Sam Simon
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Sam Simon is an American television producer and writer, most notable as one of the original developers of The Simpsons, along with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. He has also worked on Cheers, The Tracey Ullman Show, and The Drew Carey Show. He wrote The Bitter Half, a single episode sitcom for Howard Stern’s Howard 100 channel on Sirius Satellite Radio, that aired October 25, 2006. As of early 2007, Simon is fifty-one years old.
He was married to Jennifer Tilly from 1984 to 1991.
[edit] Trivia
- When Drew Carey and Norm MacDonald were on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2000, they used Sam as their Phone-A-Friend(s).
- Simon frequently appears as a panelist on the PBS program Mental Engineering.
- According to the webpage of the Sam Simon Foundation, an organization dedicated to animal welfare causes, Sam Simon is the current manager of heavyweight boxer Lamon Brewster, the former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion, and was also named 2004 World Boxing Manager of the Year.
- Simon's estimated income from The Simpsons is ten million dollars annually, a show he left thirteen years ago.
- It has been assumed that he had creative differences with Matt Groening [1]
[edit] External links
- Sam Simon at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by none |
(with James L. Brooks and Matt Groening) The Simpsons Show runner 1989 – 1991 |
Succeeded by Al Jean & Mike Reiss |
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