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...Jean and Reiss have won six and four Emmys respectively, and have played a significant role is shaping the longest running and one of the most popular sitcoms in TV history...
...Indeed, 25 years later, Reiss and Jean have written thousands of jokes and racked up an impressive array of accomplishments as comedy writers and producers, best known for their work on “The Simpsons...
When one day in the fall of 1977, Mike L. Reiss ’81, Al E. Jean ’81, and some friends got bored stuffing envelopes for the Graduate School of Education, they started writing jokes on the letters before sealing them. They expected their antics would go unnoticed, but administrators discovered a batch of vandalized mail, and summoned Jean, Reiss, and company before the Administrative Board. The threat of suspension loomed, but they ultimately escaped unpunished...
...Side by side, Jean and Reiss have a comedic Penn and Teller-esque look. Bill L. Oakley ’88, who was on the Lampoon and later wrote and produced for “The Simpsons,” describes them as “a tall gooney Midwestern quiet type and a short swarthy funny bubbly...
...Jean arrived at Harvard at age 16, already a deft mathematician. He says of the “Simpsons” characters he is most like brainy Lisa, who is also his favorite to write...