Michael C. Scully is an American television writer and producer. He is known for his work as executive producer and showrunner of the animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1997 to 2001. Scully grew up in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and long had an interest in writing. He was an underachiever at school and dropped out of college, going on to work in a series of jobs. Eventually, in 1986, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a stand-up comic and wrote for Yakov Smirnoff.
Scully in 2011
Scully in July 2007, at the premiere of The Simpsons Movie in Springfield, Vermont
West Springfield, Massachusetts
West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 28,835 at the 2020 United States Census. The city is also known as "West Side", in reference to the fact that it is on the western side of the Connecticut River from Springfield, a fact which played a major part in the town's early history.
Storrowton Green at the Eastern States Exposition
The Hampden County Memorial Bridge, linking West Springfield to Metro Center in Springfield
The former Mittineague station, built during the expansion of West Springfield's industrial base, today serves as a local church congregation
The West Springfield Generating Station, a peaking unit utility