Bill Odenkirk : biography
Bill Odenkirk (born October 13, 1965) is an American comedy writer.
Odenkirk was born in Naperville, Illinois. He is the brother of American comedian Bob Odenkirk, and worked as a writer, producer and actor on sketch comedy TV show Mr. Show with Bob and David, which featured his brother as co-star. Odenkirk went on to write for Tenacious D and Futurama. He has written and executive produced episodes of The Simpsons. He holds a PhD in Inorganic chemistry from the University of Chicago. Bill was a co-inventor of 2,2′-Bis(2-indenyl) biphenyl.
Writing credits
Tenacious D episodes
He is credited with writing the following episodes, along with Jack Black, David Cross, Kyle Gass, Tom Gianas, and Bob Odenkirk:
- "Death of a Dream"
- "The Greatest Song in the World"
- "The Fan"
- "Road Gig"
The Simpsons episodes
He is credited with writing the following episodes:
- "Treehouse of Horror XV" (all three segments)
- "The Seven-Beer Snitch"
- "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
- "Crook and Ladder"
- "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble"
- "Million Dollar Maybe"
- "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing"
- "Adventures in Baby-Getting"
Futurama episodes
He is credited with writing the following episodes:
- "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back"
- "Insane in the Mainframe"
- "A Tale of Two Santas"
- "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"
- "The Farnsworth Parabox"