Michael Schur

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Michael Schur is an Emmy-nominated television producer and writer. He wrote for six seasons on NBC's Saturday Night Live until 2004. Soon after, he became producer and writer for The Office on NBC, for which he has written ten episodes so far. He is a graduate of William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut and of Harvard University (class of 1997) where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Harvard Lampoon. He is married to Jennifer Philbin, who was formerly a writer on The O.C. and is Regis Philbin's daughter. They recently had their first child, son William Xavier Schur. His middle name, Xavier, is in honor of Regis Philbin's confirmation name. Schur appeared on The Office as Dwight's cousin Mose in the episodes "Initiation," in which Dwight takes Ryan to his beet farm, "Money," in which Jim and Pam spend a night at the farm, and "The Deposition", in which he plays a game of high-intensity ping pong with Dwight. He also co-wrote The Office: The Accountants webisodes with Paul Lieberstein.

Michael also writes at Fire Joe Morgan, a sports journalism blog, under the pseudonym "Ken Tremendous."[1] "Ken Tremendous" continues to claim to be a claims processor for a fictional Partridge, Kansas-based business, "Fremulon Insurance", a possible nod to Schur's real-life job writing for The Office.

In April 2008 it was reported that Schur would run The Office spinoff along with Greg Daniels.[2]

[edit] The Office written episodes

  1. The Alliance (April 12, 2005)
  2. Office Olympics (October 4, 2005)
  3. Christmas Party (December 6, 2005)
  4. Valentine's Day (February 9, 2006)
  5. Branch Closing (November 9, 2006)
  6. Traveling Salesmen (January 11, 2007)
  7. The Return (January 18 2007)
  8. The Negotiation (April 5, 2007)
  9. The Job (May 17, 2007)
  10. Dunder Mifflin Infinity (October 4, 2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fire Joe Morgan: About Us
  2. ^ Dos Santos, Kristin; Jennifer Godwin (April 29, 2008). Office Scoop on Finale and Spinoff (Yay, Mose!). E! Online - Watch with Kristin. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.

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