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{{short description|American television writer}}
'''Daniel "Dan" Greaney''' is an [[United States|American]] [[television]] [[writer]]. He has written for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and [[The Office (U.S. TV series)|''The Office'']]. He was hired during ''[[The Simpsons]]''{{'}} [[The Simpsons (season 7)|seventh season]] after writing the first draft of the episode "[[King-Size Homer]]",<ref name="Geaney">{{cite video | people=Greaney, Dan|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "King-Size Homer"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> but left after [[The Simpsons (season 11)|season eleven]]. He returned to the ''Simpsons'' staff during the [[The Simpsons (season 13)|thirteenth season]].
'''Daniel Greaney''' is an American [[television]] [[writer]]. He has written for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and [[The Office (American TV series)|''The Office'']]. He was hired during ''[[The Simpsons]]''{{'}} [[The Simpsons season 7|seventh season]] after writing the first draft of the episode "[[King-Size Homer]]",<ref name="Geaney">{{cite video | people=Greaney, Dan|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "King-Size Homer"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> but left after [[The Simpsons season 11|season eleven]]. He returned to the ''Simpsons'' staff during the [[The Simpsons season 13|thirteenth season]], and remains involved with the series (as a consulting producer and occasional writer) into the present day.


==Life and career==
He attended [[Harvard College]], where he was president of ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]'' and editor of the ''Harvard Lampoon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s nationally distributed parody of ''[[USA Today]]''. He also worked as an editorial assistant at ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein|title=An animated conversation|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2009-07-22|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Howard U. Works in Silence on Humor Magazine|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=1999-10-27|page=B1|first=Darryl|last=Fears}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A USA Today Of A Different Color|work=[[The Record (New Jersey)|The Record]]|date=1986-09-16|first=Barbara|last=Hoffman|page=B05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Today's Students Not Apathetic, Just Wiser|date=1984-05-27|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|author=Dan Greaney}}</ref> He graduated from Harvard in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/1997/09/alumni.simpsons.html|title=Regarding Homer|accessdate=2010-02-14|date=September 1997|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]|first=Mary|last=Christ}}</ref>
Greaney attended [[Harvard College]], where he was president of ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]'' and editor of the ''Harvard Lampoon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s nationally distributed parody of ''[[USA Today]]''. He also worked as an editorial assistant at ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein|title=An animated conversation|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2009-07-22|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Howard U. Works in Silence on Humor Magazine|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=1999-10-27|page=B1|first=Darryl|last=Fears}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A USA Today Of A Different Color|work=[[The Record (New Jersey)|The Record]]|date=1986-09-16|first=Barbara|last=Hoffman|page=B05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Today's Students Not Apathetic, Just Wiser|date=1984-05-27|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|author=Dan Greaney}}</ref> At [[Harvard Law School]], he edited a student publication, competing against a rival publication edited by [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cavna |first1=Michael |title=Hi-diddily-ho, here's everything you've ever wanted to know about 'The Simpsons' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/hi-diddily-ho-heres-everything-youve-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-simpsons/2018/06/13/77809d14-6f2f-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html |access-date=December 31, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 14, 2018}}</ref> He graduated from Harvard in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/1997/09/alumni.simpsons.html|title=Regarding Homer|access-date=2010-02-14|date=September 1997|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]|first=Mary|last=Christ}}</ref>


After college, he worked as a [[reporter]] for ''[[USA Today]]'' and co-authored a book entitled ''Truly One Nation'' with USA Today founder [[Allen H. Neuharth]]. He subsequently attended Harvard Law School and practiced law in New York for two years,<ref name=crim2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/1996/5/20/homer-paloozafrom-a-harvard-perspective-pthe-glowing|title=Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective|author=William E. Rehling|publisher=[[The Harvard Crimson]]}}</ref> during which time he co-founded PME, a television and media company operating in Ukraine and several other former Soviet republics.
After college, he worked as a [[reporter]] for ''[[USA Today]]'' and co-authored a book entitled ''Truly One Nation'' with ''USA Today'' founder [[Allen H. Neuharth]]. He subsequently attended [[Harvard Law School]] and practiced law in New York for two years,<ref name=crim2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/1996/5/20/homer-paloozafrom-a-harvard-perspective-pthe-glowing|title=Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective|author=William E. Rehling|publisher=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|access-date=2010-07-28|archive-date=2010-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802033605/http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/1996/5/20/homer-paloozafrom-a-harvard-perspective-pthe-glowing|url-status=dead}}</ref> during which time he co-founded PME, a television and media company operating in [[Ukraine]] and several other former Soviet republics.


Greaney coined the word ''embiggen'' in 1996 for "[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]," an episode from season seven of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref name="Oakley">{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
Greaney coined the word ''[[Lisa the Iconoclast#Embiggen and cromulent|embiggen]]'' in 1996 for "[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]," an episode from season seven of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref name="Oakley">{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>


Greaney has worked on numerous film projects, most notably as composer on ''[[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]]''.
Greaney has worked on numerous film projects, most notably as composer on ''[[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]]''.


