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In her book Stephen Hawking: a biography, Kristen Larsen wrote that Hawking almost missed his recording session, as his wheelchair broke down two days before his flight to Los Angeles, where the recording took place.

In order to make the necessary repairs, Hawking's graduate assistant Chris Burgoyne, aided by a technician, worked a 36 hour shift.

Hawking was 40 minutes late when he arrived in Los Angeles.

When he met the Simpsons staff, he apologized, saying " Sorry for being late.

" According to Selman, Hawking was very humble regarding the episode's jokes about him, and stated that he " took a lot of shots " at himself.

The only note that Hawking gave regarding the script was that he did not want to be portrayed as drunk in the episode's last scene, in which he is discussing astronomy with Homer in Moe's tavern.