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Ian Maxtone-Graham

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Ian Maxtone-Graham

Writer

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Born July 3, 1959Age 67

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Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer who wrote for Saturday Night Live from 1992 to 1995. His work there included co-writing The Chanukah Song with Adam Sandler. Before SNL, he contributed to Not Necessarily the News and the humor publications National Lampoon and Army Man.

Maxtone-Graham subsequently became a writer and producer on The Simpsons, working across many seasons of the animated comedy. His broader credits include The Simpsons Movie and Veep, extending a career built around television satire, ensemble comedy and stories shaped through writers’ rooms.

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