The eighth season of the American comedy television series "Scrubs" premiered on ABC on January 6, 2009 and concluded on May 6, 2009 and consists of 19 episodes.
 The eighth season was the first to be shown on ABC after NBC dropped the series, ending its seven-year run on the network.
 ABC's pick-up of the show was followed by it commissioning nineteen episodes, which included an hour-long finale.
 For all of the season's run, it was expected that the eighth season would be the last, especially after the show's creator Bill Lawrence announced it.
 After rumors surfaced of a ninth season, it was understood that the eighth would be the last to star Zach Braff and much of the main cast.
 However, the show was later re-commissioned for another season, in which Braff and other cast members appeared for multiple episodes.
 The eighth season was the first to air in high definition.
Kelly Makin is a Canadian television and film director.
 He directed episodes of "The Kids in the Hall" comedy television series and also directed several episodes of "Queer as Folk" including that series' last episode.
 More recently, Makin has directed episodes of "Flashpoint", "Less Than Kind" and "Death Comes to Town".
 He also directed two episodes of "Being Erica".
"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" is the fourteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series "The Simpsons".
 It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 9, 1997.
 In the episode, "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" attempts to regain viewers by introducing a new character named Poochie, whose voice is provided by Homer.
 The episode is largely self-referential and satirizes the world of television production, fans of "The Simpsons", and the series itself.
 It was written by David X. Cohen and directed by Steven Dean Moore.
 Alex Rocco is a credited guest voice as Roger Meyers, Jr. for the third and final time (having previously provided the character's voice in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" and "The Day the Violence Died"); Phil Hartman also guest stars as Troy McClure.
 Poochie would become a minor recurring character and Comic Book Guy's catchphrase, "Worst episode ever", is introduced in this episode.
 With "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", the show's 167th episode, "The Simpsons" surpassed "The Flintstones" in the number of episodes produced for a prime-time animated series.
Brent Forrester (born May 12, 1967) is an American writer and producer, who wrote several episodes of the animated television sitcom "The Simpsons" between 1993 and 1997.
 He has also worked as an executive producer on "King of the Hill", and a writer on "The Ben Stiller Show", "Mr. Show with Bob and David", "Undeclared", and "The Office".
 Forrester has also written feature films.
"Bart to the Future" is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom "The Simpsons".
 It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2000.
 In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the Simpsons stop by at an Indian casino.
 There, Bart is prevented from entering because of his age.
 He manages to sneak in but is caught by the guards and sent to the casino manager's office.
 The Native American manager shows Bart a vision of his future as a washed-up, wannabe rock musician living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa has become the President of the United States and tries to get the country out of financial trouble.
 "Bart to the Future" was the second episode of "The Simpsons" after "Lisa's Wedding" to be set in the future.
"Dwight's Speech" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series "The Office", and the show's twenty-third episode overall.
 Written by Paul Lieberstein, and directed by Charles McDougall, the episode first aired in the United States on March 2, 2006 on NBC.
"Job Fair" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series "The Office", and the show's seventieth episode overall.
 Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Tucker Gates, the episode first aired in the United States on May 8, 2008 on NBC.
 The episode featured Trevor Einhorn as a guest star.
"Booze Cruise" is the eleventh episode of the second season of the American comedy television series "The Office", and the show's seventeenth episode overall.
 Written by Greg Daniels and directed by Ken Kwapis, the episode first aired in the United States on January 5, 2006 on NBC.
 The episode featured Rob Riggle and Amy Adams as guest stars.
This is a list of "Treehouse of Horror" episodes produced by the animated television series "The Simpsons".
 "Treehouse of Horror" episodes have aired annually since the second season (1990) and each episode has three separate segments.
 These segments usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting and always take place outside the normal continuity of the show and are therefore considered to be non-canon. "
Treehouse of Horror" episode aired on October 25, 1990 and was inspired by EC Comics Horror tales.
 Before "Treehouse of Horror XI", which aired in 2000, every episode has aired in the week preceding or on October 31; "Treehouse of Horror II" and "Treehouse of Horror X" are the only episodes to air on Halloween.
 Between 2000 and 2011, due to Fox's contract with Major League Baseball's World Series, several episodes have originally aired in November; as of 2011 every "Treehouse of Horror" episode has aired during the month of October.
 From "Treehouse of Horror" to "Treehouse of Horror XIII", all three segments were written by different writers and in some cases there was a fourth writer that wrote the opening and wraparound segments.
 For "Treehouse of Horror", there were even three different directors for the episode.
 Starting with season fifteen's "Treehouse of Horror XIV", only one writer was credited as having written a "Treehouse of Horror" episode, and the trend has continued since.
"Test the Store" is the seventeenth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series "The Office" and the show's 169th episode overall.
 The episode was written by Mindy Kaling, directed by Brent Forrester, and aired on NBC in the United States on March 1, 2012.

Question: Who is an American writer and producer, who wrote several episodes of the animated television sitcom "The Simpsons" between 1993 and 1997 who also directed the seventeenth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series "The Office" ?
Answer: Brent Forrester