fiction.wikisort.org - WriterKen Keeler is an American television producer and writer. He has written for numerous television series, most notably The Simpsons and Futurama. According to an interview with David X. Cohen, he proved a theorem that appears in the Futurama episode "The Prisoner of Benda".[1]
American television producer and writer (born 1961)
Ken Keeler |
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Keeler at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con |
Occupation | Television writer |
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Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) Stanford University (MA) |
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Period | 1992–present |
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Genre | Comedy |
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Education and early career
Keeler studied applied mathematics at Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude in 1983. He then gained a master's degree from Stanford in electrical engineering before returning to Harvard.[2]
He earned a PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard in 1990. His doctoral thesis was "Map Representations and Optimal Encoding for Image Segmentation".[3]
After earning his doctorate, Keeler joined the Performance Analysis Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Career
Keeler soon left Bell Labs to write for David Letterman and subsequently for various sitcoms, including several episodes of Wings, The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Critic, as well as the short-lived Fox claymation show The PJs. For The Simpsons, Keeler has written such episodes as "A Star Is Burns" (which series creator Matt Groening refused to be credited for, as he was opposed to the idea of The Simpsons crossing over with The Critic) and "The Principal and the Pauper" (which many fans – including Groening and voice actor Harry Shearer – disliked due to the massive changes in Principal Skinner's backstory).[4]
Keeler was instrumental in the creation of Futurama, and served as a co-executive producer in its first three years, and as an executive producer in its fourth year. He was one of the show's most prolific writers, with fourteen episodes to his name (including the original series finale, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", the Writers Guild Award-winning episodes "Godfellas" and "The Prisoner of Benda," and the series finale "Meanwhile"). Keeler wrote many of the original songs on both The Simpsons and Futurama during his time with the shows. He also wrote the direct-to-DVD Futurama movies Bender's Big Score and Into the Wild Green Yonder.
Writing credits
The Simpsons episodes
- "A Star Is Burns" (1995)
- "Two Bad Neighbors" (1996)
- "Treehouse of Horror VII" ("The Thing and I") (1996)
- "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" (1997)
- "Brother from Another Series" (1997)
- "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" (story) (1997)
- "The Principal and the Pauper" (1997)
Futurama episodes and films
- "The Series Has Landed" (1999)
- "When Aliens Attack" (1999)
- "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" (2000)
- "Anthology of Interest I" (Part 2) (2000)
- "The Honking" (2000)
- "Time Keeps on Slippin'" (2001)
- "Godfellas" (2002)
- "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (2003)
- Futurama: Bender's Big Score (film: teleplay, co-writer script) (2008)
- Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (film: teleplay & co-writer script) (2009)
- "The Prisoner of Benda" (2010)
- "The Tip of the Zoidberg" (2011)
- "Overclockwise" (2011)
- "The Six Million Dollar Mon" (2012)
- "Forty Percent Leadbelly" (2013)
- "Meanwhile" (2013)
The Critic episodes
- "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera"
- "Dukerella"
Wings episodes
Personal life
Keeler is also a fan of (but of no relation to) Harry Stephen Keeler and won the fifth and twelfth annual Imitate Keeler Competitions.[6][7] His Futurama episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'" was partly inspired by the Harry Stephen Keeler story "Strange Romance" from the novel Y. Cheung, Business Detective.
References
- Bibliography
- Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31318-2. OCLC 55682258.
External links
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Awards for Ken Keeler |
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Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics |
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1970s |
- Love, American Style – Charles Fox & Arnold Margolin (music & lyrics) (1970)
- The First Nine Months Are the Hardest – Ray Charles (music & lyrics) (1971)
- The Funny Side – Ray Charles (music & lyrics) (1972)
- Liza with a Z – John Kander (music); Fred Ebb (lyrics) (1973)
- "Light My Way" – David Paich & Marty Paich (music & lyrics) (1974)
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom – Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Billy Goldenberg (music & lyrics) (1975)
- "Cinderella Gets It On" – Artie Malvin, Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) (1976)
- No Award (1977)
- "Hi-Hat" – Stan Freeman & Arthur Malvin (music & lyrics) / "See You Tomorrow in Class" – Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) (1978)
- No Award (1979)
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1980s |
- No Award (1980)
- "This Is My Night" – Ken & Mitzie Welch (music & lyrics) (1981)
- "On the Outside Looking In" – Larry Grossman (music); Buz Kohan (lyrics) (1982)
- "We'll Win This World" – James Di Pasquale (music); Dory Previn (lyrics) (1983)
- "Gone Too Soon" – Larry Grossman (music); Buz Kohan (lyrics) (1984)
- Love Lives On – James Di Pasquale (music); Douglas Brayfield (lyrics) (1985)
- "My Christmas Wish" – Larry Grossman (music); Buz Kohan (lyrics) (1986)
- "Welcome to Liberty" – Larry Grossman (music); Buz Kohan (lyrics) (1987)
- "The Sound of Christmas" – Larry Grossman (music); Buz Kohan (lyrics) (1988)
- "The First Time I Loved Forever" – Lee Holdridge (music); Melanie (lyrics) (1989)
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1990s |
- From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival – Larry Grossman (music); Buz Kohan (lyrics) (1990)
- "He's Guilty!" – Randy Newman (music & lyrics) (1991)
- "Why Do I Lie?" – Curt Sobel (music); Dennis Spiegel (lyrics) (1992)
- "Sorry I Asked" – John Kander (music); Fred Ebb (lyrics) (1993)
- "The Song Remembers When" – Hugh Prestwood (music & lyrics) (1994)
- "Ordinary Miracles" – Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) (1995)
- "Let's Settle Down" – Charles Strouse (music); Lee Adams (lyrics) (1996)
- "We Put the Spring in Springfield" – Alf Clausen (music); Ken Keeler (lyrics) (1997)
- "You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)" – Alf Clausen (music); Ken Keeler (lyrics) (1998)
- "A Ticket to Dream" – Marvin Hamlisch (music); Alan & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics) (1999)
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[de] Ken Keeler
Kenneth „Ken“ Keeler (* 1961) ist ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor und Fernsehproduzent. Er war für eine Reihe von Fernsehserien tätig und wurde vor allem durch seine Arbeiten an Die Simpsons und Futurama bekannt. Bei beiden Serien trat er auch als Produzent und ausführender Produzent in Aktion. Keeler wurde unter anderem mit zwei Emmys, zwei Annie Awards und zwei WGA Awards ausgezeichnet.
- [en] Ken Keeler
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