Jeffrey Ventimilia is an American television writer. Ventimilia wrote The Simpsons episode "Simpson Tide" (with Joshua Sternin as his co-writer)[1] and the teleplay of the episode "'Round Springfield", based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss.[2] Other credits include Murphy Brown, That '70s Show, and The Critic. In 2002, he and Sternin created a show for Fox called The Grubbs, starring Randy Quaid. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air.[3] He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film Surviving Christmas and the 2010 film Tooth Fairy.[4][5]