Eugene Gerard "Gene" Laufenberg (born in

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) is an American

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writer and producer and

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. He started his career in television after securing a story editor's position the animated cult favorite ''

Duckman ''Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man'' is an American adult animated sitcom that aired on the USA Network from March 5, 1994, through September 6, 1997. It was created and developed by Everett Peck, and is based on characters he created in his 19 ...

''. He was eventually nominated for an

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. Laufenberg wrote and produced various other TV shows such as ''

Clueless ''Clueless'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. It stars Alicia Silverstone with supporting roles by Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd. It was produced by Scott Rudin and Robert ...

,'' ''

She Spies ''She Spies'' is an action-adventure television show that ran from July 20, 2002 until May 17, 2004 in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes were premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of t ...

'' and ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...

''. After writing and directing the award-winning short ''Sunday's Game'', Laufenberg obtained a two-picture deal with Fox 2000."Lights, camera, click The future of film - albeit distant - is on the Internet" ''Gazette, The'' (Colorado Springs, CO) - August 6, 2000 After obtaining a Masters in Clinical Psychology, Laufenberg became a licensed MFT in the state of California. He is currently a writer-executive producer of ''

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese ''Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese'' (French: '' Boy Girl, etc.'') is an animated television series based on an original concept by Jeff Harter and Cloudco Entertainment, and directed by Jérémy Guiter for Season 1 and Matthieu Giner for Season 2 ...

''. The ''

'' episode title "Greb Nefual E Neg" is "Gene Laufenberg" spelled backwards.

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