Greaney is credited with writing "[[Bart to the Future]]", an oddly prophetic episode of ''The Simpsons'' from 2000 that presented the possibility of a [[Donald Trump]] presidency, which would be realized sixteen years later.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Addley|first1=Esther|title=Simpsons writer says President Trump episode was 'warning to US'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/17/simpsons-president-trump-prediction-was-meant-as-warning-to-us|accessdate=9 November 2016|agency=The Guardian|date=17 March 2016}}</ref>
Greaney is credited with writing "[[Bart to the Future]]", an episode of ''The Simpsons'' from 2000 that presented the possibility of a [[Donald Trump]] presidency, which would be realized sixteen years later.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Addley|first1=Esther|title=Simpsons writer says President Trump episode was 'warning to US'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/17/simpsons-president-trump-prediction-was-meant-as-warning-to-us|access-date=9 November 2016|agency=The Guardian|date=17 March 2016}}</ref>


== Writing credits ==
== Writing credits ==
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*"[[Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]" (1999)
*"[[Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]" (1999)
*"[[Bart to the Future]]" (2000)
*"[[Bart to the Future]]" (2000)
*"[['Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky]]" (2003)
*{{"-}}[['Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky]]" (co-writer) (2003)
*"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]" (co-writer) (2004)
*"[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]" (co-writer) (2004)
*"[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]" (2005)
*"[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]" (2005)
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*"[[Barthood]]" (2015)
*"[[Barthood]]" (2015)
*"[[The Great Phatsby]]" (Part 2 with [[Matt Selman]]) (2017)
*"[[The Great Phatsby]]" (Part 2 with [[Matt Selman]]) (2017)
*"[[Now Museum, Now You Don't (The Simpsons)|Now Museum, Now You Don't]]" (2020)
*"[[Lisa the Boy Scout]]" (2022)


===''The Office'' episodes===
===''The Office'' episodes===
Greaney has written the following episodes:
Greaney wrote the following episodes:


*"[[Mrs. California]]" (8.09) (2011)
*"[[Mrs. California]]" (8.09) (2011)
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|id=0337286}}

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Latest revision as of 01:16, 24 May 2024

Daniel Greaney is an American television writer. He has written for The Simpsons and The Office. He was hired during The Simpsons' seventh season after writing the first draft of the episode "King-Size Homer",[1] but left after season eleven. He returned to the Simpsons staff during the thirteenth season, and remains involved with the series (as a consulting producer and occasional writer) into the present day.

Life and career

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Greaney attended Harvard College, where he was president of Harvard Lampoon and editor of the Harvard Lampoon's nationally distributed parody of USA Today. He also worked as an editorial assistant at The Boston Globe.[2][3][4][5] At Harvard Law School, he edited a student publication, competing against a rival publication edited by Barack Obama.[6] He graduated from Harvard in 1987.[7]

After college, he worked as a reporter for USA Today and co-authored a book entitled Truly One Nation with USA Today founder Allen H. Neuharth. He subsequently attended Harvard Law School and practiced law in New York for two years,[8] during which time he co-founded PME, a television and media company operating in Ukraine and several other former Soviet republics.

Greaney coined the word embiggen in 1996 for "Lisa the Iconoclast," an episode from season seven of The Simpsons.[9]

Greaney has worked on numerous film projects, most notably as composer on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Greaney is credited with writing "Bart to the Future", an episode of The Simpsons from 2000 that presented the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency, which would be realized sixteen years later.[10]

Writing credits

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The Simpsons episodes

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Greaney has written the following episodes:

The Office episodes

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Greaney wrote the following episodes:

Television pilots and series

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Greaney worked on the following pilots and short-lived TV series in his two-year break from The Simpsons:

References

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  1. ^ Greaney, Dan (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "King-Size Homer" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  2. ^ Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein (2009-07-22). "An animated conversation". The Boston Globe. p. 14.
  3. ^ Fears, Darryl (1999-10-27). "Howard U. Works in Silence on Humor Magazine". The Washington Post. p. B1.
  4. ^ Hoffman, Barbara (1986-09-16). "A USA Today Of A Different Color". The Record. p. B05.
  5. ^ Dan Greaney (1984-05-27). "Today's Students Not Apathetic, Just Wiser". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ Cavna, Michael (June 14, 2018). "Hi-diddily-ho, here's everything you've ever wanted to know about 'The Simpsons'". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  7. ^ Christ, Mary (September 1997). "Regarding Homer". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  8. ^ William E. Rehling. "Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  9. ^ Oakley, Bill (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  10. ^ Addley, Esther (17 March 2016). "Simpsons writer says President Trump episode was 'warning to US'". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
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