Richard James Appel (1963-05-21) May 21, 1963 (age 61) New York City, New York, U.S.
Education
Harvard University (BA, JD)
Period
1994–present
Genre
Comedy
Spouse
Mona Simpson
(m. 1993; div. 2012)
Children
2
Richard James Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner of Family Guy on Fox. He attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School. As an undergraduate, he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.
Following in his mother's footsteps, Appel became a lawyer. After attending law school, he started out as a law clerk for Judge John M. Walker Jr. before becoming a federal attorney, serving as assistant U.S. attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for three years. In 1994, he moved into comedy writing when he was hired for The Simpsons, writing seven episodes of the show including "Mother Simpson". He moved on to become showrunner and executive producer of King of the Hill before creating the sitcom A.U.S.A.. He then worked on The Bernie Mac Show, Family Guy and American Dad! before co-creating The Cleveland Show. He was married to the writer Mona Simpson, noted author and sister of Steve Jobs.
Richard James Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner...
become stranded far away from Springfield. The episode was written by RichardAppel, and directed by Swinton O. Scott III. The idea of a road trip was "so...
Cleveland Show is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, RichardAppel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A spin-off of Family...
Sulkin, RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, Patrick Meighan, and Alex Carter. Sulkin and Appel returned...
1–2: Mike Judge & Greg Daniels Season 3–4: Greg Daniels & RichardAppel Season 5: RichardAppel Season 6: Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger Season 7–13: John...
directed by David Silverman and was the first episode to be written by RichardAppel. Glenn Close makes her first of eleven guest appearances as Homer's...
Fox Network in the United States on April 14, 1996. It was written by RichardAppel, David X. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels...
to attend as well. It was directed by Mike B. Anderson, written by RichardAppel and featured Willem Dafoe in a guest spot as the school's commandant...
new friendship with them. It was the last Simpsons episode written by RichardAppel, and was directed by Pete Michels. Bart and Lisa persuade their parents...
worlds. Simpson married television writer and producer RichardAppel in 1993 and had two children. Appel, a writer for The Simpsons, named the character Mona...
suggested by Family Guy executive producer and former Simpsons writer RichardAppel, and the episode was announced by Fox in July 2013. Five of the six...
April and May. The Family Guy episode aired on May 10, 2020, featuring RichardAppel, Seth Green, and Michael K Hunt. On May 18, 2020, John Viener joined...
shut down. The episode was directed by Dominic Polcino and written by RichardAppel. It won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" for the song...
after participating in a medical drug test. The episode was written by RichardAppel and directed by series regular Brian Iles. Seth Rogen provided a guest-voice...
the time to write it. MacFarlane co-created—alongside Mike Henry and RichardAppel—the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, which premiered September...
Alec Sulkin, RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, and Patrick Meighan. Sulkin and Appel returned as...
Alec Sulkin, RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney, and Patrick Meighan. Sulkin and Appel returned as...
production season are Seth MacFarlane, RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith and Kara Vallow. The showrunners are Appel and Callaghan. Guest stars for the...
Goodman and Chris Sheridan were the executive producers for the season. RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Mark Hentemann and Brian Scully were co-executive...
The season's executive producers are Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney...
Alec Sulkin, RichardAppel, Steve Callaghan, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann, Tom Devanney and Patrick Meighan. Sulkin and Appel returned as the...
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