - Season 6 #" New Leads" (March 18, 2010) - Season 6 #"

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" (February 3, 2011) - Season 7 #" Work Bus" (October 18, 2012) - Season 9 #" A.A.R.M." (May 9, 2013) - Season 9

''Love'' written episodes

Forrester has written or co-written the following episodes: *"One Long Day" (February 19, 2016) - with Lesley Arfin and

*"The Table Read" (February 19, 2016)

Directing credits

''The Office'' directed episodes

Forrester has directed the following episodes: #" Casual Friday" (April 30, 2009) - Season 5 #" New Leads" (March 18, 2010) - Season 6 #"

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" (March 1, 2012) - Season 8 #" The Target" (November 29, 2012) - Season 9

References

External links

Brent Forrester's Official Website
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