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Mike Scully

Born:September 2 1956 (1956--) (age 51)
West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation:Television writer
Nationality:American
Writing period:1986 - Present
Genres:Humour
For the football player, see Mike Scully (football player).
Mike Scully (born October 2, 1956 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is an Emmy Award-winning American television writer best known for his work as show runner of the Fox series The Simpsons from 1997 - 2001 (Seasons 9-12).

He began as a writer/producer on the show during Season 5 and wrote several episodes that aired in Season 6, including Two Dozen and One Greyhounds and Lisa's Rival. During Season 13, he wrote and executive produced ''How I Spent My Strummer Vacation.

He was a writer on Everybody Loves Raymond for part of Season 7 and all of Season 8, and co-created (with Julie Thacker) The Pitts for Fox and Complete Savages for ABC.

He started his career by writing jokes for Yakov Smirnoff. He is currently co-writing and co-executive producing (with Al Jean) The Simpsons Movie.

An op-ed on Slate argues The Simpsons changed from a realistic show about family life into a typical cartoon during Scully's years as executive producer of The Simpsons.
"But under Scully's tenure, The Simpsons became, well, a cartoon. ... Episodes that once would have ended with Homer and Marge bicycling into the sunset (perhaps while Bart gagged in the background) now end with Homer blowing a tranquilizer dart into Marge's neck."[1]

The Simpsons episodes written by Mike Scully

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Preceded by
Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein		The Simpsons show runner
1997 – 2001		Succeeded by
Al Jean


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The Simpsons writers
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Former recurring writers
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  4. Itchy & Scratchy Land
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Season 6
September 4 1994 – May 21 1995
  1. Bart of Darkness
  2. Lisa's Rival
  3. Another Simpsons Clip Show
  4. Itchy & Scratchy Land
  5. Sideshow Bob Roberts
  6. Treehouse of Horror V
  7. Bart's Girlfriend
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How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" is the second episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. The episode first aired on November 10, 2002. It was intended to be the season premiere, but "Treehouse of Horror XIII" was moved ahead for Halloween.
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Julie Thacker is an American television writer. She is married to Mike Scully, another TV writer, with whom she has worked with on several projects.

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