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Reid Harrison (1958–January 15, 2024) was an American screenwriter and television producer.
Biography
[edit]Harrison graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1982.[1] He wrote a spec script for The Simpsons, which got him hired on showrunners Al Jean and Mike Reiss's animated sitcom The Critic. The series was canceled by Fox before his episode aired, but Jean and Reiss got him work on The Simpsons. He was story editor for the show and wrote the season eight episode "The Springfield Files" and the season nineteen episode "Papa Don't Leech".[1] He was supervising producer on the Netflix show, Disenchantment.
In the decade between his two Simpsons credits, and afterward, Harrison wrote for television shows such as The PJs, George and Leo, Men Behaving Badly, Brother's Keeper, Gary & Mike, George of the Jungle, Pinky and the Brain, Duckman, Drawn Together, The Mullets, 3-South, Angelo Rules, Sonic Boom, Danger Mouse and The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti.[1]
Harrison died on January 15, 2024, at the age of 65.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Pesola, Eric W. (October 9, 2009). "Reid Harrison '82: Riding a wave of animated laughter". The College of William & Mary Alumni Association. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ "Reid Harrison". Bucktrout Funeral Home and Crematory. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Dimeslots to pay tribute to Reid Harrison Saturday". Gloucester-Matthews Gazette-Journal. April 10, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
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