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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|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> 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 |work=[[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> |
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|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> 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 |work=[[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> |
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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]]}}</ref> during which time he co-founded PME, a television and media company operating in Ukraine and several other former Soviet republics. |
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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 ''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> |
Revision as of 23:25, 13 November 2022
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.
Life and career
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
The Simpsons episodes
Greaney has written the following episodes:
- "King-Size Homer" (1995)
- "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (1996)
- "Treehouse of Horror VII" (The Genesis Tub) (1996)
- "My Sister, My Sitter" (1997)
- "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" (The Love-Matic Grampa) (1997)
- "Realty Bites" (1997)
- "This Little Wiggy" (1998)
- "I'm with Cupid" (1999)
- "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" (1999)
- "Bart to the Future" (2000)
- "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" (co-writer) (2003)
- "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" (co-writer) (2004)
- "Bonfire of the Manatees" (2005)
- "Judge Me Tender" (co-writer) (2010)
- "Diggs" (co-writer) (2014)
- "Barthood" (2015)
- "The Great Phatsby" (Part 2 with Matt Selman) (2017)
- "Now Museum, Now You Don't" (2020)
- "Lisa the Boy Scout" (2022)
The Office episodes
Greaney wrote the following episodes:
- "Mrs. California" (8.09) (2011)
- "Suit Warehouse" (9.11) (2013)
Television pilots and series
Greaney worked on the following pilots and short-lived TV series in his two-year break from The Simpsons:
- The Michael Richards Show - Producer
- Animals Anonymous - Creator, writer
- Long Distance - Creator, writer
References
- ^ Greaney, Dan (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "King-Size Homer" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein (2009-07-22). "An animated conversation". The Boston Globe. p. 14.
- ^ Fears, Darryl (1999-10-27). "Howard U. Works in Silence on Humor Magazine". The Washington Post. p. B1.
- ^ Hoffman, Barbara (1986-09-16). "A USA Today Of A Different Color". The Record. p. B05.
- ^ Dan Greaney (1984-05-27). "Today's Students Not Apathetic, Just Wiser". The Boston Globe.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christ, Mary (September 1997). "Regarding Homer". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ William E. Rehling. "Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective". The Harvard Crimson.
- ^ Oakley, Bill (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Addley, Esther (17 March 2016). "Simpsons writer says President Trump episode was 'warning to US'". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
External links
- Dan Greaney at IMDb
- Living people
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- The Harvard Lampoon alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Harvard College alumni
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American male writers
- The Simpsons stubs
- American television writer stubs