Frank Mula

{{Infobox person

| name = Frank Mula

| birth_name = Frank Charles Mula

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|01|20}}

| birth_place = New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|17|1950|01|17}}

| death_place = Glendale, California, U.S.

| occupation = Television writer, producer

| alma_mater = Rutgers University

}}

Frank Mula (January 20, 1950 – December 17, 2021) was an American television writer. He wrote for Cosby, Madame's Place, Grand, The Simpsons, and created the series Local Heroes which lasted 7 episodes.

Life and career

Mula was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was raised in South River. He graduated from South River High School, and earned a master's degree from Rutgers University. In the late 1970s, he moved to California to pursue a career in writing comedy, after having success in faxing jokes to Joan Rivers.Hart, Jolene. [http://suburban.gmnews.com/news/2003-11-13/Front_page/034.html "Doh! TV writer one of two grads honored: Co-producer of ABC shows, TV writer returns to South River"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711104041/http://suburban.gmnews.com/news/2003-11-13/Front_page/034.html# |date=July 11, 2011 }}, Old Bridge Suburban, November 13, 2003. Accessed February 6, 2011. "The entrance to South River may not yet post signs heralding, Birthplace of Frank Mula, but there are more than a few ways Mula has earned recognition as a local celebrity." For his work on The Simpsons, Mula won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program.{{cite web |title=Frank Mula - Emmy Awards |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/frank-mula |website=Emmys.com |access-date=27 December 2021}}

Simpsons showrunner Mike Reiss remembered Mula as a quiet man who spoke little in the writers' room but was brilliant when he did. He solved a longstanding problem of how to resolve the episode "Lisa the Beauty Queen" by getting Lisa disqualified.{{cite book |last1=Reiss |first1=Mike |title=Springfield Confidential |date=2018 |publisher=Dey Street |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-06-274803-4 |page=72 |edition=First}}

He died in Glendale, California, on December 17, 2021, at the age of 71.{{cite web |title=Frank Mula Obituary |url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23469583/frank-mula |access-date=26 December 2021}}

Writing credits

=''The Simpsons'' episodes=

He has written the following episodes:

References

External links

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Category:1950 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:American television writers

Category:American male television writers

Category:People from South River, New Jersey

Category:Rutgers University alumni

Category:South River High School (New Jersey) alumni