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Mike Scully is a former executive producer of the Fox series The Simpsons (Seasons 9-12, 1997-2001). He also wrote several episodes of the show, beginning in the sixth season, including Two Dozen and One Greyhounds and Lisa's Rival. He started his career by writing jokes for Yakov Smirnoff. Scully has earned an unpopular reputation with some The Simpsons fans who feel the show's quality began to decline during his tenure. During Mike Scully's tenure as the executive producer of The Simpsons, some fans believe that there was an increased use of celebrity guest voices, more reliance on slapstick and lowbrow humor, and that the characters seemed to become more one-dimensional. In addition, many episodes during Scully's period centered around Homer, who was seemingly portrayed as very mean-spirted and a bully, giving birth to the term "Jerkass Homer", a phrase which would become popular with Simpsons fans on the Internet. None-the-less, The Simpsons, still remained a very popular show under his tenure. An editorial on Slate accuses Scully of converting The Simpsons from a realistic show about family life into a typical cartoon. "The Simpsons no longer marks the elevation of the sitcom formula to its highest form ... Episodes that once would have ended with Homer and Marge bicycling into the sunset (perhaps while Bart gagged in the background) now end with Homer blowing a tranquilizer dart into Marge's neck."
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