Hollywood Players on ‘Friends’ Amicus Brief
| A list of those who signed on to the brief | |
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| Name | Production |
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| Sybil Adelman | Northern Exposure, Anything But Love, Growing Pains, Kate & Allie |
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| Kate Angelo | Will& Grace, The Bernie Mac Show, Becker |
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| John Auerbach | Monsters,Stepfather 2 |
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| Ron Bass | RainMan, My Best Friend's Wedding, How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
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| John Beck | Accordingto Jim, The Hughleys |
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| Steven Bochco | NYPDBlue, LA Law, Hill Street Blues, Philly |
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| John Bowman | Cedricthe Entertainer, Murphy Brown, In Living Color |
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| YvetteLee Bowser | Half& Half, Living Single, It's a Different World |
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| Sally Bradford | Will& Grace |
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| Pam Brady | SouthPark, Team America: World Police, Just Shoot Me |
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| John Brancato | Terminator3, The Net, Married with Children |
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| Adam Brooks | BridgetJones: Edge of Reason, Wimbledon, Beloved |
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| James L. Brooks | Spanglish,Terms of Endearment, The Simpsons, As Good As It Gets |
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| J.Stewart Burns | TheSimpsons, Futurama, Unhappily Ever After |
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| James Burroughs | Will& Grace, Cheers, Friends |
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| Jason Cahill | TheSopranos, ER, NYPD Blue |
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| FrankKell Cahoon | Kingof the Hill, News Radio, The Larry Sanders Show |
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| Larry Charles | Seinfeld,Mad About You, Entourage |
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| Joel Cohen | TheSimpsons, Suddenly Susan |
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| Jon Collier | Kingof the Hill, As If, Top of the Heap |
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| Kevin Curran | TheSimpsons, Married with Children, Late Night with David Letterman |
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| Carlton Cuse | NashBridges, Martial Law, Black Sash |
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| Larry David | CurbYour Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live |
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| Elias Davis | Frasier,Cheers, Growing Pains, M*A*S*H |
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| Nastaran Dibai | Accordingto Jim, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Nanny |
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| Marc Dube | CSI:Miami, CSI, Invisible Man |
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| Ted Elliot | Shrek,Pirates of the Caribbean, The Mask of Zorro |
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| Diane English | MurphyBrown, Love and War, My Sister Sam |
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| Mike Ferris | Terminator3, The Net, Married with Children |
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| Greg Fitzsimmons | TheEllen DeGeneres Show, Cedric the Entertainer |
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| TerryCurtis Fox | J.A.G.,Hill Street Blues, New York Undercover |
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| John Furia,Jr. | Hotel,The Waltons, Hawaii 5-0, Bonanza |
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| Shannon Gaughan | FamilyTies, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Love and War |
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| Will Gluck | GrossePoint, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, The Single Guy |
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| GaryDavid Goldberg | FamilyTies, Spin City, M*A*S*H, The Bob Newhart Show |
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| Carl Gottlieb | TheJerk, Jaws, Dr. Detroit, The Bob Newhart Show |
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| Jeff Greenstein | Friends,Will & Grace, Dream On |
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| Rick Groel | 100Deeds for Eddie McDowd, Romeo, Neds Declassified School |
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| Ellen Gylas | SisterSister, Who's the Boss, Newhart, Three's Company |
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| Karen Hall | JudgingAmy, Moonlighting, Hill Street Blues |
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| Charlie Hauck | Frasier,Home Improvement, Maude |
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| Alex Herschlag | Will& Grace, Ellen |
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| Jeffrey Hodes | Accordingto Jim, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Nanny |
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| David Isaacs | Frasier,Cheers, M*A*S*H |
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| Gary | Will& Grace, Family Guy, The Naked Truth |
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| Al Jean | TheSimpsons, Not Necessarily the News, Head of the Class |
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| Chip Johannessen | TheX-Files, Dark Angel, Millennium |
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| Irma Kalish | TheFacts of Life, Too Close for Comfort, Good Times, All in the Family |
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| Kourtney Kang | TheMens Room |
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| Nicholas Kazan | Reversalof Fortune, At Close Range, Frances |
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| Barry Kemp | Coach,Newhart, Taxi |
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| Laura Kightlinger | Will& Grace, Dennis Miller Live, Saturday Night Live |
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| Robert King | VerticalLimit, Red Corner, Speechless |
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| John Kinnally | Will& Grace |
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| David Koepp | Spider-Man,Mission Impossible |
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| Dale Launer | MyCousin Vinny, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ruthless People |
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| Bill Lawrence | Scrubs,Spin City, Friends |
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| Norman Lear | All inthe Family, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times |
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| Peter Lefcourt | KarenSisco, Beggers and Choosers, Cagney & Lacey |
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| Gail Lerner | Will& Grace, Inside Schwartz |
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| Ken Levine | Frasier,Cheers, M*A*S*H, Volunteers |
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| Tim Long | TheSimpsons, Late Night with David Letterman |
