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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 | '''Ken Keeler''' is a writer and executive producer for ''[[Futurama]]''. He helped create the show, and was for the first three seasons listed as a co-executive producer. By the [[Episode Listing#Season 4|fourth season]], he was listed as executive producer. Ken was previously a writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and he has written many [[Soundtrack|songs]] for both shows. He has won {{s|Awards#Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics|two ''Emmy'' awards}} for ''The Simpsons'', and a ''[[Writers Guild of America Award]]'' for the ''Futurama'' episode "[[Godfellas]]". | ||
A character in the series, [[Ben Beeler]], is loosely based on Ken. | |||
== Finales == | |||
Keeler has a history of writing the assumed [[Futurama|series]] finales: he wrote the finale of the [[original run]], "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", when the writing team new that the show was to be cancelled. After the show was picked up for four additional [[movies]], Keeler also wrote the fourth and final of them, ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', which was also assumed to be the final TV media of the series. Before [[season 7]] was announced in [[2011]], Keeler also wrote ''[[Reincarnation]]'', the finale of the [[season 6|sixth season]], which was yet again possibly the final episode. | |||
Keeler has a Ph D in Applied Mathematics, which has helped him write several of the nerdier jokes on the show | All of these episodes were designed to suit as possible final episodes of the series. | ||
== As the nerdy writer == | |||
Keeler has a Ph D in Applied Mathematics, which has helped him write several of the nerdier jokes on the show, for example the several jokes concerning [[1729]]. For the episode "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", Keeler wrote a complete [[Futurama theorem|mathematical theorem]] in the area of {{w|group theory}} which was used in the episode by the [[Globetrotters]] and [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] to save the day. | |||
== Episodes Written == | == Episodes Written == | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 8 June 2011
| Ken Keeler | |
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| Profession | Co-executive producer Executive producer Writer |
| Born | 1961 |
| IMDB profile | nm0444517 |
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| Category of episodes written by Ken Keeler | |
Ken Keeler is a writer and executive producer for Futurama. He helped create the show, and was for the first three seasons listed as a co-executive producer. By the fourth season, he was listed as executive producer. Ken was previously a writer for The Simpsons, and he has written many songs for both shows. He has won two Emmy awards for The Simpsons, and a Writers Guild of America Award for the Futurama episode "Godfellas".
A character in the series, Ben Beeler, is loosely based on Ken.
Finales
Keeler has a history of writing the assumed series finales: he wrote the finale of the original run, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", when the writing team new that the show was to be cancelled. After the show was picked up for four additional movies, Keeler also wrote the fourth and final of them, Into the Wild Green Yonder, which was also assumed to be the final TV media of the series. Before season 7 was announced in 2011, Keeler also wrote Reincarnation, the finale of the sixth season, which was yet again possibly the final episode.
All of these episodes were designed to suit as possible final episodes of the series.
As the nerdy writer
Keeler has a Ph D in Applied Mathematics, which has helped him write several of the nerdier jokes on the show, for example the several jokes concerning 1729. For the episode "The Prisoner of Benda", Keeler wrote a complete mathematical theorem in the area of group theory which was used in the episode by the Globetrotters and the Professor to save the day.
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)