"Richard James Appel"@en . "1963Z"^^ . "1994Z"^^ . . "Rich Appel"@en . . . "Appel, Richard"@en . . "American writer and producer" . . "Richard James \"Rich\" Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an Executive Producer and co-showrunner of \"Family Guy\" on Fox. Growing up in Wilmette, Illinois, Appel developed a love of comedy and dreamt of a career as a comedy writer; he attended Harvard University and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. Following in his mother's footsteps Appel instead became a lawyer."@en . "1963-05-21Z"^^ . "Appel, Rich"@en . .