Jon Vitti

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Jon Vitti is a writer who is most noted for his writing for the television series The Simpsons. He has also written for the King of the Hill and The Critic series, and has served as a consultant for several animated movies, including Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005). He is one of the eleven writers of The Simpsons Movie and also responsible for the film adaptation of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote for and was president with Mike Reiss of the Harvard Lampoon. Prior to joining The Simpsons, he had a brief stint with Saturday Night Live. He described his experiences on a DVD commentary as "a very unhappy year". After leaving The Simpsons' writing staff in its fourth season, Vitti wrote for the HBO series The Larry Sanders Show.

He is the second most prolific writer for The Simpsons; his 25 episodes place him after John Swartzwelder, who wrote 59 episodes.

He has also used the pseudonym Penny Wise. Vitti used the pseudonym for episodes "Another Simpsons Clip Show" and "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" because he did not want to be credited for writing a clip show as expressed on Simpsons DVD commentaries yet his name was credited for writing the first Simpsons clip show "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show".

His wife, Ann, is the sister of fellow The Simpsons writer George Meyer.

Writing credits

The Simpsons episodes

He is credited with writing the following episodes:

Season One

• "Bart the Genius"
• "Homer's Night Out"
• "The Crepes of Wrath"

Season Two

• "Simpson and Delilah"
• "Bart's Dog Gets an F"
• "Lisa's Substitute"

Season Three

• "When Flanders Failed"
• "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"
• "Radio Bart"
• "Bart the Lover"
• "Black Widower"

Season Four

• "Treehouse of Horror III"
• "Mr. Plow"
• "Brother from the Same Planet"
• "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"

Season Five

• "Cape Feare"

Season Six

• "Another Simpsons Clip Show" (credited as Penny Wise)

Season Seven

• "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
• "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (credited as Penny Wise)

Season Thirteen

• "The Old Man and the Key"
• "Weekend at Burnsie's"
• "Little Girl in the Big Ten"

Season Fifteen

• "Simple Simpson"
• "Marge vs. Everyone"

Season Sixteen

• "Sleeping with the Enemy"

External links

• Jon Vitti at the Internet Movie Database
• Jon Vitti interview

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