the band in 2003 entitled NRBQ: Rock 'n' Roll's Best Kept Secret; Scully employed the group as the "unofficial house band" of The Simpsons during his tenure as showrunner. Scully also created a pilot for Fox called Schimmel in 2000, starring Robert Schimmel, which was dropped after Schimmel was diagnosed with cancer. Scully served as a consulting producer on the NBC series Parks and Recreation, and wrote the episodes "Ron and Tammy" in 2009, and "The Possum" in 2010. Scully also had cameo roles in the episodes "Eagleton" and "Soda Tax" as a speaker at the Pawnee community meeting. In 2012, Scully co-produced and co-wrote an animated TV version of the film Napoleon Dynamite, which was canceled after six episodes. That May, Scully signed a seven-figure, multi-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop several projects. He served as co-executive producer on the single-season NBC sitcom The New Normal (2012–2013), alongside Allison Adler and Ryan Murphy. Scully held the same title for Fox's Dads (which debuted in 2013). In 2018, he signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Personal life He is married to writer Julie Thacker; the couple have five daughters. His brother Brian Scully is also a comedy writer and he has a second brother, Neil, who is an ice hockey writer. His mother died in 1985. Scully was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Westfield State University in 2008. He walked the picket line during the 2007–2008 WGA strike while on crutches. Scully received a lifetime achievement award by the WGA West in 2010. Credits Episodes listed are those Scully has been credited as writing or co-writing What a Country! (1986–1987) – writer Out of This World (1987–1991) – supervising producer, writer "Baby Talk" "Mosquito Man: The Motion Picture" "Blast from the Past" "Old Flame" "Evie's Two Dads" "Evie Goes to Hollywood" "Whose House Is It, Anyway?" "Evie's Driver's License" "The Rocks That Couldn't Roll" "My Mother the Con" "Goodbye, Mr. Chris" "New Kid on the Block" "Come Fly with Evie" "Would You Buy a Used Car from This Dude?" "Mayor Evie" Grand – writer "Lady Luck" Top of the Heap (1991) – writer "The Agony and the Agony" "The Marrying Guy" The Royal Family (1992) – writer "Cocoa in Charge" The Simpsons (1993–2021) – writer, producer, executive producer, showrunner, consulting producer "Lisa's Rival" (1994) "Lisa on Ice" (1994) "Two Dozen