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{{for|the American football player|Tim Long (American football)}}
'''Tim Long''' (born June 14, 1969) is a comedy writer born in [[Brandon, Manitoba]], Canada. Long calls [[Exeter, Ontario]], his home town and has written for ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'', ''[[Spy (magazine)|Spy]]'' magazine and the  ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. Currently credited as a consulting producer on ''The Simpsons'', Long was - until Season 20 - credited as an [[executive producer]].  His work has also recently appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The New Yorker]]''. He also wrote the episode "Mr Roboto" for YTV's ''[[Mr. Young]]''.

Long was also a consulting writer on ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.

He attended high school at South Huron District High School in [[Exeter, Ontario]], [[Canada]].

Long graduated from [[University College, University of Toronto|University College]] at the [[University of Toronto]] with a major in English Literature and pursued graduate studies in English at [[Columbia University]]. He was an intern at ''Spy'' magazine under E. Graydon Carter before joining the staff of ''The David Letterman Show'', where he wrote for three years, including one year as Head Writer. He has won five Emmy awards, and been nominated for eight others.

== Writing credits ==

===''The Simpsons'' episodes===
Long has written the following episodes:

*"[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]" (with [[Matt Selman]] and [[Larry Doyle (writer)|Larry Doyle]]) (1999)
*"[[Treehouse of Horror X]]" ''(Desperately Xeeking Xena)'' (1999)
*"[[Saddlesore Galactica]]" (2000)
*"[[Behind the Laughter]]" (with [[George Meyer]], [[Matt Selman]], and [[Mike Scully]]) (2000)
*"[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]" (2000)
*"[[New Kids on the Blecch]]" (2001)
*"[[Half-Decent Proposal]]" (2002)
*"[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]" (2002)
*"[[Brake My Wife, Please]]" (2003)
*"[[She Used to Be My Girl]]" (2004)
*"[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]" (2005)
*"[[Mobile Homer]]" (2005)
*"[[Million Dollar Abie]]" (2006)
*"[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]" (2007)
*"[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]" (2008)
*"[[The Devil Wears Nada]]" (2009)
*"[[Elementary School Musical (The Simpsons)|Elementary School Musical]]" (2010)
*"[[MoneyBART]]" (2010)
*"[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]" (2011)
*"[[Moe Goes from Rags to Riches]]" (2012)
*"[[Lisa Goes Gaga]]" (2012)
*"[[Moonshine River]]" (2012)
*"[[Love is a Many-Splintered Thing]]" (2013)
*"[[The Kid Is All Right]]" (2013)
*"[[Married to the Blob]]" (2014)
*"[[Bull-E]]" (2015)
*"[[Springfield Splendor]]" (with Miranda Thompson) (2017)
*"[[Haw-Haw Land]]" (with Miranda Thompson) (2018)
* "[[D'oh Canada]]" (with Miranda Thompson) (2019)
* "[[Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?]]" (with Miranda Thompson) (2019)
* "[[Panic in the Streets of Springfield]]" (2021)
* "[[Poorhouse Rock]]" (2022)
* "[[The Simpsons (season 34)#Episodes|Homer's Adventure Through the Windshield Glass]]" (2023)

==External links==
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* {{discogs artist|Tim Long (2)}}
* [http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/07/26/100726sh_shouts_long Long, Hot Summer] The New Yorker July 2010
* [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/opinion/20091126_thanksgiving.html Thanksgiving With the Far-Flung Mulligans] The New York Times, November 2009
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/opinion/01canadaday.html?pagewanted=3 Our True North] The New York Times, July 2009
*Mark Polishuk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103051911/http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=183&month=10&day=28&year=2004 S-M-R-T writer Tim Long talks some Simpsons] ''University of Western Ontario Gazette,'' October 28, 2004.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080220202446/http://www.grandbendstrip.com/2007/12/simpsons-writer-wows-hometown-crowd.html Simpsons writer wows hometown crowd]: ''Grand Bend Strip'', December 12, 2007.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080202035920/http://www.236.com/blog/w/tim_long/american_migraine_3968.php American Migraine: The Democrats' Year of Victory] 236.com, January 30, 2008
{{Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}

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