Adam I. Lapidus is an American television writer, whose credits include Phil of the Future, Full House, Smart Guy, Jessie, Bunk'd, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The Suite Life on Deck and the season four Simpsons episode, "The Front". On the audio commentary, he commented that he uses the "I" when using his full name because he was trying to imitate James L. Brooks, another Simpsons writer whom Lapidus admired.[1]