Frank Mula | |
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Born | Frank Charles Mula January 20, 1950 |
Died | December 17, 2021
Glendale, California, U.S. | (aged 71)
Alma mater | Rutgers University |
Occupation(s) | Television writer, producer |
Frank Mula (January 20, 1950 – December 17, 2021) was an American television writer. He wrote for Cosby, Madame's Place, Grand, The Simpsons, and created the series Local Heroes which lasted 7 episodes.
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 Rutgers University. In the late 1970s, he moved to California to pursue a career in writing comedy, after having success in faxing jokes to Joan Rivers. [1] For his work on The Simpsons, Mula won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program. [2]
Simpsons showrunner Mike Reiss 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" by getting Lisa disqualified. [3]
He died in Glendale, California, on December 17, 2021, at the age of 71. [4]
He has written the following episodes:
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