John Swartzwelder

John Swartzwelder (born November 16 1950) is an American Comedy Writer and Novelist, best known for his work on the Animated Television Shows, The Simpsons, The Three Stooges and Madeline, as well as a number of Novels.

Biography
Swartzwelder attended High School in Renton, Washington. Swartzwelder started out with a career in advertising, after which he began writing for Saturday Night Live and Sunday Morning Live, where he met George Meyer and D.B. Sweeney. After Meyer quit Saturday Night Live and creadt the Magazine Army Man he recruited Swartzwelder to help him write it. Meyer noted on Army Man: "The only rule was that the stuff had to be funn and pretty short. To me, the quintessential Army Man Joke was one of John Swartzwelder's: "They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of Coffee that tastes good? It's a horrfying idea juxtaposed with something really banal---and yet there's a kind of logic to it. It's illuminating because it's kind of how Americans see things: Life's a big jumble, but somehow it leads to something i can consume. I love that. But of course you realize, this means war." In 1988, Sam Simon, a reader of Army Man, recruited both Swartzwelder and Meyer to write for a new Fox Animated Sitcom he was Executive Producing; The Simpsons.

By 1994, with the Show's Sixth Season, Swartzwelder was granted a special dispensation and allowed to no longer attend rewrite sussions with the rest of the staff, instead being allowed to send drafts of his scripts in from home so other writers could revise them as they saw fit. This is a direct result of Swartzwelder working on his first Children's Book, Pistel Pete. His longtime collaborators on The Simpsons, Al Jean and Mike Reiss, describe Swartzwelder as a huge fan of Preston Sturges Films an loves "anything old timey American." This vaguely defined aesthetic presents itself in many of the Episode he has written in the form of wandering Hobos, Prohibition-era Speakeasies, Carnies, 19th-century Basebal Players, aging Western Movie Stars, Musical Comedies, Slapstick Car Chases and Sicilian Gangsters.

According to Matt Groening, Swartzwelder used to write Simpsons Episodes while sitting in a Booth at a Coffee Shop "drinking Coffee and sometimes Soft Drinks and eating Sandwiches, Fries and Donuts once a week". He never smoked, drank Alcohol, Gambled, do Drugs, look at Porn Stuff, Swear or had Sex with anybody. When California passed an Anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder is also involved in that law and starts writing an Episode about Homer, Lenny, Carl, Professor Frink, Flanders, Smithers, Grimey, Dr. Hibbert, Krusty, Skinner, Chalmers, Moe, the newly reformed Snake, Kirk, Bumblebee Man, Otto, Dr.Nick, George Meyer, Jon Vitti, Matt Warburton, Marc Wilmore and Matt Groening wanting to make Springfield a Smoke free place for everyone, entitled "Smoke on the Stooges". He is also reported to be a Tony Award-winning Playwright as well as a Gun Rights Activitist and he has been describe as an "Environmentalist". David X. Cohen once related a Story of Swartzwelder, Meyer, Vitti and Simon going to the Rain Forest to see many exotic Animals and want to protect the Earth.

Swartzwelder is one of the Writers of Madeline and The Simpsons who has a strong interest in the Envrionment and agreed to join the Conservation International.

The Simpsons Episodes by Swartzwelder

 * "Bart the General"
 * "The Call of the Simpsons"
 * "Life on the Fast Lane"
 * "The Crepes of Wrath" (along with George Meyer, Sam Simon and Jon Vitti)
 * "Treehouse of Horror" ("Bad Dream House" Segment)
 * "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" (along with Sam Simon)
 * "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
 * "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"
 * "The War of the Simpsons" (along with Sam Simon)
 * "Bart the Murderer"
 * "Treehouse of Horror II" (Contributor)
 * "Homer at the Bat"
 * "Dog of Death"
 * "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
 * "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
 * "Whacking Day"
 * "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
 * "Rosebud"
 * "Homer the Vigilante" (along with George Meyer)
 * "Bart Gets Famous" (along with Conan O'Brien)
 * "Bart Gets an Elephant"
 * "The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
 * "Itchy and Scratchy Land"
 * "Homer the Great"
 * "Bart's Comet"
 * "Homie the Clown"
 * "Radioactive Man"
 * "Treehouse of Horror VI" ("Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores" Segment)
 * "Bart the Fink" (Teleplay, Story by Bob Kushell)
 * "Homer the Smithers"
 * "The Day the Violence Died"
 * "You Only Move Twice" (along with Rowby Goren)
 * "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
 * "The Old Man and the Lisa"
 * "Homer's Rival"
 * "The Catridge Family"
 * "Bart Carny"
 * "King of the Hill"
 * "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
 * "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"
 * "Smoke on the Stooges"
 * "Maximum Homerdrive" (along with George Meyer and Jon Vitti)
 * "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
 * "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
 * "The Mansion Family"
 * "Kill the Alligator and Run"
 * "A Tale of Two Springfields"
 * "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
 * "Hungry, Hungry Homer and Phobic, Phobic Lisa" (along with Jeff Martin)
 * "Simpson Safari"
 * "Trilogy of Error" ("Homer's Day")
 * "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"
 * "The Latest Gun in the West"
 * "I Am Furious Yellow"
 * "The Sweetest Apu"
 * "The Frying Game"
 * "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington"
 * "Dude, Where's My Ranch" (along with Ian Maxtone-Graham)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XIV" ("Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" Segment)
 * "The Regina Monologues"
 * "Treehouse of Horror XV" ("The Ned Zone" Segment, along with Judy Rothman Rofe)
 * "Sleeping with the Enemy" (along with Jon Vitti)
 * "Gooble, Gobble, One of us" (along with Judy Rothman Rofe)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XVI" ("Survival of the Fattest" Segment, along with David X. Cohen)
 * "See Homer and Lisa Run while Homer cries" (along with Stephanie Gillis and Harvey Fierstein)
 * "Simpsons Christmas Stories" ("The First Do'h-EI" Segment)
 * "Marge and Homer join the Vaudville Revue" (along with Joel H. Cohen, Al Jean and Shelley Zellman)
 * "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" (along with George Meyer, Matt Warburton and Jon Vitti)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XVII" ("The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" Segment)
 * "Ice Cream of Margie and Homie (with Light Blue and Brown Hair) (along with Conan O'Brien, Carolyn Omine and Shelley Zellman)
 * "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" ("Revenge of the Geeks" Segment, along with Greg Daniels)
 * "Homerazzi" (along with J. Stewart Burns)
 * "Marge and Homer Gamers"
 * "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" ("Mr. & Mrs. Simpson" Segment, along with Michael Jeter)
 * "Love, Springfieldian Style" ("Shady and the Vamp" Segment)
 * "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" (along with Bill Odenkirk and Mike Reiss)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XIX" ("Untiteld Robot Parody" Segment, along with Ian Maxtone-Graham)
 * "Mypods and Boomsticks" (along with Marc Wilmore)
 * "Bad Guys" (along with Marc Wilmore)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XX" ("There's No Business Like Moe Business" Segment, along with Jeff Martin)
 * "Transylvania Mania"
 * "Homer Trip"
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXI" ("War and Pieces" Segment)
 * "The Fight Before Christmas" ("The Fluppets" Segment, along with Dan McGrath)
 * "Love is a Many Strangled Thing" (along with Al Jean, Bill Odenkirk and Mike Reiss)
 * "The Great Simpsina" (Teleplay; Story by Matt Warburton and Shelley Zellman)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (The Diving Bell and the Butterball" Segment, along with Bill Canterbury)
 * "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (The Diving Bell and the Butterball" Segment, along with Bill Canterbury)

