@JJSwartzwelder@thatbilloakley@Joshstrangehill@TheDaveThomas@JoeMantegna The line "To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems," was originally the act break line at the end of act two, but was moved to the very end of the episode. (And qualifying it as the greatest final line of any episode in history.)
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It looks like this Sunday - for the first time in the show's history - @AlbertBrooks is reprising one of his Simpsons characters: Jacques. For those keeping score, Brooks has guest-starred as a different character in 9 different episodes as well as the movie. #TheSimpsons
@AlbertBrooks Brooks almost reprised fan-favorite Hank Scorpio for The Simpsons Movie, but the staff dropped the idea of using Scorpio and created the original character of Russ Cargill instead.
@AlbertBrooks Interestingly, this Saturday, March 18, will be the 33rd anniversary of Jacques' episode "Life on the Fast Lane." (Thread to come then, of course.)
@Donick@scullymike@jayleno@StevenWright@HankJr Mike Scully said that the writers had difficulty getting Krusty's offensive bad jokes through the network censors. The stereotypical jokes were allowed because the writers convinced them that viewers would understand it was simply emphasizing Krusty's dated comedic material.
@Donick@scullymike@jayleno@StevenWright@HankJr The Canyonero sequence, sung by Hank Williams, Jr., was originally planned to be displayed during the closing credits. The production team liked the scene so much that they did not want it to be obscured by the credits and gave it its own segment at the end of the episode.
#OnThisDay#OTD February 21, 1999, "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" (S10E15) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @markk1914. Wr: David M. Stern. EP: @scullymike. Guest-starring Hank Williams Jr. as the Canyonero singer and @JohnKassir as Possum. #TheSimpsons
@markk1914@scullymike@JohnKassir The road rage film which Chief Wiggum shows during the road rage class was originally titled "Screaming Yellow Honkers". The road rage film was originally to have been presented, of course, by Troy McClure, but voice actor Phil Hartman died the previous year.
@markk1914@scullymike@JohnKassir The group of people running out of the zoo, before Homer, Bart, and Lisa, are caricatures of showrunner Mike Scully, his wife @ScullyThacker, and his children. They are also seen running behind Kent Brockman's news report later in the episode.
@Interbang1Jeff@canyonjim@simonsam@DannyDeVito Danny DeVito was suggested for the role by Simpsons executive producer Sam Simon. DeVito had to record his lines quickly because he had another appointment, so the staff focused on recording only his scenes while he was there.
@Interbang1Jeff@canyonjim@simonsam@DannyDeVito .@nancycartwright thought DeVito "threw his body and soul" into his performance. While the recording took part, animation director Wes Archer scribbled down some of DeVito's attitudes, gestures, and facial expressions on a piece of paper as he performed.
@thatbilloakley@Joshstrangehill The episode features the first appearance of Disco Stu. Originally designed as a withered, old, John Travolta-esque figure, he was to be voiced by Phil Hartman. However, when the animators remodeled him, Hartman was not available so @HankAzaria took over the role.
@thatbilloakley@Joshstrangehill@HankAzaria President Bush had appeared in cameos a few times before "Two Bad Neighbors," including "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington," "Mr. Plow" and "Rosebud".