More than any other show in TV history, The Simpsons is famed for its writers’ room, which serves as the engine that drives arguably the funniest and most creative small-screen production of all time. Countless greats have passed through this hallowed school of comedy, including Conan O’Brien, and Greg Daniels, developer of The Office and creator of Parks and Recreation .

But none of them is greater than the writer responsible for more Simpsons episodes than anyone else, including an array of all-time classics. The show’s golden age owes a great deal to this singularly reclusive figure, who produced more TV gold from his pen than the collective efforts of most network writing teams could manage in a lifetime.

But several years before he began scripting some of the very best

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