Behind the Scenes of The Simpsons

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 6, 2006 @11:36PM from the can-slashdotters-get-some-seats dept.

Tim writes "The Seattle Times is running a short article about the production process behind 'The Simpsons.' Nothing too elaborate, but there are some interesting pieces of information scattered throughout the piece, including a few jokes from a future episode." From the article: "Invitations to the table read are considered among the hottest tickets in Hollywood, and each visitor has an assigned seat. Celebrities, usually with children in tow, are a fixture. It takes about 40 minutes to run through an episode that will run 22 minutes and 30 seconds (plus commercials) when it airs next season. After the session, there is applause and stretching. Groening and most cast members linger to chat, autograph the scripts and pose for snapshots."

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Re:Pretty good article by garcia · 2006-01-07 00:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A few years ago, when the Simpsons was still relevant and funny, they didn't need to do stupid articles like this to keep reminding people that the Simpsons were still on TV.

Then again, Fox keeps crap on TV (Simpsons of late) and takes off great shows like Family Guy (past) and Arrested Development.