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John Joseph Swartzwelder, Jr. (born November 16, 1950) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Born in Seattle, Washington, Swartzwelder began his career working in advertising. He was later hired to work on comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' in the mid-1980s as a writer. He later contributed to fellow writer George Meyer's short-lived ''Army Man'' magazine, which led him to join the original writing team of ''The Simpsons'', beginning in 1989. He worked on ''The Simpsons'' for fourteen years as a writer and producer, later contributing to the program's 2007 film adaption. He is credited with writing the largest number of ''Simpsons'' episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to several others) by a large margin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Episodes by writer )〕 After his retirement from the show, he began a career as a writer of self-published absurdist novels. He has written over eleven novels, the most recent of which, ''The Animal Report'', was published in 2014. Swartzwelder is revered among comedy fans; his colleagues have called him among the best comedy writers. He is famously averse to press, living life as a recluse. == Life and career == Swartzwelder was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Gloria Mae (Matthews) and John Joseph Swartzwelder, Sr.〔 He attended high school in Renton, Washington. Swartzwelder started out with a career in advertising. He sent a joke submission to the writers of ''Late Night with David Letterman'' in 1983, which he signed but left no address. Writer Jim Downey traced Swartzwelder based on the Chicago postmark on the card via phone books at the New York Public Library.〔 After contacting his mother in Seattle, she redirected him to her son, who was then working at an advertising agency in Chicago. Downey described Swartzwelder's interview as "one of the most spectacularly awful in history," as it consisted of him entering David Letterman's office without permission, and discussing the state of television (that it was "all shit") whilst smoking and drinking. He was not hired for ''Letterman'', but Downey did bring him to work on ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') beginning in 1985. At ''SNL'', he shared an office with Robert Smigel, and met George Meyer, who later proved instrumental in hiring him for ''The Simpsons''. During his time at the program, he became known for writing odder material. He was fired from the program in the summer of 1986, which Smigel attributed to the network's pressure on show creator Lorne Michaels to make personnel changes. Meyer subsequently quit ''SNL'' and created the magazine ''Army Man'', recruiting Swartzwelder to help him write it. Meyer noted on ''Army Man'': "The only rule was that the stuff had to be funny and pretty short. To me, the quintessential ''Army Man'' joke was one of John Swartzwelder's: 'They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of coffee that tastes good?' It's a horrifying idea juxtaposed with something really banal—and yet there's a kind of logic to it. It's illuminating because it's kind of how Americans see things: Life's a big jumble, but somehow it leads to something I can consume. I love that." In 1988, Sam Simon, a reader of ''Army Man'', recruited both Swartzwelder and Meyer to write for a new Fox animated sitcom he was executive producing: ''The Simpsons''.〔 By 1994, with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder was granted a special dispensation and allowed not to attend rewrite sessions with the rest of the staff, instead being allowed to send drafts of his scripts in from home so other writers could revise them as they saw fit. This was a direct result of Swartzwelder's avid smoking coming into conflict with a newly implemented policy banning smoking in the writers' room. Swartzwelder's scripts typically needed minimal rewriting compared to those of other writers, with about 50% being used.〔 His longtime collaborators on ''The Simpsons'', Al Jean and Mike Reiss, describe Swartzwelder as a huge fan of Preston Sturges films and a lover of "anything old timey American." This vaguely defined aesthetic presents itself in many of the episodes he has written in the form of wandering hobos, Prohibition-era speakeasies, carnies, 19th-century baseball players, aging Western movie stars, and Sicilian gangsters. In 1996, Swartzwelder created and produced his own pilot presentation for Fox titled ''Pistol Pete'', which was designed to spoof western films.〔 Starring Stephen Kearney. Mark Derwin, Lisa Robin Kelly, and Brian Doyle Murray, the pilot was shot using crew from the television series ''Gunsmoke'' at Swartzwelder's insistence. John Rich, veteran television director known for ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''All in the Family'', and ''Gunsmoke'', directed the pilot, which was shot at Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch. Fox eventually passed on the pilot. It eventually surfaced online in 2014. According to Matt Groening, Swartzwelder used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought the diner booth and installed it in his house, allowing him to continue his process in peace.〔 With the exception of his contributions to ''The Simpsons Movie'', released in 2007, Swartzwelder has been absent from ''The Simpsons'' writing staff since the fifteenth season (2003–04), with his last airing episode ("The Regina Monologues") actually being a "holdover" written for the fourteenth (2002–03) season. At 59 episodes, Swartzwelder has been credited with writing more episodes than anybody else.〔 Since leaving ''The Simpsons'', he has taken up writing absurdist novels, beginning with the 2004 publication of science-fiction detective story ''The Time Machine Did It'' starring private investigator Frank Burly. The next year he published ''Double Wonderful'', a Western, before returning to the Burly character for ''How I Conquered Your Planet'' in 2006, ''The Exploding Detective'' in 2007, ''Dead Men Scare Me Stupid'' in 2008, ''Earth vs. Everybody'' in 2009, ''The Last Detective Alive'' in 2010, ''The Fifty Foot Detective'' in 2011, and ''The Million Dollar Policeman'' in 2012. In 2014, a children's book written in the late 1970s by Swartzwelder and illustrated by David Schutten was published by Green House Books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Humor Novels By John Swartzwelder )〕 Swartzwelder self-publishes his books.