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Brian Scully

Brian Scully is an American television writer and producer.

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Brian Scully
Born (1953-08-10) August 10, 1953
OccupationsTelevision writer and producer and Creative Consultant
Years active1988-present

Brian Scully (born August 10, 19531 in West Springfield, Massachusetts)2 is an American television writer and producer.

Scully initially worked as a TV salesman before eventually getting a job writing on Out of This World. After the show was canceled, Scully was unemployed for over a year but a residual payment of $20,000 for Out of This World reruns helped pay his health insurance costs after his wife gave birth to their premature child.2 He has written episodes for The Simpsons (such as "Lost Our Lisa")3 and Complete Savages. He has produced The Drew Carey Show4 and The Pitts. He is the older brother of long-time The Simpsons writer and showrunner Mike Scully,5 and has a brother, Neil, whose resume includes hockey writing for local newspapers and team magazines. 4 He currently works on Family Guy as a writer and consulting producer.2

The Simpsons episodes

Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for The Simpsons:

Family Guy episodes

Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for Family Guy:

References

References

  1. "Brian Scully". IMDb.
  2. Verrier, Richard (2007-10-15). "Residuals Key Issue in Writing Negotiations". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "BBC - Programmes categorised as Comedy". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Cries & whispers too interesting to ignore - Life can be cartoon material". Union-News. 1999-12-06. p. A02.
  5. Breneman, John (2007-07-22). "No place like Homer Massachusetts scribe Mike Scully tells of work on 'Simpsons Movie'". Boston Herald.
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