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Writer & Producer of The Simpsons

Mike Reiss Speaking Fee: $10,000 and Below

Writer & Producer of The Simpsons

Speaker Profile Thumbnail for Mike Reiss
Speaking Fee:
$10,000 and Below

Travels From:
NYC - New York City

Primary Topic Category:
Authors & Storytellers

Secondary Topic Category:
Jewish

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Mike Reiss Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss—who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989—shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Now Available for Virtual Programs

Mike Reiss has won four Emmys and a Peabody Award during his thirty years writing for “The Simpsons”. He ran the show in Season 4, which Entertainment Weekly called “the greatest season of the greatest show in history.” Reiss recounted his three decades at The Simpsons in his best-selling memoir "Springfield Confidential", which was a finalist for the Thurber Prize in American Gumor. Reiss has written jokes for such comedy legends as Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, Garry Shandling... and Pope Francis! For his comedic contributions to the charitable group Joke with the Pope, in 2015 Pope Francis declared Reiss “A Missionary of Joy”. Mike Reiss created the cult cartoon series "The Critic" and "Queer Duck" and has been a contributing writer to more than two dozen animated films -- including five ICE AGEs, two DESPICABLE MEs, THE LORAX, RIO, KUNG FU PANDA 3, and THE SIMPSONS MOVIE – with a worldwide gross of $14 billion. Mike also hosts the popular podcast "What Am I Doing Here?" funny tales about his travels to 134 countries, including Iran, Iraq, North Korea and the North Pole. He is the author of twenty children's books, and has won awards for his work as a playwright, mystery writer, and public speaker. As a professional speaker, Reiss has lectured at over five hundred institutions, in twenty-two countries. His topics include “The Simpsons”, comedy and Judaism, and the surprisingly sleazy world of children's books. He's a proven crowd-pleaser, both in person and virtually. He has been happily married for thirty years. Like most children’s book authors, he has no children.
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