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'''Ken Keeler''' is a writer and executive producer for ''[[Futurama]]''. He helped create | '''Ken Keeler''' is a writer and executive producer for ''[[Futurama]]''. He helped create the show, and for the first three seasons was listed as a co-executive producer, but by the[[Episode Listing#Season 4|fourth season]] was listed as executive producer. | ||
Ken was previously a writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and he has written many [[Soundtrack|songs]] for both ''Futurama'' and ''The Simpsons''. He won {{s|Awards#Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics|two Emmy awards}} for ''The Simpsons'', and won a Writers Guild of America Award for the episode "[[Godfellas]]". | |||
Keeler wrote both the finale of the [[original run]], "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", and the fourth and final of the movies, "''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''", both of which were designed to fit as series' finales. He also wrote the upcoming "[[Futurama Reincarnation]]", which is so far set to be the final ''Futurama'' episode. | Keeler wrote both the finale of the [[original run]], "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", and the fourth and final of the movies, "''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]''", both of which were designed to fit as series' finales. He also wrote the upcoming "[[Futurama Reincarnation]]", which is so far set to be the final ''Futurama'' episode. |
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Ken Keeler is a writer and executive producer for Futurama. He helped create the show, and for the first three seasons was listed as a co-executive producer, but by thefourth season was listed as executive producer.
Ken was previously a writer for The Simpsons, and he has written many songs for both Futurama and The Simpsons. He won two Emmy awards for The Simpsons, and won a Writers Guild of America Award for the episode "Godfellas".
Keeler wrote both the finale of the original run, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", and the fourth and final of the movies, "Into the Wild Green Yonder", both of which were designed to fit as series' finales. He also wrote the upcoming "Futurama Reincarnation", which is so far set to be the final Futurama episode.
A character in the series, Ben Beeler, is based on Ken.
Keeler has a Ph D in Applied Mathematics, which has helped him write several of the nerdier jokes on the show (see 1729 for example).
Episodes Written
- "The Series Has Landed" (1ACV02)
- "When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)
- "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" (2ACV07)
- "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)
- "The Honking" (2ACV18)
- "Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14)
- "Godfellas" (3ACV20)
- "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18)
- Bender's Big Score
- Into the Wild Green Yonder
- "The Prisoner of Benda" (6ACV10)
- "Reincarnation" (6ACV26)