{{Short description|American television producer and writer (born 1962)}} {{Use mdy dates|date = February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2025}}{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Rob LaZebnik | honorific_suffix = | image = Rob LaZebnik by Gage Skidmore.jpg | alt = | caption = LaZebnik at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in July 2011. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_names = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name above --> | birth_date = May 6, 1962 | birth_place = | baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered --> | disappeared_date = <!-- {{disappeared date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (disappeared date then birth date) --> | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | occupation = Screenwriter | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = [[Claire Scovell LaZebnik]] | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = | relatives = [[Ken LaZebnik]] (brother)<br>[[Philip LaZebnik]] (brother) | callsign = | awards = | website = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Rob LaZebnik''' (born May 6, 1962) is an American television writer.
== Life and career == He graduated from [[David H. Hickman High School]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]] and [[Harvard University]]. He currently works as a co-[[executive producer]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and is credited with having written 25 episodes: "[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]" (the "G-G-G-Ghost D-D-D-Dad" segment), "[[Homer vs. Dignity]]", "[[Father Knows Worst]]", "[[Boy Meets Curl]]", "[[The Blue and the Gray (The Simpsons)|The Blue and the Gray]]", "[[The Daughter Also Rises]]", "[[The Changing of the Guardian]]", "[[The War of Art (The Simpsons)|The War of Art]]", "[[The Kids Are All Fight]]", "[[Friend with Benefit]]", "[[The Girl Code]]", "[[The Burns Cage]]", "[[Pork and Burns]]", "[[Throw Grampa from the Dane]]", "[[Baby You Can't Drive My Car]]", "[[101 Mitigations]]", "[[E My Sports]]", "[[Frinkcoin]]", "[[Manger Things]]", "[[Burger Kings]]", "[[Portrait of a Lackey on Fire]]", "[[Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story]]", "[[Treehouse of Horror XXXV]]" (the "The Information Rage" segment), "[[Bottle Episode (The Simpsons)|Bottle Episode]]", and "[[The Past and the Furious]]".
He co-created the [[Adobe Flash|Macromedia Flash]] cartoon series ''[[Starship Regulars]]'' on [[Icebox.com]], and it was picked up by television network [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] but never aired. He then co-created the series ''[[Greetings from Tucson]]'', which aired for one season on [[The WB]].<ref>{{Cite web|title='Undercover Brother' makes leap from Web to big screen|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-06-10/article/12560?headline=-Undercover-Brother-makes-leap-from-Web-to-big-screen|work=The Berkeley Daily Planet|date=2002-06-10|accessdate=2009-08-23|author=Gentile, Gary}}</ref> LaZebnik has also been credited with writing episodes of ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]'', ''[[Less Than Perfect]]'', ''[[The Ellen Show]]'' and ''[[Empty Nest (TV series)|Empty Nest]]''.
His wife, [[Claire Scovell LaZebnik|Claire LaZebnik]], is an author and is the sister of television writer [[Nell Scovell]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jennings|first1=Zeke|title='The Simpsons' writer Rob LaZebnik entertains Michigan Theatre crowd with stories from Hollywood|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/jackson/index.ssf/2013/03/the_simpsons_writer_bob_lazebn.html|accessdate=October 11, 2015|work=mlive.com|date=March 27, 2013}}</ref> His son, [[Johnny LaZebnik]], is also a comedy writer who has worked on ''The Simpsons''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny LaZebnik on writing Smithers' first serious boyfriend on The Simpsons|url=https://www.avclub.com/simpsons-writer-johnny-lazebnik-on-penning-smithers-fi-1848086248|access-date=2021-11-22|website=The A.V. Club|date=22 November 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> His brothers are [[Ken LaZebnik]] and [[Philip LaZebnik]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=HARBEN |first=KATHERINE K. |title=The Hollywood touch |url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/the-hollywood-touch/article_6da34a37-a98a-5d69-bff2-90d4d76e4d92.html |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Columbia Missourian |date=July 22, 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Twitter}} *{{IMDb name|id=0493858|name=Rob LaZebnik}}
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