Background
Maxtone-Graham was born in New York City, the son of maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham.
Maxtone-Graham was born in New York City, the son of maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham.
He attended Trinity School and Brown University.
He has written for (1992–1995) and (1995–2015), and has also served as a co-executive producer and consulting producer for He is the great-nephew of January Struther, the writer of Mrs Miniver. An enthusiastic swimmer, his first job after college was as a diver with an underwater research team After struggling to establish a career in journalism, he penned material for the television show Not Necessarily the News and the magazines National Lampoon and Army Manitoba
While working for, Maxtone-Graham co-wrote "The Chanukah Song" with Adam Sandler and, according to the Digital Video Disc commentary for the SNL clip show "The Best of Alec Baldwin, also wrote the infamous "Canteen Boy" sketch in which Canteen Boy is sexually molested by his scoutmaster, Mr.
Armstrong (played by episode host Alec Baldwin). According to the memoir of Jay Mohr, Ian Maxtone-Graham threatened to quit and sue the show during the 1993-1994 season after an altercation with Norm Macdonald.
The lawsuit never came to fruition. During all-night writing sessions, Sarah Silverman often stole underwear and socks from a cache of fresh clothes Maxtone-Graham kept in his office, and wore them in lieu of her own clothes.
Maxtone-Graham has become somewhat infamous among fans for a 1998 interview with The Independent, in which he admitted that he had "barely" seen before being hired, and ridiculed "the beetle-browed people on the internet" for their criticism of the show.
One of the episodes written by Maxtone-Graham is, in which Homer grows a tomato-tobacco hybrid called "tomacco". The episode inspired an Oregon man to make his own version of tomacco by grafting a tomato stem with a tobacco root. He eventually gave some to Maxtone-Graham, who ate lieutenant
At 6"8" (203m), Maxtone-Graham inspired a character on: "Very Tall Manitoba", who first appeared in "22 Short Films About Springfield".
Writing credits.
Although he upset many fans with his comments, Maxtone-Graham has won six Emmys for his work on, and received an Annie Award for writing "The Seemingly Neverending Story". "Trash of the Titans" (200th episode, won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Foreign Programming less than One Hour) "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" (won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Foreign Programming less than One Hour and Annie Award for "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production") "Gone Maggie Gone" (with Billy Kimball, nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Foreign Programming less than One Hour).
