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Andrew Nicholls (born July 14, 1957, in Croxley Green, England) is one half of a prolific Hollywood writing team along with Darrell Vickers. Though both their families moved independently from England to the same town in Canada, Nicholls and Vickers didn't meet until junior high in 1969, where they began collaborating almost immediately. The writing duo moved to Los Angeles in 1983 to continue their careers, and are members of WGA, WGC, SOCAN, ACCT, and ATAS.

Career
Nicholls and Vickers began writing music and comedy together while at Ridgeway Junior High School (now École élémentaire Antonine Maillet or Antonine-Maillet Elementary School) in Oshawa, Canada. After high school they wrote for stage, radio, TV, syndicated cartoonists and stand-up comedians.

From 1979 to 1982 they performed in Southern Ontario as Nobby Clegg And The Civilians, after having received airplay at Brampton alternative station CFNY-FM with home-recorded songs. The band found some success with the singles "Essay, My Dad" and "I Wanna Be in Commercials", which were also included in the 1981 compilation Toronto Calling. Nicholls and Vickers later used the band’s name for a character on the Showtime show Rude Awakening (TV series). In that series, the Nobby Clegg character was played by Roger Daltrey, best known as the lead singer of The Who.

From 1986 to 1992 they wrote for The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, earning 4 Emmy nominations, and were the show’s head writers from December, 1989, until Carson’s retirement on May 22, 1992.

In 1997, the pair received a Genie nomination, Best Animated Series, for Ned's Newt (Nelvana). They also received a WGC nomination for the series in 1999. The show was notably voiced by Harland Williams.

The duo were nominated for a Pulcinella Award, Best Animated Episode, at the 2003 Cartoons On The Bay Festival in Positano, Italy, for both The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and The World of Tosh.

Stand-up Comedians

 * George Carlin


 * Garry Shandling


 * Rodney Dangerfield


 * Alan Thicke


 * Joan Rivers


 * The Unknown Comic


 * Mickey Rooney (1984-1994)

Film

 * Noises Off (film) (1992) (Touchstone Pictures) additional material


 * Casper's Scare School (2006) (Cartoon Network (US)) screenplay by

Television

 * We’re Only Joking (1976-78) (CHCH)


 * Golden Horseshoe Theatre (1979-1980) (CHCH)


 * Flappers (1980) (CBC Television)


 * Thicke of the Night (1983) syndicated talk show


 * The Love Boat (1984) (American Broadcasting Company)


 * George Carlin’s Apt. 2-C (1984) (HBO)


 * Danger Bay (1985) (CBC Television, Disney Channel)


 * Check it Out! (Canadian TV series) (1985-1988) (CTV Television Network) syndicated sitcom


 * The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986-1992) (NBC)


 * Doghouse (1990) (YTV (TV channel))


 * Drexell's Class created by (1991-92) (FOX)


 * It Had To Be You (1993) (CBS)


 * The Trouble With Larry created by (1993) (CBS)


 * The George Carlin Show (1994) (FOX)


 * The Parent 'Hood created by (1994) (The WB)


 * Campus Cops (1995) (USA Network)


 * Love And Marriage (1996) (FOX)


 * Pearl (1996) (CBS)


 * The Magic Hour (1997-98) (FOX)


 * Ned's Newt developed by (1997-99) (Teletoon, Fox Kids)


 * You Wish (1998) (ABC)


 * The Smart Guy (1998) (WB)


 * Rude Awakening (1998) (Showtime)


 * Kevin’s Castle created by (2000) (Family Channel Canada)


 * Quads! developed by (2001) (Teletoon (Canadian TV channel), Special Broadcasting Service)


 * John Callahan’s Pelswick developed by (2001) (Nickelodeon TV)


 * The World Of Tosh (2002) (Nick UK)


 * The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002) (Nickelodeon TV)


 * Fairly Odd Parents (2003) (Nickelodeon TV)


 * Black Hole High aka Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2003) (NBC)
 * W.I.T.C.H. (2004) (Jetix, ABC Family)


 * The Office Temps created by (2005) (Global TV)


 * George Of The Jungle (2006) (Cartoon Network (US))


 * Will & Dewitt developed by (2007) (YTV (TV channel), Kids WB)


 * Back To The Barnyard (2007) (Nickelodeon TV)


 * Monster Buster Club (2007) (Toon Disney)


 * Kid vs. Kat series bible (2007) (YTV (TV channel))


 * League Of Super Evil (2008) (YTV (TV channel), BBC)


 * Casper’s Scare School: the series (2008) (TF1, France)

Radio

 * The Alleged Report (1980) syndicated radio comedy


 * The Continuing Adventures Of... Adventureman! created by (1980) (CBC Radio) comedy


 * Great Canadian Characters created by (1981) (CBC Radio)

Other

 * Frank & Ernest (1979-2006) (United Media) syndicated comic strip


 * Fezgod.com :created and ran this online humor site, but have since discontinued it.

Interviews

 * Interview: http://the.toonmaster.googlepages.com/interview_a.nicholls