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Bill Oakley

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William Lloyd "Bill" Oakley (born February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons. [1]

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$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)", also known as "$pringfield", is the tenth episode of The Simpsons fifth season.

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A Fish Called Selma

"A Fish Called Selma" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season.

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A. O. Scott

Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966), known professionally as A. O. Scott, is an American journalist and film critic.

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Adult Swim

Adult Swim (stylized as and often shortened to) is the adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the American children's cable network Cartoon Network and programmed by William Street Productions.

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Al Jean

Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer.

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Alf Clausen

Alf Heiberg Clausen (born March 28, 1941) is an American film and television composer.

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Alt.tv.simpsons

alt.tv.simpsons (called "a.t.s." by regular readers) is a usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussing the American television program The Simpsons.

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America's Most Wanted

America's Most Wanted is an American television program that was produced by 20th Television.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Animated series

An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Barney Gumble

Barnard Arnold "Barney" Gumble is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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Bart vs. Australia

"Bart vs.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bravo (U.S. TV network)

Bravo is an American cable and satellite television network, launched on December 1, 1980.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Carrie Brownstein

Carrie Rachel Brownstein (born September 27, 1974) is an American musician, model, writer, actress, director, and comedian.

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Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network (abbreviated as CN since 2004) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Chris Turner (author)

Chris Turner (born July 25, 1973) is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author.

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Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama, also known as dramedy (portmanteau of words drama and comedy), is a genre in film and television works in which plot elements are a combination of comedy and drama.

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Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Consultant

A consultant (from consultare "to deliberate") is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular area such as security (electronic or physical), management, education, accountancy, law, human resources, marketing (and public relations), finance, engineering, science or any of many other specialized fields.

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Dan McGrath

Dan McGrath is an American television writer.

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Dave Bartis

David "Dave" Bartis (born in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American producer.

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David Mirkin

David Mirkin (born September 18, 1955) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer.

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David X. Cohen

David Samuel Cohen (born July 13, 1966), better known as David X. Cohen, is an American television writer.

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Denis Leary

Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American actor, writer, producer, singer and comedian.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Diane English

Diane English (born May 18, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known for creating the television show Murphy Brown and writing and directing the 2008 feature film The Women.

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Donald Sutherland

Donald McNichol Sutherland, (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades.

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Doug Liman

Douglas Eric Liman (born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer best known for Swingers (1996), Go (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Jumper (2008), Fair Game (2010), and Edge of Tomorrow (2014).

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Douglas Coupland

Douglas CouplandSteve Lohr, "No More McJobs for Mr.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Executive producer

Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Frank Oz

Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker and actor.

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Fred Armisen

Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

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Futurama

Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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Gay

Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Grade School Confidential

"Grade School Confidential" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons' eighth season.

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Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy

"Grampa vs.

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Ha! (TV channel)

Ha!, owned by Viacom, was one of the first American all-comedy channels available to basic cable subscribers.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a morning newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and NSW South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In March 2009, the paper had a daily circulation of 530,000 from Monday to Friday.

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Hispanic

The term Hispanic (hispano or hispánico) broadly refers to the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain.

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Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" is the third episode of The Simpsons' seventh season.

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Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons as the patriarch of the eponymous family.

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Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment

"Homer vs.

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Homer's Enemy

"Homer's Enemy" is the twenty-third episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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Homer's Phobia

"Homer's Phobia" is the fifteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.

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IGN

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.

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Internet forum

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.

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James Murdoch

James Rupert Jacob Murdoch (born 13 December 1972) is a British-American businessman, the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive officer (CEO) of 21st Century Fox, and chairman of Sky plc.

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Jay Kogen

Jay Steven Kogen (born May 3, 1963) is an American comedy writer, producer, actor and director.

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John Swartzwelder

John Joseph Swartzwelder, Jr. (born February 8, 1949) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Josh Weinstein

Josh Weinstein (born May 5, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons.

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Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, producer, director, and author.

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KRCW-TV

KRCW-TV, virtual channel 32 (UHF digital channel 33), is a CW-affiliated television station serving Portland, Oregon, United States that is licensed to the state capital of Salem.

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Lady Bouvier's Lover

"Lady Bouvier's Lover" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons' fifth season.

