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“I went into college knowing Latin and calculus. After four years, I'd forgotten them both. Blame the apple bong for that.”
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
“Our team of Korean animators hand-draws twenty-four thousand cels to make one episode of The Simpsons; these days, color is added by computer, but for the first decade of the show, each cel had to be hand-painted.”
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
“God always listens to my prayers, then does the exact opposite.”
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
“I don't feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”
― Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
― Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
“This was the tedious process by which I found great writers, like Greg Daniels (creator of The Office) and Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, who three years later had my job running the show. In both cases, they had written pitch-perfect Seinfeld scripts. Greg’s was set entirely in a single parking space and was so good that Seinfeld actually produced it. Bill and Josh’s script had George Costanza accidentally swallowing a jagged piece of glass at a party; all the guests stay for hours, waiting to see if George “passes” the glass safely. It was cringe comedy at its very best.”
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
― Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
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