Bill Odenkirk

Bill Odenkirk
Born	October 13, 1965 (1965-10-13) Naperville, Illinois
Occupation	Television writer
Nationality	American
Genres	Humor

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"

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" (credited as producer)
• "The Cyber House Rules"
• "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"
• "The Farnsworth Parabox"
• "Luck of the Fryish" (credited as producer)

External links

• Bill Odenkirk at the Internet Movie Database