Mark Brazill (born April 16, 1962) is a

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creator from

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. He is best known as one of the creators of ''

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''.

Career

As well as ''That 70's Show,'' he has been credited for ''

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'' and ''That 90's Show'' and the movie Double Dragons. He also wrote for and produced ''

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'', wrote for ''

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,'' and co-created and wrote many episodes of '' Mr. Rhodes,'' along with several other writing and producing credits.

Conflict with Judd Apatow

In late 2001,

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sought to have

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of ''

'' appear in an episode of his series ''

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''. This initiated a string of heated emails between the two. Brazill claimed that Apatow had stolen his idea for a comedy about a rock band and used it on ''

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'' in the early 1990s. The sketch was titled "The Grungies", a dark parody of ''The Monkees'' television series focusing on an outrageous grunge band. The emails were subsequently leaked and widely circulated online.

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