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| name = Bill Prady | image = BillPrady1.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = William Scott Prady | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|6|7}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan[1] | othername = | occupation = Writer, television producer | years_active = 1984–present | website = }} William Scott Prady[2] (born June 7, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who has worked on American sitcoms and variety programs, including Married... with Children, Dream On, Voyager, Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half Men and Gilmore Girls and is the co-creator of The Big Bang Theory and The Muppets. BiographyBorn to a Jewish family,[3] Prady graduated from Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.[4] He began his writing career at Jim Henson's Muppets. Joining Jim Henson Productions (then Henson Associates) as a production assistant on a TV special about the world of technology, Prady stayed and worked in the merchandising department. With the encouragement of Jim Henson, Prady began writing working on projects from the 3-D movie to The Jim Henson Hour.[5] During his tenure at The Muppets, he was visually caricatured as the puppet "Chip" (The Jim Henson Hour). In 1991, Prady was nominated for an Emmy award for co-writing the posthumous tribute to Jim Henson entitled "The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson". He wrote the Disney theme park attractions Muppet*Vision 3D and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. On April 3, 2015, he co-wrote and sold a new version of Muppet Show with the working title The Muppets to ABC with Bob Kushell, who also served as show runner.[6] Beginning in 2007, he has been executive producer and co-creator with Chuck Lorre of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. EducatorAs of fall, 2012, Prady is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.[7] He is also a Trustee of the Humanitas "New Voices" program.[8] Personal lifeIn 2003, he was one of 135 candidates who ran for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election, receiving 474 votes.[9] Prady was a Z80 programmer at The Small Computer Company.[10] In 2010, Prady was given honorary membership in the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science.[11] In 2013, Prady was awarded NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.[12] In 2015, asteroid 8630 (1981 EY35) was designated 8630 Billprady in his honor.[13] Selected credits
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References1. ^{{cite tweet|user=billprady|author=Bill Prady|number=482529741690642432|date=27 June 2014|title=Oh, and I was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Southfield, Michigan. Anything else?}} 2. ^{{cite tweet|user=billprady|author=Bill Prady|number=482528876330237952|date=27 June 2014|title=Re: request to solve a Wikipedia problem: My full name is William Scott Prady, and my date of birth is 6/7/60.}} 3. ^[https://www.jweekly.com/2013/03/08/big-bang-stars-religious-balancing-act-in-hollywood/ Jewish news of Northern California: "Big Bang stars religious balancing act in Hollywood" By Dan Pine] March 8, 2013 4. ^{{cite web |title=Bill Prady |work=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Bill-Prady/175110919698}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/the-muppets-everything-we-know-so-far.html|work=Vulture|title=Everything We Know So Far about the Muppets|last=Adalian|first=Josef |date=May 12, 2015 |accessdate=May 12, 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title='Muppets' Revived at ABC With 'Big Bang Theory' Co-Creator|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/muppets-revived-at-abc-big-786193|accessdate=April 3, 2015|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 9, 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Attending my first #USC Trojans football... |work=Twitter |date=September 1, 2012 | url =https://twitter.com/billprady/status/241940800345358336}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://humanitasprize.info/welcome/?page_id=938 |title=Our Board of Trustees: Bill Prady |work=The Humanitas Prize |year=2015 |accessdate=August 16, 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2003-special/sov-complete.pdf |title=Special Election - Statement of the Vote |date=2003}} 10. ^{{cite tweet|user=billprady|author=Bill Prady|number=16889980811|date=24 June 2010|title=For the record, I personally am a big iPhone fan even though I tend to be a PC guy (but that's 'cause I'm an old Z80 programmer).}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-royal-canadian-institute-for-the-advancement-of-science-bestows-honorary-memberships-to-the-big-bang-theory-creators-chuck-lorre-and-bill-prady-104488129.html |title= The Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science Bestows Honorary Memberships to The Big Bang Theory Creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady |work=prnewswire.com |date=October 7, 2010 |accessdate=August 16, 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/2013_Agency_Honor_Awards_Brochure.pdf?rhid=1000&did=1626944&type=released |title=2013 Agency Honor Awards |page=38 |work=NASA |year=2013 |accessdate=August 16, 2015}} 13. ^{{cite tweet|user=RonBaalke|author=Ron Baalke|number=639137583566483457|date=2 September 2015|title=Asteroid 8630 has been named in honor of @billprady, executive producer of @BigBang_CBS Congratulations Bill!}} External links
11 : 1960 births|American television producers|American Jews|American television writers|Male television writers|Cranbrook Educational Community alumni|Living people|People from Southfield, Michigan|Wayne State University alumni|Showrunners|Screenwriters from Michigan |
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