Sam Simon

Sam Simon
Birth name	Samuel Michael Simon
Born	June 6, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	March 8, 2015 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA from colorectal cancer
Notable Shows	The Simpsons
Awards

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Sam Simon was an American producer, director and writer most notably known as the co-creator of the long-running animated series The Simpsons.

Producer

Staff Producer

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
Taxi	1982 –1983	Producer					5
Cheers	1984 –1985	Producer			3
The Tracey Ullman Show	1988 –1990	Executive Producer			3	4
The Simpsons	1989 –2016	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
The George Carlin Show	1994 –1995	Executive Producer	1	2
The Drew Carey Show	1997 –2003	Consulting Producer			3	4	5	6	7	8
Z Rock	2008 –2009	Consulting Producer	1	2

Writer

Series Created

Series	Premiere Date	Creation Credit
Shaping Up	March 20, 1984	Co-Creator
The Simpsons	December 17, 1989	Co-Developer
Phenom	September 14, 1993	Co-Creator
The George Carlin Show	January 16, 1994	Creator

Episode Writer

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	5x07 - Free Ride	October 20, 1979
Best of the West	1x10 - Laney in Love	November 12, 1981
Barney Miller	8x10 - The Clown	January 21, 1982
Taxi	3x12 - Out of Commission	March 12, 1981
Taxi	4x05 - Louie's Fling	November 5, 1981
Taxi	4x19 - Tony's Comeback	March 4, 1982
Taxi	4x22 - Cooking for Two	April 8, 1982
Taxi	4x23 - The Road Not Taken (1)	April 29, 1982
Taxi	5x01 - Love, Un-American Style	September 30, 1982
Taxi	5x08 - Louie's Revenge	November 18, 1982
Cheers	1x10 - Endless Slumper	December 2, 1982
Taxi	5x12 - Get Me Through the Holidays	December 16, 1982
Taxi	5x14 - Alex's Old Buddy	January 29, 1983
Taxi	5x22 - Jim's Mario's	May 18, 1983
Taxi	5x23 - A Grand Gesture	May 25, 1983
Cheers	2x13 - Battle of the Exes	January 5, 1984
Cheers	3x04 - Fairy Tales Can Come True	October 25, 1984
Cheers	3x22 - Cheerio, Cheers	April 11, 1985
Cheers	3x23 - The Bartender's Tale	April 18, 1985
The Tracey Ullman Show	1x03 - Episode 103	April 19, 1987	(segment: Good Night)
The Tracey Ullman Show	2x07 - Episode 207	November 8, 1987	(segment: Two Too Good People)
It's Garry Shandling's Show	2x07 - Angelica (2)	December 11, 1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show	2x14 - The Grant Shuffle	February 12, 1988
It's Garry Shandling's Show	2x15 - Go Go Goldblum	March 4, 1988
The Tracey Ullman Show	2x19 - Episode 219	March 13, 1988	(segment: Ginny Redux)
The Tracey Ullman Show	3x21 - Episode 321	May 14, 1989	(segment: Who Now, Brown Cow)
The Simpsons	1x08 - The Telltale Head	February 25, 1990
The Tracey Ullman Show	4x17 - Episode 417	February 25, 1990	(segment: Ginny Eats Escrow)
The Simpsons	1x11 - The Crepes of Wrath	April 15, 1990
The Simpsons	1x13 - Some Enchanted Evening	May 13, 1990
The Simpsons	2x03 - Treehouse of Horror	October 25, 1990	(segment: The Raven)
The Simpsons	2x04 - Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish	November 1, 1990
The Simpsons	2x12 - The Way We Was	January 31, 1991
The Simpsons	3x07 - Treehouse of Horror II	October 31, 1991
The Simpsons	4x05 - Treehouse of Horror III	October 29, 1992
The George Carlin Show	1x02 - George Sees an Airplane	January 23, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x03 - George Goes on a Date (1)	February 6, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x04 - George Goes on a Date (2)	February 13, 1994
The George Carlin Show	2x10 - George Puts on a Happy Face	December 25, 1994
The Drew Carey Show	7x01 - Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour (1)	September 26, 2001
The Drew Carey Show	7x02 - Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour (2)	September 26, 2001

Director

Episode Director

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
The George Carlin Show	1x01 - When Unexpected Things Happen to George	January 16, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x02 - George Sees an Airplane	January 23, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x03 - George Goes on a Date (1)	February 6, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x04 - George Goes on a Date (2)	February 13, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x07 - George Gets Some Money	March 6, 1994
The George Carlin Show	1x14 - George Lifts the Holy Spirit	May 15, 1994
The Drew Carey Show	1x02 - Miss Right	September 20, 1995
The Drew Carey Show	1x03 - The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture	September 27, 1995
The Drew Carey Show	1x09 - Drew and Mrs. Louder	November 29, 1995
The Drew Carey Show	1x10 - Science Names Suck	December 6, 1995
The Drew Carey Show	1x11 - The Electron Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree	December 13, 1995
The Drew Carey Show	1x15 - There Is No Scientific Name for a Show About God	January 17, 1996
The Drew Carey Show	1x19 - Atomic Cat Fight	February 21, 1996
The Drew Carey Show	2x05 - The Devil, You Say	October 30, 1996
The Drew Carey Show	2x07 - What the Zoning Inspector Saw	November 13, 1996
The Drew Carey Show	2x18 - Drew Gets Married	February 26, 1997
Friends	3x17 - The One Without the Ski Trip	March 6, 1997
The Drew Carey Show	2x21 - Cap-Beer-Cino	April 2, 1997
The Drew Carey Show	3x04 - Misery Loves Mimi	October 8, 1997
The Drew Carey Show	3x07 - Batmobile	November 5, 1997
Men Behaving Badly (USA)	2x05 - Special Delivery	November 9, 1997
The Drew Carey Show	3x14 - He Harassed Me, He Harassed Me Not	January 14, 1998
The Drew Carey Show	3x15 - Mr. Louder's Birthday Party	January 28, 1998
The Drew Carey Show	4x08 - Drew's New Car	November 11, 1998
Norm	1x04 - While You Weren't Sleeping	April 13, 1999
Norm	1x06 - The New Boss	April 28, 1999
Norm	1x10 - Norm's Coach	May 26, 1999
Norm	2x03 - Artie Comes to Town	October 6, 1999
The Michael Richards Show	1x06 - It's Only Personal	December 5, 2000