Frank Mula (January 20, 1950 – December 17, 2021) was an American television writer. He wrote for '' Cosby'', ''

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'', and created the series '' Local Heroes'' which lasted 7 episodes.

Life and career

Mula was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was raised in South River. He graduated from South River High School, and earned a master's degree from

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. In the late 1970s, he moved to California to pursue a career in writing comedy, after having success in faxing jokes to

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. For his work on ''

'', Mula won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program. ''Simpsons'' showrunner

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remembered Mula as a quiet man who spoke little in the writers' room but was brilliant when he did. He solved a longstanding problem of how to resolve the episode "

Lisa the Beauty Queen "Lisa the Beauty Queen" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 15, 1992. In the episode, Homer enters Lisa into a be ...

" by getting Lisa disqualified. He died in Glendale, California, on December 17, 2021, at the age of 71.

Writing credits

''The Simpsons'' episodes

He has written the following episodes: *"

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" (1993) *" Faith Off" (2000)

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* 1950 births 2021 deaths American television writers American male television writers People from South River, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni South River High School (New Jersey) alumni [ {{US-tv-writer-stub