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Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman.

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Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence James Tierney (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American actor known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and tough guys, roles that mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law.

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Lisa the Iconoclast

"Lisa the Iconoclast" is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season.

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Lisa the Simpson

"Lisa the Simpson" is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons ninth season.

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Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

"Lisa vs.

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Lisa's Wedding

"Lisa's Wedding" is the 19th episode of The Simpsons' sixth season.

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List of recurring The Simpsons characters

The Simpsons includes a large array of supporting characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, fictional characters within the show, and even animals.

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Literary agent

A literary agent (sometimes publishing agent, or writer's representative) is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers, film producers, and film studios, and assists in the sale and deal negotiation of the same.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mad (magazine)

Mad (stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine founded in 1952 by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, launched as a comic book before it became a magazine.

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Marge Gets a Job

"Marge Gets a Job" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' fourth season.

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Marge in Chains

"Marge in Chains" is the 21st episode of The Simpsons' fourth season.

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Marge vs. the Monorail

"Marge vs.

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Matt Groening

Matthew Abraham Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, animator, and voice actor.

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Meta

Meta (from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-) meaning "after", or "beyond") is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstraction behind another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.

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Mike Reiss

Michael L. Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer and author.

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Mission Hill (TV series)

Mission Hill (originally titled The Downtowners) is an American animated television series that ran on The WB from September 24, 1999, to July 16, 2000, and on Adult Swim from July 14 to August 11, 2002.

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Mother Simpson

"Mother Simpson" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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National Lampoon (magazine)

National Lampoon was an American humor magazine which ran from 1970 to 1998.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema is an American film production studio a part of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Meredith Corporation.

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Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain is an American animated television series.

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Planet Simpson

Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation, also abbreviated to Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation, is a non-fiction book about The Simpsons, written by Chris Turner and originally published on October 12, 2004 by Random House.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Portlandia (TV series)

Portlandia is a sketch comedy television series set and filmed in and around Portland, Oregon, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.

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Post-production

Post-production is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, and photography.

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Primetime Emmy Award

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually to an animated series.

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Principal Skinner

Principal W. Seymour Skinner (born Armin Tamzarian) is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, who is voiced by Harry Shearer.

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R. Lee Ermey

Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor, voice artist, and former military drill instructor.

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Random House of Canada

Random House of Canada was the Canadian distributor for Random House, Inc. from 1944 until 2013.

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Rick Emerson

Rick Emerson (born March 7, 1973), formerly known as Rick Taylor, is a radio personality most known for ''The Rick Emerson Show'', which was broadcast from Portland, Oregon, in one form or another, from 1997 to 2012.

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Roswell That Ends Well

"Roswell That Ends Well" is the 19th episode in the third season of the American animated television series Futurama.

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Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December).

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

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Screener (website)

Zap2it is an American website and affiliate network that provides local television listings for areas of the United States and Canada.

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Screenwriting

Screenwriting, also called scriptwriting, is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games.

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Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott (born 3 October 1976) is an American actor, comedian, and producer.

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Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that ran for nine seasons on NBC, from 1989 to 1998.

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Showrunner

Showrunner is the 21st-century term for the leading executive producer of a Hollywood television series in the United States.

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Sideshow Bob

Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr., PhD, better known as Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Kelsey Grammer and first appeared briefly in the episode "The Telltale Head".

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Sideshow Bob Roberts

"Sideshow Bob Roberts" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' sixth season.

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Simpson family

The Simpson family consists of fictional characters featured in the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Sit Down, Shut Up (2009 TV series)

Sit Down, Shut Up is an American adult animated television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox network.

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Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (known simply as Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE) is a Japanese-owned American entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs and recorded videos) through multiple platforms.

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Spec script

A spec script, also known as a speculative screenplay, is a non-commissioned and unsolicited screenplay.

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Spy (magazine)

Spy was a satirical monthly magazine published from 1986 to 1998.

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St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)

St.

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Steve Tompkins

Steve Tompkins is an American television writer.

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Story editor

Story editor is a job title in motion picture and television production, also sometimes called "supervising producer".

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Storyboard

A storyboard is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

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Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" is the 19th episode of The Simpsons' fifth season.

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Television pilot

A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network.