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Joseph Swartzwelder, Jr. (born November 16, 1950) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Born in Seattle, Washington, Swartzwelder began his career working in advertising. He was later hired to work on comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' in the mid-1980s as a writer. He later contributed to fellow writer George Meyer's short-lived ''Army Man'' magazine, which led him to join the original writing team of ''The Simpsons'', beginning in 1989.He worked on ''The Simpsons'' for fourteen years as a writer and producer, later contributing to the program's 2007 film adaption. He is credited with writing the largest number of ''Simpsons'' episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to several others) by a large margin.(【引用サイトリンク】title=Episodes by writer ) After his retirement from the show, he began a career as a writer of self-published absurdist novels. He has written over eleven novels, the most recent of which, ''The Animal Report'', was published in 2014.Swartzwelder is revered among comedy fans; his colleagues have called him among the best comedy writers. He is famously averse to press, living life as a recluse.== Life and career ==Swartzwelder was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Gloria Mae (Matthews) and John Joseph Swartzwelder, Sr. He attended high school in Renton, Washington. Swartzwelder started out with a career in advertising. He sent a joke submission to the writers of ''Late Night with David Letterman'' in 1983, which he signed but left no address. Writer Jim Downey traced Swartzwelder based on the Chicago postmark on the card via phone books at the New York Public Library. After contacting his mother in Seattle, she redirected him to her son, who was then working at an advertising agency in Chicago. Downey described Swartzwelder's interview as "one of the most spectacularly awful in history," as it consisted of him entering David Letterman's office without permission, and discussing the state of television (that it was "all shit") whilst smoking and drinking. He was not hired for ''Letterman'', but Downey did bring him to work on ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') beginning in 1985.At ''SNL'', he shared an office with Robert Smigel, and met George Meyer, who later proved instrumental in hiring him for ''The Simpsons''. During his time at the program, he became known for writing odder material. He was fired from the program in the summer of 1986, which Smigel attributed to the network's pressure on show creator Lorne Michaels to make personnel changes. Meyer subsequently quit ''SNL'' and created the magazine ''Army Man'', recruiting Swartzwelder to help him write it. Meyer noted on ''Army Man'': "The only rule was that the stuff had to be funny and pretty short. To me, the quintessential ''Army Man'' joke was one of John Swartzwelder's: 'They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of coffee that tastes good?' It's a horrifying idea juxtaposed with something really banal—and yet there's a kind of logic to it. It's illuminating because it's kind of how Americans see things: Life's a big jumble, but somehow it leads to something I can consume. I love that." In 1988, Sam Simon, a reader of ''Army Man'', recruited both Swartzwelder and Meyer to write for a new Fox animated sitcom he was executive producing: ''The Simpsons''.By 1994, with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder was granted a special dispensation and allowed not to attend rewrite sessions with the rest of the staff, instead being allowed to send drafts of his scripts in from home so other writers could revise them as they saw fit. This was a direct result of Swartzwelder's avid smoking coming into conflict with a newly implemented policy banning smoking in the writers' room. Swartzwelder's scripts typically needed minimal rewriting compared to those of other writers, with about 50% being used. His longtime collaborators on ''The Simpsons'', Al Jean and Mike Reiss, describe Swartzwelder as a huge fan of Preston Sturges films and a lover of "anything old timey American." This vaguely defined aesthetic presents itself in many of the episodes he has written in the form of wandering hobos, Prohibition-era speakeasies, carnies, 19th-century baseball players, aging Western movie stars, and Sicilian gangsters.In 1996, Swartzwelder created and produced his own pilot presentation for Fox titled ''Pistol Pete'', which was designed to spoof western films. Starring Stephen Kearney. Mark Derwin, Lisa Robin Kelly, and Brian Doyle Murray, the pilot was shot using crew from the television series ''Gunsmoke'' at Swartzwelder's insistence. John Rich, veteran television director known for ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''All in the Family'', and ''Gunsmoke'', directed the pilot, which was shot at Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch. Fox eventually passed on the pilot. It eventually surfaced online in 2014.According to Matt Groening, Swartzwelder used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought the diner booth and installed it in his house, allowing him to continue his process in peace. With the exception of his contributions to ''The Simpsons Movie'', released in 2007, Swartzwelder has been absent from ''The Simpsons'' writing staff since the fifteenth season (2003–04), with his last airing episode ("The Regina Monologues") actually being a "holdover" written for the fourteenth (2002–03) season. At 59 episodes, Swartzwelder has been credited with writing more episodes than anybody else. Since leaving ''The Simpsons'', he has taken up writing absurdist novels, beginning with the 2004 publication of science-fiction detective story ''The Time Machine Did It'' starring private investigator Frank Burly. The next year he published ''Double Wonderful'', a Western, before returning to the Burly character for ''How I Conquered Your Planet'' in 2006, ''The Exploding Detective'' in 2007, ''Dead Men Scare Me Stupid'' in 2008, ''Earth vs. Everybody'' in 2009, ''The Last Detective Alive'' in 2010, ''The Fifty Foot Detective'' in 2011, and ''The Million Dollar Policeman'' in 2012. In 2014, a children's book written in the late 1970s by Swartzwelder and illustrated by David Schutten was published by Green House Books.(【引用サイトリンク】title=Humor Novels By John Swartzwelder ) Swartzwelder self-publishes his books.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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