Brian Scully
Born (1953-08-10) August 10, 1953 (age 70)
West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)Television writer and producer and Creative Consultant
Years active1988-present

Brian Scully (born August 10, 1953[1] in West Springfield, Massachusetts)[2] is an American television writer and producer.

Scully initially worked as a TV salesman before eventually getting a job writing on Out of This World. After the show was canceled, Scully was unemployed for over a year but a residual payment of $20,000 for Out of This World reruns helped pay his health insurance costs after his wife gave birth to their premature child.[2] He has written episodes for The Simpsons (such as "Lost Our Lisa")[3] and Complete Savages. He has produced The Drew Carey Show[4] and The Pitts. He is the older brother of long-time The Simpsons writer and showrunner Mike Scully,[5] and has a brother, Neil, whose resume includes hockey writing for local newspapers and team magazines. [4] He currently works on Family Guy as a writer and consulting producer.[2]

The Simpsons episodes

Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for The Simpsons:

Family Guy episodes

Brian Scully wrote the following episodes for Family Guy:

References

  1. ^ "Brian Scully". IMDb.
  2. ^ a b c Verrier, Richard (2007-10-15). "Residuals Key Issue in Writing Negotiations". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "BBC - Programmes categorised as Comedy". BBC. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  4. ^ a b "Cries & whispers too interesting to ignore - Life can be cartoon material". Union-News. 1999-12-06. p. A02.
  5. ^ Breneman, John (2007-07-22). "No place like Homer Massachusetts scribe Mike Scully tells of work on 'Simpsons Movie'". Boston Herald.

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