Jon Vitti

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" and "Da Ali G 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 "".

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

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Writing credits

"The Simpsons" episodes

He is credited with writing the following episodes:

eason One

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

eason Two

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

eason Three

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

eason Four

*"Treehouse of Horror III"
*"Mr. Plow"
*"Brother from the Same Planet"
*""

eason Five

*"Cape Feare"

eason Six

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

eason Seven

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

eason Thirteen

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

eason Fifteen

*"Simple Simpson"
*"Marge vs. Everyone"

eason Sixteen

*"Sleeping with the Enemy"

External links

*imdb name|id=0900140
* [http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/vitti91.html Jon Vitti interview]