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| Don Mankiewicz | MacGyver, McMillan and Wife, Star Trek |
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| Myles Mapp | TheHughleys, Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
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| Jhoni Marchinko | Will& Grace, Murphy Brown |
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| Jeff Martin | TheDavid Letterman Show, Maybe It's Me, Men Behaving Badly |
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| Craig Mazin | ScaryMovie 3, Senseless, Rocketman |
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| Jeff Melvoin | Alias,Northern Exposure, Hill Street Blues |
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| Carol Mendelsohn | |
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| Aaron Mendelsohn | AirBud, A Change of Seasons, Kindred the Embraced |
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| George Meyer | TheSimpsons, Saturday Night Live, Not Necessarily the News |
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| Joan Meyerson | ZooLife with Jack Hanna, The Explorers, The Hunt for Amazing Treasure |
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| David Milch | Deadwood,NYPD Blue, Murder One, Hill Street Blues |
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| Miles Millar | Smallville,Showtime, Lethal Weapon 4 |
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| Jay Moriarty | TheJeffersons, All in the Family, What's Happening Now |
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| Bob Nickman | Accordingto Jim, Roseanne, The Drew Carey Show |
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| Peter Noah | TheWest Wing, Cheers, Amen |
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| Bill Odenkirk | TheSimpsons, Futurama, Mr. Show with Bob and David |
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| Lawrence O'Donnell | The WestWing, Mister Sterling, First Monday |
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| Tim O'Donnell | GrowingPains, Clueless, Diff'rent Strokes, Gloria |
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| Carolyn Omine | TheSimpsons, Full House, The Parent Hood |
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| Daniel Palladino | GilmoreGirls, Roseanne, Who's the Boss |
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| J.Stanford Parker | TheHughleys, Married with Children, 227 |
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| Don Payne | TheSimpsons, Veronica's Closet, Men Behaving Badly |
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| Daniel Petrie,Jr. | BeverlyHills Cop, The Big Easy, Turner & Hooch, Toy Soldiers |
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| David Pollock | Frasier,Growing Pains, M*A*S*H, Carol Burnett Show, All in the Family |
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| Elaine Pope | Seinfeld,Murphy Brown, Alfie |
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| Tracy Poust | Will& Grace |
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| Michael Price | TheSimpsons, The PJs, What About Joan |
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| Max Pross | Seinfeld,The Wonder Years, The David Letterman Show |
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| Matt Pyken | LasVegas, Queer as Folk, John Doe |
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| Tad Quill | Scrubs,Spin City, Good Morning Miami |
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| Mike Reiss | TheTonight Show, Garry Shandling's Show, Not Necessarily the News |
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| Adam Rodman | Fame,Rescuers, Serpent and the Rainbow |
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| Howard Rodman | JoeGould's Secret, Takedown, The Hunger, Fallen Angels |
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| Fred Rubin | FamilyMatters, Webster, Diff'rent Strokes |
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| Diane Ruggiero | VeronicaMars, That's Life |
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| Jeff Schaffer | Seinfeld,Eurotrip, Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat |
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| James Schamus | TheHulk, Tortilla Soup, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon |
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| Stephen Schiff | TrueCrime, Deep End of the Ocean, Lolita |
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| Tom Schulman | WhatAbout Bob?, Dead Poets Society, Honey I Shrunk the Kids |
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| Lisa Seidman | Dallas,Knots Landing, Days of our Lives |
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| Matt Selman | TheSimpsons |
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| David Seltzer | TheOmen, Dragonfly, Punchline, Lucas |
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| Tom Shadyac | AceVentura, The Nutty Professor |
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| Ed Solomon | Men inBlack, Charlie's Angels, Garry Shandling Show, Laverne & Shirley |
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| Jonathan Stark | Cheers,According to Jim, Ellen |
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| Mark Stegemann | Scrubs,Spin City, Friends |
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| Doug Steinberg | BostonPublic, Moonlighting, St. Elsewhere |
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| Gardner Stern | Law& Order, The Practice, NYPD Blue |
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| Matt Stone | SouthPark, Team America: World Police, Baseketball |
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| Kathy Stumpe | EverybodyLoves Raymond, Cheers, 8 Simple Rules |
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| Rob Thomas | Dawson'sCreek, Veronica Mars, Cupid |
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| Scott Thompson | Cedricthe Entertainer, The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour |
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| Mike Tollin | CoachCarter, Radio, Smallville, One Tree Hill |
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| Patric Verrone | Futurama,The Tonight Show, Muppets Tonight |
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| David Walpert | Will& Grace, Just Shoot Me, Ellen |
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| Sonja Warfield | Will& Grace |
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| David Weiss | Are WeThere Yet?, Shrek 2, Cybill |
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| John Wells | TheWest Wing, ER, The Third Watch, China Beach |
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| Mike White | TheGood Girl, The School of Rock, Freaks and Geeks |
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| Matthew Wickline | Cedricthe Entertainer, The Hughleys, In Living Coloar |
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| Larry Wilmore | TheBernie Mac Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, In Living Color |
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| Terence Winter | TheSopranos |
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| Bill Wrubel | Will& Grace, A Guy Thing, Sports Night |
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| Elisa Zuritsky | Sexand the City |
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