Tim Long (born June 14, 1969) is a comedy writer born in

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, Canada. Long calls

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, his home town and has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Spy'' magazine and the ''

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''. Currently credited as a consulting producer on ''The Simpsons'', Long was - until Season 20 - credited as an

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. His work has also recently appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also wrote the episode "Mr Roboto" for YTV's '' Mr. Young''. Long was also a consulting writer on ''

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''. He attended high school at South Huron District High School in

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. Long graduated from

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at the

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with a major in English Literature and pursued graduate studies in English at

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. He was an intern at ''Spy'' magazine under E. Graydon Carter before joining the staff of ''The David Letterman Show'', where he wrote for three years, including one year as Head Writer. He has won five Emmy awards, and been nominated for eight others.

Writing credits

''The Simpsons'' episodes

Long has written the following episodes: *"

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" (with

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and Larry Doyle) (1999) *" Treehouse of Horror X" ''(Desperately Xeeking Xena)'' (1999) *" Saddlesore Galactica" (2000) *" Behind the Laughter" (with

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, and

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) (2000) *" Skinner's Sense of Snow" (2000) *" New Kids on the Blecch" (2001) *" Half-Decent Proposal" (2002) *" Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" (2002) *" Brake My Wife, Please" (2003) *" She Used to Be My Girl" (2004) *"

Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" is the eighth episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 6, 2005. The episode was writte ...

" (2005) *"

Mobile Homer "Mobile Homer" is the thirteenth episode of the The Simpsons season 16, sixteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It was first broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the United States on Marc ...

" (2005) *" Million Dollar Abie" (2006) *"

You Kent Always Say What You Want "You Kent Always Say What You Want" is the twenty-second episode of the The Simpsons season 18, eighteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the ...

" (2007) *" Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" (2008) *" The Devil Wears Nada" (2009) *" Elementary School Musical" (2010) *" MoneyBART" (2010) *" Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" (2011) *" Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" (2012) *" Lisa Goes Gaga" (2012) *" Moonshine River" (2012) *" Love is a Many-Splintered Thing" (2013) *" The Kid Is All Right" (2013) *" Married to the Blob" (2014) *" Bull-E" (2015) *" Springfield Splendor" (with Miranda Thompson) (2017) *" Haw-Haw Land" (with Miranda Thompson) (2018) * " D'oh Canada" (with Miranda Thompson) (2019) * " Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" (with Miranda Thompson) (2019) * " Panic in the Streets of Springfield" (2021) * " Poorhouse Rock" (2022) * " Homer's Adventure Through the Windshield Glass" (2023)

External links

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Long, Hot Summer
The New Yorker July 2010

The New York Times, November 2009

The New York Times, July 2009 *Mark Polishuk
S-M-R-T writer Tim Long talks some Simpsons
''University of Western Ontario Gazette,'' October 28, 2004.

''Grand Bend Strip'', December 12, 2007.
American Migraine: The Democrats' Year of Victory
236.com, January 30, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Tim 1969 births Living people Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Primetime Emmy Award winners University of Toronto alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Writers from Brandon, Manitoba Annie Award winners Screenwriters from Manitoba