In 2365, Data attempted to locate a comedian to help him better understand the concept of "what is funny?". Hurley was among the holodeck program files that were contained aboard the USS Enterprise-D. The program list code for this comedian was HB-34233. (TNG: "The Outrageous Okona" , okudagram) This character was only mentioned in writing. This character was named after producer Maurice Hurley. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion) In the remastered version of the episode, Maurice Hurley was replaced by Ryan Adams.