"At that time there were only five or six Lampoon people in Hollywood that people had heard of," he says.
The down-and-out Harvard grad was getting a little desperate. Solace came soon, though, in the form of a pubescent four-fingered underachiever.
The pair penned an episode for "The Simpsons," which was then headed by Michael L. Reiss '81 and Alfred E. Jean III '81, both former Lampoon writers.
Four years after graduation, Oakley and Weinstein got their first real job.
"I suspect that [the Harvard connection] helped, but I like to think the quality of our work allowed us to get through the door," Oakley says.
After writing 12 episodes, including the classic "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" cliffhanger, the two were promoted to executive producers.
In 1998, they left to work on their current project, "Mission Hill," an
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