21 Facts About Al Jean

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

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Al Jean was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Harvard University in 1981.

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Al Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss.

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Al Jean was offered a job as a writer on the animated sitcom The Simpsons in 1989, alongside Reiss, and together they became the first members of the original writing staff of the show.

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Al Jean returned full-time to The Simpsons during the tenth season.

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Al Jean became showrunner again with the start of the thirteenth season in 2001, without Reiss, and he stayed in that position until thirty-three.

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Al Jean was one of the writers and producers who worked on The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film based on the series, released in 2007.

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Alfred Ernest Al Jean III was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 9,1961.

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Al Jean was raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan, graduated from Harrison High School, and is of Irish ancestry.

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In 1989, Jean was offered a job as a writer on the animated sitcom The Simpsons, a show created by Matt Groening, James L Brooks and Sam Simon that continues to air today.

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Many of Al Jean's friends were not interested in working on The Simpsons because it was a cartoon and they did not think it would last long.

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Al Jean was a fan of the work of Groening, Brooks and Simon, and therefore took the job together with Reiss.

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Al Jean has stated that Lisa Simpson is one of his favorite characters to write for.

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Al Jean is the character he relates to the most because of their similar childhoods and the fact that he has a daughter.

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Al Jean became showrunner of The Simpsons at the start of the third season together with Reiss.

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Al Jean believes this is one of the reasons that many fans and critics regard season three and four as the best seasons of The Simpsons.

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Al Jean returned full-time to The Simpsons during the tenth season.

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Al Jean became showrunner with the start of the thirteenth season in 2001, this time without Reiss.

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Al Jean was one of the writers and producers who worked on The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film released in 2007.

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Al Jean frequently appears on the Simpsons DVD audio commentaries for episodes which he has collaborated on.

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Al Jean has received nine Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards for his work on The Simpsons.