Brian Scully (born August 10, 1953[1] in West Springfield, Massachusetts)[2] is an American television writer and producer.
Brian Scully | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 10, 1953 |
| Occupation(s) | Television writer and producer and Creative Consultant |
| Years active | 1988-present |
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 Show[4] 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
editBrian Scully wrote the following episodes for The Simpsons:
- "Lost Our Lisa" - May 10, 1998
- "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" (co-written with Tom Martin, George Meyer, and Mike Scully) - January 31, 1999
- "Make Room for Lisa" - February 28, 1999
Family Guy episodes
editBrian Scully wrote the following episodes for Family Guy:
- "I Dream of Jesus" - October 5, 2008
- "Big Man on Hippocampus" - January 3, 2010
- "Friends of Peter G." - February 13, 2011
- "Leggo My Meg-O" - May 6, 2012
- "Bigfat" - April 14, 2013
- "Vestigial Peter" - October 6, 2013
References
edit- ^ "Brian Scully". IMDb.
- ^ a b c Verrier, Richard (2007-10-15). "Residuals Key Issue in Writing Negotiations". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "BBC - Programmes categorised as Comedy". BBC. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ a b "Cries & whispers too interesting to ignore - Life can be cartoon material". Union-News. 1999-12-06. p. A02.
- ^ Breneman, John (2007-07-22). "No place like Homer Massachusetts scribe Mike Scully tells of work on 'Simpsons Movie'". Boston Herald.
External links
edit- Brian Scully at IMDb
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