Bill Oakley

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Bill Oakley

Bill Oakley caricatured in The Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show".
Born:	1966 United States
Occupation:	Televison writer
Nationality:	United States

Bill Oakley (born in 1966) is an American television writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. Along with his writing partner Josh Weinstein, Oakley was the executive producer and showrunner during the seventh and eighth seasons. Before serving as the show's executive producers, the pair were hired onto the writing staff during the fourth season. Together, the two wrote episodes such as "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". After leaving The Simpsons, Oakley and Weinstein created Mission Hill, The Mullets, and served as consulting producers on Futurama.

He was born and raised in Union Bridge, Maryland, and attended St. Albans School, where he and Weinstein created cartoons for the school newspaper. He later attended Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon.

He is married to The Simpsons and Mission Hill writer, Rachel Pulido. They have a son and a daughter, who have participated in several of The Simpsons DVD commentaries.

He and Weinstein are currently working on a new sitcom called Business Class which is currently in post-production.

Contents 1 Writing credits 1.1 The Simpsons episodes 1.2 Mission Hill episodes 2 External links

[edit] Writing credits

[edit] The Simpsons episodes

Oakley has written the following episodes of The Simpsons with Josh Weinstein:

• "Marge Gets a Job"
• "Marge In Chains"
• "Treehouse of Horror IV" ("Terror at 5½ Feet" segment)
• "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
• "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
• "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
• "Lady Bouvier's Lover"
• "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
• "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
• "Bart vs. Australia"
• "Who Shot Mr. Burns" (parts 1 & 2)

[edit] Mission Hill episodes

Oakley co-wrote the following episode with Josh Weinstein:

• "Pilot"

[edit] External links

• Bill Oakley at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by David Mirkin

(with Josh Weinstein) The Simpsons Showrunner 1995 – 1997

Succeeded by Mike Scully

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Richard Appel • Donick Cary • David X. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jennifer Crittenden • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Brent Forrester • Matt Groening • Ken Keeler • Brian Kelley • Jay Kogen • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Dan McGrath • Frank Mula • Bill Oakley • Conan O'Brien • Bill Odenkirk • Jace Richdale • David Sacks • Brian Scully • Sam Simon • David M. Stern • John Swartzwelder • Steve Tompkins • Jon Vitti • Josh Weinstein • Wallace Wolodarsky
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Bob Bendetson • Michael Carrington • Robert Cohen • Spike Feresten • Ricky Gervais • Ned Goldreyer • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Rob LaZebnik • Ken Levine • Josh Lieb • Jane O'Brien • Steve O'Donnell • Rachel Pulido • David Richardson • Nell Scovell • Dennis Snee • Joshua Sternin • Julie Thacker • Jeffrey Ventimilia • Patric Verrone • Steve Young