George Meyer
TV Writer
1956 –
Who is George Meyer?
George A. Meyer is an American producer and writer. Raised in Tucson, Meyer attended Harvard University. There, after becoming president of the Harvard Lampoon, he graduated in 1978 with a degree in biochemistry. Abandoning plans to attend medical school, Meyer attempted to make money through dog racing but failed after two months. After a series of short-term jobs he was hired in 1981 by David Letterman, on the advice of two of Meyer's Harvard Lampoon cowriters, to join the writing team of his show Late Night with David Letterman.
Meyer left after two seasons and went on to write for The New Show, Not Necessarily the News and Saturday Night Live. Tired of life in New York, Meyer moved to Boulder, Colorado where he wrote a screenplay for a film for Letterman to star in. The project fell through and Meyer then founded the humor zine Army Man which garnered a strong following, although Meyer ended it after three issues. The producer Sam Simon was a fan and he hired Meyer to write for the animated sitcom The Simpsons in 1989. There, he led the group script rewrite sessions and has been publicly credited with "thoroughly shap[ing]...the comedic sensibility" of the show.
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- Born
- 1956
Pennsylvania - Also known as
- Ghastly George Meyer
- Ghoulish George Meyer
- George Meyer's Brain
- Gasping George Meyer
- George ''Exit Wound'' Meyer
- George ''Ghostie'' Meyer
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Employment
- Harvard Lampoon, Inc
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Tucson
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on July 23, 2013
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