Larry Doyle (writer)

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Larry Doyle
OccupationNovelist, columnist, humorist, screenwriter
Period1989–present
GenreHumor, fiction
Notable works I Love You, Beth Cooper
The Simpsons
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Children Ben Doyle [1]
Website
larrydoyle.com

Larry Doyle is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer.

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Career

Doyle got his start in 1989–1991 as an editor at Chicago-based First Comics. [2] He started writing for television, with a 1993 and a 1994 episode of Rugrats , then regularly working on Beavis and Butt-Head between 1994 and 1997, when he joined The Simpsons as a writer and producer for seasons nine through twelve (1997–2001). Other television writing credits include one episode for Daria and two episodes for Liquid Television . [3]

Doyle wrote the screenplays for the 2003 film releases Duplex and Looney Tunes: Back in Action . He also produced some Looney Tunes shorts that were completed in 2003. [4] However, due to the box-office bomb of Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Warner Bros. decided not to release the shorts theatrically, releasing them direct-to-video instead.

Doyle is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and has also had columns in Esquire , New York Magazine , and the New York Observer . [5] [6]

Doyle's first novel, I Love You, Beth Cooper , was published in May 2007. The setting is graduation night at Buffalo Grove High School, Doyle's alma mater. This novel won the 2008 Thurber prize for American Humor. [7] Doyle wrote the screenplay for the film based on his novel, which was released in 2009. Also in 2009, the book I Love You, Beth Cooper was re-released as an extended movie tie-in edition. [8] His second novel, Go Mutants!, was published in 2010. This novel had its film rights acquired by Imagine Entertainment/Universal Studios the same year, with the screenplay written by Doyle. [9] Deliriously Happy (and Other Bad Thoughts), a collection of humor pieces from the New Yorker and elsewhere, was published in 2011.

In 2023, Doyle co-created the web-series Command Z with Kurt Andersen. Steven Soderbergh funded and directed all eight episodes, distributing them on his platform, with money raised going to Children's Aid. [10] The series was nominated for a 2024 Writers Guild of America Award in the category "Short Form New Media." [11]

Bibliography

Novels

Collected humor pieces

Media tie-ins

Comics

Articles

The New Yorker

  • "Life Without Leann" (January 15, 1990)
  • "t.V." (April 2, 1990)
  • "You Won't Have Nixon to Kick Around Anymore, Dirtbag" (December 20, 1993)
  • "Adventures in Experimentation" (March 28, 1994)
  • "Stop Me If You've Heard This One" (March 29, 1999)
  • "Me v. Big Mike" (June 14, 1999)
  • "I Killed Them in New Haven" (December 15, 2003)
  • "Disengagements" (March 28, 2005)
  • "May We Tell You Our Specials This Evening?" (October 3, 2005)
  • "Let's Talk About My New Movie" (January 23, 2006)
  • "How Fred Flintstone Got Home, Got Wild, and Got a Stone Age Life" (May 15, 2006)
  • "I'm Afraid I Have Some Bad News" (June 19, 2006)
  • "Please Read Before Suing" (February 2, 2007)
  • "We Request the Honor of Your Presence at GwynneandDaveShareTheirJoy.com" (May 21, 2007)
  • "My Mega-Millions" (August 27, 2007)
  • "Portrait in Evil: My Story" (September 17, 2007)
  • "Why We Strike" (November 19, 2007)
  • "Bad Dog" (May 12, 2008)
  • "Is There a Problem Here?" (December 15, 2008)
  • "Fun Times!" (April 20, 2009)
  • "Hot Wings: Notes on My New Best Seller" (June 7, 2010)
  • "Sleeper Camp" (August 9, 2010)
  • "Fun Summer" Online only (May 31, 2012)
  • "Reboot Me" (July 23, 2012)
  • "Kill your darlings". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 97 (1): 29. February 15–22, 2021.

Esquire

  • "The Talk: What Does a Father Owe a Son" (May 1988)
  • "Esky" columnist (1997–1999)
  • "My Heart, My Rules" (February 1998)
  • "Naughty, Awful Boys" (June 1998)
  • "The Weiner" (June 1999)
  • "Freezer Madness" (October 1999)
  • "The Babyproofer" (January 2000)
  • "Me's a Crowd" (September 2000)
  • "Things You Need to Know About Me" (October 2006)

Other contributions

Doyle has also contributed widely to several magazines as a regular columnist or editor, including:

Film, television and radio writing credits

Film

Television

Instant Mom episodes

  • "Rock Mom"
  • "Ain't Misbehavin' or Else"
  • "Walk Like a Boy"

The Simpsons episodes

Beavis and Butt-Head episodes

  • "Choke"
  • "Nosebleed"
  • "Bad Dog"
  • "Butt Flambé"
  • "Stewart is Missing"
  • "A Very Special Episode"
  • "Final Judgement of Beavis"
  • "Liar! Liar!"
  • "Safe Driving"
  • "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" (Consultant)
Rugrats episodes
  • "Circus Angelicus"
  • "Naked Tommy"

Daria episodes

  • "Too Cute"

Radio

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210121180011/https://www.stoopstorytelling.com/event/return-to-the-stoop-larry-and-ben-doyle/
  2. ↑ "First," The Comics Journal #124 (August 1988), p. 19: Concerns editor Larry Doyle at First Comics.
  3. ↑ "Larry Doyle says his art doesn't imitate his life". Chicago Tribune. July 10, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Fletcher, James. "Larry Doyle". Illini Media. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Larry Doyle". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Larry Doyle". Esquire. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Book News: Larry Doyle Wins Thurber Prize for American Humor". Library Journal. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  8. ↑ Fischer, Paul (July 13, 2009). "Larry Doyle for "I Love You Beth Cooper"". Dark Horizons. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  9. ↑ Variety article about Go Mutants!
  10. ↑ "Episode 8 - Back for the Future". COMMAND Z. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  11. ↑ "2024 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees". awards.wga.org. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Walt Kelly's Pogo: The 80s Revival". platypuscomix.com. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  13. ↑ Miner, Michael (September 1, 1988). "Resurrecting Pogo; A Man's Right to Control His Body". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
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