Madeline Episode by Swartzwelder

 * "Madeline and Laurel and Hardy (along with George Meyer)
 * "Madeline at Japan"
 * "Madeline and the Old Violin" (along with Betty G. Birney and George Meyer)
 * "Madeline and the Gold Rush"
 * "Madeline and the Treasure Hunt" (along with Betty G. Birney)
 * "Madeline and the Loch Ness Monster"
 * "Madeline's Holiday with Mr. Grump" (along with Al Jean, George Meyer, Stan Phillips, Mike Reiss, D.B. Sweeney and Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline and the Greeks"
 * "Madeline on Safari" (Teleplay; Story by Susan Amerikaner and Judy Rothman Rofe)
 * "Madeline's Accident" (along with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon)
 * "Madeline in the Ice Cave"
 * "Madeline and Goliath"
 * "Madeline the Icicle Musician"
 * "Madeline goes to the Desert"
 * "Madeline and the Bunyip" (along with George Meyer and Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline at the Wharf"
 * "Madeline at the Scrapyard" (along with Betty G. Birney, Jeff Martin and Martha Moran)
 * "Madeline's Tales of France" (along with George Meyer, Mike Reiss, Matt Selman and Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline's St. Patrick's Day"
 * "Madeline's Fears of Death"
 * "Madeline and the White Lie" (Teleplay with Diana Fresco and Shelley Zellman; Story by Pete Doctor and Jon Vitti; additional materials by George Meyer, Matt Warburton and Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline at the Pacific Ocean"
 * "Madeline in Oklahoma"
 * "Madeline and Ben Turpin"
 * "Madeline and the Tea Party" (along with Susan Amerikaner, Tim Conway, Don Knotts and Jeff Martin)
 * "Madeline and the Carribean"
 * "Madeline at Penn Station"
 * "Madeline gets in trouble" (along with George Meyer and Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline and the Seven Heavenly Virtues"
 * "Madeline's Halloween Stories" (Something Wicked this way comes Segment, along with Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline and the Ghosts"
 * "Madeline and Pistol Pete"
 * "Madeline in Theatre" (along with Jeff Martin, George Meyer, Frank Mula, Al Jean, Conan O'Brien, Mike Reiss and Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline and the Bad Weather"
 * "Madeline's Stories of Treasure" (Contributor)
 * "Madeline and the Abomimable Snowman"
 * "Madeline's Valentine" (Story with Martha Moran; Teleplay by George Meyer)
 * "Madeline and the Band"
 * "Madeline and the True Friends"
 * "Madeline in Vaudeville"
 * "Madeline's Comedy Revue" (Contributor)
 * "Madeline protects the Innocent"
 * "Madeline at the North Pole" (Story with Betty G. Birney, George Meyer, Judy Rothman Rofe and Jon Vitti; Teleplay by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein)
 * "Madeline and Santa" (Story with Betty G. Birney, George Meyer, Judy Rothman Rofe and Jon Vitti; Teleplay by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein)
 * "Madeline and the Refugees"
 * "Madeline's Spooky Adventures and Tales" (Contributor)
 * "Madeline goes on a Cruise"
 * "Madeline in Nature" (along with George Meyer, Matt Selman and D.B. Sweeney)
 * "Madeline's Double Trouble" (along with Steve Tompkins and David X. Cohen)
 * "Madeline and the Buffoons"
 * "Madeline and the Toads"
 * "Madeline and the Stooges" (Sub Plot only, with George Meyer, Main Plot by Dan Greaney)
 * "Madeline and the Instruments" (along with Phil Harnage, Carolyn Omine and Shelley Zellman)
 * "Madeline goes to the Opera" (along with Jon Vitti)
 * "Madeline at Soviet Union"
 * "Madeline at Vischnu"
 * "Madeline at 42nd Street"
 * "Madeline and the Robe"