Richard Dale Pursel (born September 17, 1964)[1] is an American television writer, screenwriter and storyboard artist.
Pursel did odd jobs in his twenties, such as being a production assistant in music videos, fetching items for Prince, supervising staff at a school for the blind and farming in Israel.
[2] Pursel first entered the animation industry by being recommended by future co-worker Eddie Fitzgerald to work on Tiny Toon Adventures at Warner Bros.
He refused to join Games Animation in support of Kricfalusi (and his job not being impacted by the harsh working conditions in the studio), where Bob Camp and a group of alumni had migrated to continue production of the series.
Pursel returned to Spümcø to write episodes for The Ripping Friends and Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" for Spike TV in 2003, calling the latter experience to be the worst work experience in his career due to his deteriorating relations with Kricfalusi; Kricfalusi would not talk to him and constantly added unnecessary shock value into his outlines, ruining the stories as Games had done.