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About Matt Selman

Matt Selman is a writer/producer who has worked on eleven seasons and over two hundred episodes of The Simpsons. He currently serves as an Executive Producer.

The Simpsons episodes Selman has written or co-written include Natural Born Kissers, Simpsons Bible Stories, They Saved Lisa's Brain (guest starring Dr. Stephen Hawking), Eight Misbehavin', Behind the Laughter, Lisa the Treehugger, Trilogy of Error, Simpsons Tall Tales, Jaws Wired Shut, The Dad Who Knew Too Little, All's Fair In Oven War, Pranksta Rap, Future Drama, Girls Just Want To Have Sums, The Haw-Hawed Couple and Husbands and Knives. He was also one of the writers on The Simpsons Movie and the head writer for The Simpsons Game. He has won four Emmys and a Writer's Guild of America Award.

Selman grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He wrote on Seinfeld before starting at The Simpsons in 1997. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

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October 9, 2009

GTA IV: Inherent Vice City

October 7, 2009

Now That's Abridged!

September 30, 2009

Big & Tall Halloween Costume of the Year

September 23, 2009

'District 9' Banned in District 9

September 12, 2009

Terms of Warner Bros./Tolkien Lawsuit Settlement Leaked

September 8, 2009

True Tales of Conversational Vengeance

September 1, 2009

Obligatory Marvel-Disney Mash-ups!!!

August 21, 2009

Dead Screenwriters Quiz

August 5, 2009

Bad Acronyms

July 28, 2009

The Old Man and the C (Comic-Con)

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