 Meyer has been publicly credited with "thoroughly shap [ing] ... the comedic sensibility" of The Simpsons; in 2000, Mike Scully, the show runner for the series at the time, called him "the best comedy writer in Hollywood." Scully said he was "the main reason" why The Simpsons [was] still so good after all these years. "Vitti has said Meyer's" fingerprints are on nearly every script "and he" exerts as much influence on the show as anyone can without being one of the creators, "while recounting how" a show that you have the writer's credit for will run, and the next day people will come up to you and tell you how great it was. Then they 'll mention their two favorite lines, and both of them will be George's. "Bill Oakley noted Meyer has" he's been there since the beginning adding thousands of jokes and plot twists, etc., that everyone considers classic and brilliant.