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That's Lobstertainment!

"That's Lobstertainment!" is the eighth episode in season three of Futurama.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

"The City of New York vs.

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The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin-off of Family Guy.

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The Cleveland Show (season 1)

The Cleveland Show first season began airing on September 27, 2009, and ended after 21 episodes on May 23, 2010.

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The Flintstones

The Flintstones is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC.

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The Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson, the daily student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873.

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The Harvard Lampoon

The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show

"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" is the fourteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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The Itchy & Scratchy Show

The Itchy & Scratchy Show (often shortened as Itchy & Scratchy) is a running gag and fictional animated television series featured in the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on The WB from August 28, 1996, to January 14, 2001.

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The Mullets

The Mullets is an American sitcom that was created by producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, who also created Mission Hill for The WB.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Principal and the Pauper

"The Principal and the Pauper" is the second episode of The Simpsons' ninth season.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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The Simpsons (season 3)

The Simpsons' third season originally aired on the Fox network between September 19, 1991 and August 27, 1992.

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The Simpsons (season 4)

The Simpsons' fourth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 24, 1992 and May 13, 1993, beginning with "Kamp Krusty".

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The Simpsons (season 5)

The Simpsons' fifth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 30, 1993 and May 19, 1994.

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The Simpsons (season 6)

The Simpsons sixth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 4, 1994, and May 21, 1995, and consists of 25 episodes.

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The Simpsons (season 7)

The Simpsons' seventh season originally aired on the Fox network between September 17, 1995 and May 19, 1996.

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The Simpsons (season 8)

The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired on the Fox network between October 27, 1996, and May 18, 1997, beginning with "Treehouse of Horror VII".

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The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase

"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" is the twenty-fourth episode of the eighth season of The Simpsons.

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The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show is a sitcom that aired on The WB from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002.

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The Tampa Tribune

The Tampa Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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The Wayans Bros.

The Wayans Bros. is an American sitcom that aired on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 20, 1999.

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The WB

The WB Television Network (commonly shortened to The WB and short for Warner Bros.) was an American television network that was first launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner.

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Trash of the Titans

"Trash of the Titans" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' ninth season.

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Treehouse of Horror

Treehouse of Horror, also known as The Simpsons Halloween specials, are a series of Halloween specials within the animated series The Simpsons, each consisting of three separate, self-contained segments.

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Treehouse of Horror IV

"Treehouse of Horror IV" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' fifth season and the fourth episode in the Treehouse of Horror series of Halloween specials.

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Treehouse of Horror VI

"Treehouse of Horror VI" is the sixth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season and the sixth episode in the Treehouse of Horror series.

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Two Bad Neighbors

"Two Bad Neighbors" is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season.

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Union Bridge, Maryland

Union Bridge is a town in Carroll County, Maryland, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Foreign Service

The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State.

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Upfront (advertising)

In the television industry, an upfront is a gathering at the start of important advertising sales periods, held by television network executives and attended by major advertisers and the media.

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UPN

The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vern Oakley

Vern Oakley is a television and film director based in New Jersey.

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Wallace Wolodarsky

Wallace Wolodarsky, also billed as Wally Wolodarsky, is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer and film director known for being one of the screenwriters for The Simpsons during the first four seasons with his writing partner Jay Kogen.

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WarnerMedia

Warner Media, LLC (formerly Time Warner Inc.), doing business as WarnerMedia, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City and owned by AT&T.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon's administration's subsequent attempt to cover up its involvement.

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Westminster, Maryland

Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States.

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Who Shot Mr. Burns?

"Who Shot Mr.

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Work ethic

Work ethic is a belief that hard work and diligence have a moral benefit and an inherent ability, virtue or value to strengthen character and individual abilities.

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Writers Guild of America

The Writers Guild of America is the joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers.

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Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievements in film, television, radio and video game (added in 2008) writing, including both fiction and non-fiction categories, have been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949.

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Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American live action/puppet educational children's television show starring five costumed toys come to life and their friend DJ Lance Rock.

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You Only Move Twice

"You Only Move Twice" is the second episode of The Simpsons' eighth season.

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22 Short Films About Springfield

"22 Short Films About Springfield" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons' seventh season.

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References

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