Richard Appel

Richard Appel

Crew Member Information Gender: Male Job: Writer Producer Birth date: May 21, 1963 (1963-05-21) Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 99 First episode: "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Most recent episode: "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Richard Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer. After working as a lawyer for several years he became a writer for The Simpsons in 1994. His first episode was Season 7's "Mother Simpson". He left the show after writing "When You Dish Upon a Star". He went on to serve as executive producer on King of the Hill and The Bernie Mac Show. He is currently an executive producer on The Cleveland Show, of which he is also a co-creator.

Credits

Staff writer

Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land" Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" (as Richarred Appel) Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend" Episode – "Lisa on Ice" Episode – "Homer Badman" Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" Episode – "Fear of Flying" Episode – "Homer the Great" Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three" Episode – "Bart's Comet" Episode – "Homie the Clown" Episode – "Bart vs. Australia" Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" Episode – "A Star Is Burns" Episode – "Lisa's Wedding" Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" Episode – "The PTA Disbands" Episode – "'Round Springfield" Episode – "The Springfield Connection" Episode – "Lemon of Troy" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" Episode – "Radioactive Man"

Story editor

Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul" Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (as Richard Former Attorney Appel) Episode – "King-Size Homer" Episode – "Mother Simpson" Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Team Homer" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Bart the Fink" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" Episode – "Homer the Smithers" Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" Episode – "Bart on the Road" Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "Homerpalooza" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" Episode – "The Springfield Files" Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" Episode – "Simpson Tide"

Written by

• Episode – "Mother Simpson"

• Episode – "Bart on the Road"

• Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"

• Episode – "Bart After Dark"

• Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"

• Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"

• Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as Wretched Appel) Episode – "The Homer They Fall" Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns" Episode – "Bart After Dark" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density" Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "Homer's Phobia" Episode – "Brother from Another Series" Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter" Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Episode – "Grade School Confidential" Episode – "The Canine Mutiny" Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa" Episode – "In Marge We Trust" Episode – "Homer's Enemy" Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper" Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"

Co-executive producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as The Devil In Rich Appel) Episode – "The Cartridge Family" Episode – "Bart Star" Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic" Episode – "Realty Bites" Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" Episode – "Bart Carny" Episode – "Das Bus" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity" Episode – "This Little Wiggy" Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions" Episode – "Girly Edition" Episode – "Trash of the Titans" Episode – "King of the Hill" Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Consulting producer

• Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing"

• Episode – "The Joy of Sect"

Trivia

• At the time Appel wrote "Mother Simpson", he was married to the novelist Mona Simpson. He named Homer's mother Mona after her.

External links

• Richard Appel at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Appel at Wikipedia

Executive producers

Executive producers James L. Brooks • David X. Cohen • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Sam Simon • Josh Weinstein Co-executive producers Richard Appel • J. Stewart Burns • Daniel Chun • Joel H. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Josh Lieb • Bill Odenkirk • Don Payne • Michael Price • Jace Richdale • Julie Thacker • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore Miscellaneous Jeremy Chilnick* • Jay Fukuto* • Greg Goodrich* • Seth Green* • Brad Lewis* • Tom Root* • Carl Rosendahl*