Donick Cary is an American writer and producer.

Early life

Cary grew up on

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, 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 ''

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''. He continued working with the show through its move to

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, serving as both head writer and the "guy in the bear suit". After five years in ''Late Night'', Cary moved to ''

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'', where he served as a co-executive producer for four seasons (seasons 7-11). He then served in the same capacity on

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’s ''

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'' and '' Parks and Recreation'',

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’s ''

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'', and

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’s ''

New Girl ''New Girl'' is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Century Fox Television for Fox that aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around quirky teacher, Jessica Day ( Zo ...

''. Cary has produced pilots for and developed with Brillstein Grey, Sony Television,

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, Conaco, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, FX, HBO, the WB and Nickelodeon. In 2007, Donick created the animated series '' Lil' Bush'' (a satire of U.S. President George Bush Jr.) for Amp'd mobile cell phones. The show was then picked up by

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and became the first mobi/web-series ever to move from cell phones to television. To handle the animation, Cary founded Sugarshack Animation with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, and Sofia, Bulgaria. Cary wrote for and produced ''

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'' for HBO. In 2020, he directed a feature documentary entitled '' Have a Good Trip'' (a comic exploration of tripping) for

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’s Red Hour Films.

Writing credits

''The Simpsons'' episodes

Cary has written the following episodes of ''

'': *" In Marge We Trust" (1997) *" Bart Star" (1997) *" The Last Temptation of Krust" (1998) *" Treehouse of Horror IX" ("Hell Toupée") (1998) *" D'oh-in' in the Wind" (1998) *" Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" (with

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 e ...

) (1999) *" Treehouse of Horror X" ("I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did") (1999)

''Complete Savages'' episodes

He has written the following episodes of '' Complete Savages'': *"Bad Reception" *"My Two Sons" *"The Man Without a Ball"

Other projects

*''Dear Doughboy'' (2000) *''

The Ron White Show ''The Ron White Show'' is a 2005 TV special that appeared in the WB in 2005. It starred comedian Ron White, was directed by C.B. Harding and written by Donick Cary. It featured two cartoon segments that are now available on White's official w ...

'' (2005) *'' The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show'' (2007)

References

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* Living people American television writers American comedy writers American television show creators American satirical television show creators American satirists American male television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{simpsons-stub