While the episode's premise is based on an occurrence in Long's childhood, the setpiece came from staff writer Matt Selman.

" I pitched setpiece to Tim when we were pitching around ideas ", Selman said in the episode's DVD commentary.

In the episode's setpiece, the Simpsons visit a circus called Cirque du Puree.

At one point in the episode's setpiece, an arranged gunfight is seen.

She also praised the episode's setpiece, which she described as " particularly good ", even though she found it to be " super-random ".

In the episode's setpiece, the Simpsons visit a hardware store.

In the episode's setpiece, Homer and Bart participate in a gross out contest, while Marge and Lisa are in the audience.

" Although he praised the episode's setpiece, Nate Boss of Project-Blu gave the episode an overall negative review, writing: " With a hilarious take on movie theaters to start the episode, the duldrum of the rest can be forgiven ... almost.

ITV was accused of engineering this in order to damage the final episode's expected high ratings, but was later cleared by the Independent Television Commission.

Nimoy explained this to the episode's director and, according to Nimoy, the director had no idea what he was talking about.

Mark Wilson was on hand again as the episode's " magic consultant " as well.

Bob's design was updated for " Krusty Gets Busted "; as the episode's animation style evolved, director Brad Bird made the character of Sideshow Bob sleeker and more refined, to fit Grammer's voice technique.

Howerd was central to most of the gags and he started each episode with a prologue — a " to camera " piece that was seldom concluded and rarely had anything to do with the episode's plot.

The episodes were filmed and then shown to preview audiences, whose laughter was recorded and then mixed into each episode's soundtrack to provide a laugh track and avoid the use of canned laughter.

The visual quality of the second episode's recording was considered so poor ( a fly entered the gap between the camera and monitor at one point ) that the remainder of the series was not recorded.

The episode's conclusion was that the controversy will continue to grow.

The episode's title was borrowed by a song on The Fall's 1992 album Code: Selfish, and a 2004 independent film about a man who tries to escape an office building.

Ronnie later made a guest appearance on the October 18, 1954 episode (" Gracie Gives Wedding in Payment of a Favor ") playing a character named " Jim Goodwin " prior to his debut as a regular, and was formally introduced to the audience at the episode's conclusion.

On 27 September 1950 installment, the audience was treated to a surprise --- Colman himself had written the script, poking a little fun at himself at the finish when he himself gave the episode's credits.

" A writer was then selected to create an outline of the episode's concept – occasionally with some dialogue and jokes – in one day.

According to the episode's podcast on Startrek. com, the dog that portrayed the mirror Porthos was known on set as an even bigger " baby " than the dogs which have played the regular Porthos.

As originally broadcast, the episodes opened with animated matchstick figures of Arnaz and Ball making reference to whoever the particular episode's sponsor was.

Grimley's fellow cartoon characters included Grimley's landlord Leo Freebus ( voiced by Jonathan Winters ), Leo's wife Deidre ( Andrea Martin ), his ditzy, amateur actress neighbor Ms. Malone ( voiced by Catherine O ' Hara ; a female character by the name of Ms. Malone did appear on an SNL version of an Ed Grimley sketch on the season ten episode hosted by Alex Karras, but Ms. Malone was played by that episode's musical guest Tina Turner ), and her little brother, Wendell.

This episode's credits featured Kapture but not Estes, for the only time in the series ; and also Kokotakis, along with Tyler Layton, who was introduced in the episode as detective Holly Rawlins.

The song " Belly of the Beast " by Anthrax was itself based on the episode's story.

Logan St. Clair was created to be a recurring character, which is evident in the episode's dialogue, but only appeared once.

In " Metamorphosis ", Cochrane was played by Glenn Corbett, who was 37 at the time of that episode's airing.

The episode's debut on the DVD format was as a part of The Simpsons season one DVD set, which was released on September 25, 2001.

Although written by Mike Scully, the episode's original concept was pitched by Conan O ' Brien before he left the show.

The plot idea for the episode was pitched by Jean, who wanted to expand on Lisa's personality, even though some of the Simpsons writers were concerned over the episode's originality.

The episode's main plot, in which Lisa becomes a Buddhist, was pitched by Jean, who wanted to expand Lisa's personality.

When he pitched the plot idea to the Simpsons writing staff, they became concerned about the episode's originality.

The episode's title " The Joy of Sect " was pitched by Richdale.

Although the episode's first draft was written by Frink and Payne, the idea for the episode was pitched by staff writer Matt Selman.

The main storyline was pitched by former staff writer Ron Hauge, while Richard Appel, who also was a staff writer, had pitched the episode's subplot for a long time.

Richard Appel ( pictured ) pitched the episode's B-story.

" Homer Simpson in: ' Kidney Trouble '" was directed by Mike B. Anderson and written by John Swartzwelder, although the episode's premise was pitched by former staff writer George Meyer.

The episode's storyline was pitched by Simpsons writer Matt Selman.

The idea to include the band in the episode was pitched during the episode's production.

Meyer, who pitched the episode's premise, was a fan of the band, but Jean did not know much of them before they appeared in the episode ; " I've never seen one of their concerts, so I'm not the most familiar ", he said.

The idea for the episode was pitched by Greaney, who also wrote the episode's first draft.

The episode's title was pitched by fellow Simpsons writer Ron Hauge, who based it on the popular t-shirt slogan I'm with stupid.

Although the episode's first draft was written by Selman, the idea for the episode was pitched by former staff writer George Meyer.

" The episode's plot was also pitched by Selman, who had wanted to do an episode with a " jaws-wired-shut plot " for a while.

The screamapillar was conceived by the episode's writer, who pitched it to the other staff writers.

The episode's main plot was pitched by Vitti, who suggested an episode in which Lisa meets girls who thought she was a college student.