Brooks, who is also executive producer of The Simpsons, had cast Smith in his 1994 film I'll Do Anything ( in one of the film's musical numbers ) but her part was cut.

In a 2007 interview, Simpsons executive producer Al Jean listed Grammer as one of his favorite guest stars ( second only to Phil Hartman ), saying " his voice is so rich.

Mirkin left The Edge during its run and became the executive producer and showrunner of The Simpsons for its fifth and sixth seasons.

Mirkin was the executive producer and showrunner for the animated sitcom The Simpsons, during its fifth and sixth seasons ( 1993 – 1995 ).

* Bill Oakley, former co-executive producer and head writer for The Simpsons and Mission Hill

* Michael Price, a WGA Award and Emmy Award winning American writer and producer best known for his work on The Simpsons.

Simpsons executive producer Mike Scully said, " It just seemed like the right thing to do.

The idea for it was suggested by The Simpsons producer James L. Brooks, who wanted to do an episode where Lisa was sad but she did not know why.

In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a writer and producer for The Simpsons, to assist in developing the show.

* Daniel Chun, writer, co-executive producer of The Simpsons

" Sharon Bernstein of The Los Angeles Times wrote that " Gracie executives had been unhappy with the producer Csupo had assigned to The Simpsons and said the company also hoped to obtain better wages and working conditions for animators at Film Roman.

* Bill Oakley, former executive producer of The Simpsons

* Josh Weinstein, former executive producer of The Simpsons

Notable alumni of the newspaper include ABC News political director Hal Bruno, Rape of Nanking author Iris Chang, Simpsons producer / writer Larry Doyle, film critic Roger Ebert, novelist Dave Eggers, folk singer Dan Fogelberg, High Times editor Steven Hager, Playboy founder / CEO Hugh Hefner, attorney Albert E. Jenner, Jr., columnist Robert Novak, Coast to Coast Live radio host Ian Punnett, advice columnist Dan Savage, film critic Gene Shalit, and several Pulitzer Prize winners.

In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a Simpsons writer and producer, to assist in developing the series ; the two then spent time researching science fiction books, television shows, and films of the past.

Josh Weinstein ( born May 5, 1966 ) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons.

" On the audio commentary for the episode, executive producer Al Jean said the line was " probably " written by The Simpsons staff writer Ken Keeler.

In addition to Adams, the magazine has a number of prominent alumni, including cartoonist Chris Onstad, creator of the webcomic Achewood, The Simpsons Executive Producer Josh Weinstein, National Medal of Science recipient Bradley Efron, novelist Trey Ellis, Bruce Handy, Editor of Vanity Fair and Spy Magazine, Goodwin Knight, Governor of the State of California, comedian Doodles Weaver, legendary Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, Disney writer / director / producer James Algar, and actor Frank Cady ( Sam Drucker on Green Acres ).

Tim Ramage, the associate producer of the game's publisher, Vivendi Universal Games, considered it a blessing to have the opportunity of working with the Simpsons cast, along with the writers, who Ramage called " the best there is ".

* Interview with The Simpsons producer Al Jean.

He has written for The Simpsons and he is the head writer and executive producer of Futurama.

" Excellence in Broadcasting " was broadcast on October 3, 2010, as a part of an animated television night on Fox, and was preceded by The Simpsons, and Family Guy creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane's spin-off, The Cleveland Show, and followed by the 100th episode of American Dad !.

From 1984 until 1991, Tilly was married to Sam Simon, developer and producer of The Simpsons.

When Fox moved The Simpsons to prime time on Thursdays against NBC's top-rated The Cosby Show, the writing staff decided to make Hibbert a parody of Bill Cosby's character Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

" was drawn and signed by Bill Morrison, the illustrator of the Simpsons comic books, to raise funds for Norman's medical fund.

Hank Hill on The Simpsons with his family, and Dale, Bill and Boomhauer appear, sitting at the top of the bleachers.

Maxtone-Graham had previously worked with showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein on a game show and the two had wanted to hire him as a writer on The Simpsons.

The Simpsons and Futurama had two crossover mini-series in which the Futurama characters become trapped in a Simpson comic book and then upon escaping cause characters from The Simpsons, as well as many other literary characters, to be brought into the Futurama universe, this being the only way, according to editor Bill Morrison, " in which fictional characters ( could ) interact with " real " ones.

The show was created by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, former executive producers of The Simpsons, and the artistic designer was Lauren MacMullan.

Bill Plympton animated the opening couch gag for the 2012 Simpsons episode " Beware My Cheating Bart.

The Simpsons are taken to the " Ronald Reagan Re-education Center ", which houses Michael Moore, the Dixie Chicks, Elmo ( who accidentally went to the wrong German fundraiser in Auckland, New Zealand ), Al Franken, and Bill Clinton, as well as a man who moans " My only crime was driving a van full of explosives in from Canada !".

" She of Little Faith " was directed by Steven Dean Moore and was the only episode Bill Freiberger wrote for The Simpsons.

Bongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening.

" Homer's Enemy " is considered to be one of the darkest episodes of The Simpsons and is a favorite of several members of the production staff — including Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, and Matt Groening — and of The Office creator Ricky Gervais.

Bill Oakley, the show runner of The Simpsons at the time, said that road trips were something that the writers liked to write stories about.

The show runner of The Simpsons at the time, Bill Oakley, thinks this is one of the most " beautifully " directed episodes of the show.

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Bill Oakley ( born February 27, 1966 ) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons.

When the Fox network moved The Simpsons to prime time on Thursdays to compete against the National Broadcasting Company's ( NBC ) top-rated The Cosby Show, the writing staff instead decided to make Hibbert a parody of Bill Cosby's character Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

Bill Oakley, the show runner of The Simpsons at the time, praised the episode for having a " terrific " story that " really comes together well ".

This sequence involving Bill Cosby's over-exaggerated mannerisms from this and other episodes on The Simpsons ( as well as the Family Guy episode " Brian Does Hollywood ") became an internet meme when many parodies on these particular segments became internet memes in their own right, especially on YouTube and YTMND.

Although the majority of the season eight episodes were executive produced by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, former executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss had signed a deal with Disney that allowed them to produce four episodes of The Simpsons.

The storyline was based on former Simpsons showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, who also used to pick up listen to other people's phone calls through airwave signals.