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On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦

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Jan 14

@_rich_moore

#OnThisDay #OTD #30YearsAgo January 14, 1993, "Marge vs. the Monorail" first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @_rich_moore. Wr: @ConanOBrien. EP: @AlJean & @MikeReissWriter. Guest-starring @TheRealNimoy as himself and Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley. #TheSimpsons

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@_rich_moore @ConanOBrien @AlJean @MikeReissWriter @TheRealNimoy Conan O'Brien (pictured here at the Simpsons writers' offices in 1992) conceived the idea when he saw a billboard in Los Angeles that just had the word "Monorail" on it, with no other details or explanation.

@_rich_moore

@_rich_moore @ConanOBrien @AlJean @MikeReissWriter @TheRealNimoy Writers did not think Leonard Nimoy would accept the role, because William Shatner had previously turned the show down. Instead, @GeorgeTakei was asked to guest star, as he had previously appeared as Akira in the second season episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish".

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On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦

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Jan 14

@tubatron

#OnThisDay #OTD January 14, 1990, "Bart the Genius," the first non-holiday episode of #TheSimpsons, aired on the Fox network. Dir: @tubatron. Wr: @jon_vitti. EP: @canyonjim, @simonsam and Matt Groening.

@tubatron

@tubatron @jon_vitti @canyonjim @simonsam The concept for the episode developed from writer Jon Vitti coming up with a long list of bad things Bart would do for attention imagining the potential consequences. The only idea that developed into an interesting episode concept was Bart's cheating on an IQ test.

@tubatron

@tubatron @jon_vitti @canyonjim @simonsam It was Vitti's first script for a 30-minute television program. Bart's phrase "Eat my shorts" was intended to reflect his adoption of catchphrases he had heard on TV; the creative team had told Vitti that he should not come up with original taglines for the character.

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On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦

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Jan 12

@AlJean

#OnThisDay #OTD January 12, 1997, "The Springfield Files" (S08E10) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Steven Dean Moore. Wr: Reid Harrison. EP: @AlJean & @MikeReissWriter. Guest-starring David Duchovny & @GillianA as Agents Mulder and Scully. #TheSimpsons

@AlJean

@AlJean @MikeReissWriter @GillianA The episode was produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss (pictured here with George Meyer), who had served as showrunners of seasons three and four. They returned to the show to produce this and several other episodes while under contract with The Walt Disney Company. (lol)

@AlJean

@AlJean @MikeReissWriter @GillianA .@themikeayers wrote a great article about "The Springfield Files" for the @WSJ six years ago, including interviews with the crew behind it. wsj.com/articles/BL-SE…

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On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦

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Nov 11, 2021

@DaveMirkin

#OnThisDay #OTD November 11, 1993, "Bart's Inner Child" (S05E07) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Bob Anderson. Wr: George Meyer. EP: @DaveMirkin. Guest-starring @AlbertBrooks as Brad Goodman, James Brown as himself and Phil Hartman as Troy McClure. #TheSimpsons

@DaveMirkin

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks This was Bob Anderson's directorial debut on The Simpsons. He's gone on to direct the most episodes of the Simpsons (62), the most recent of which was "Undercover Burns", the season premiere of Season 32. imdb.com/name/nm0026433/

@DaveMirkin

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks It was Albert Brooks' third appearance on the show. Dave Mirkin describes Brooks as "really weird to direct" because "almost every one of his takes is flawless, but each one has different material. He makes up the stuff as he goes."

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On This Day in Simpsons History 🇺🇦

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Nov 11, 2021

@Donick

#OnThisDay #OTD (one day late) November 9, 1997, "Bart Star" first aired on the Fox network. Wr: @Donick. Dir: @LovesickFool2. EP: @scullymike. Guest-starring @RealJoeNamath as himself, @RoyFirestone as himself and @MikeJudge as Hank Hill. #TheSimpsons

@Donick

@Donick @LovesickFool2 @scullymike @RealJoeNamath @RoyFirestone @MikeJudge The episode was written by Donick Cary, who obtained inspiration from an experience in high school he had with a football coach who had a son on the team. Similarly, show runner Mike Scully had been on a soccer team whose coach would give his son special treatment.

@Donick

@Donick @LovesickFool2 @scullymike @RealJoeNamath @RoyFirestone @MikeJudge George Meyer obtained inspiration for the scene toward the beginning of the episode where Rainier Wolfcastle is taunting the children from an experience he had with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was following Schwarzenegger during a hike, and overheard him taunting his children.

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Nov 11, 2021

@markk1914

#OnThisDay #OTD November 10, 1996, "The Homer They Fall" (S08E03) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @markk1914. Wr: @collierjonathan. EP: @thatbilloakley & @Joshstrangehill. Guest-starring Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet and @MichaelBuffer as himself. #TheSimpsons

@markk1914

@markk1914 @collierjonathan @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @michaelbuffer Writer Jonathan Collier is a huge boxing fan. Knowing that the people on the internet would "give them grief", the writers went to a lot of effort to explain how Homer would be able to challenge for the Heavyweight Title.

@JJSwartzwelder

A lot of the scenes involving Homer fighting hobos were pitched by @JJSwartzwelder. The montage of Homer fighting various hobos was based on a similar montage in Raging Bull.