Behind the Scenes of The Simpsons

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."

Comments

naysayers!

[ClioCJS]

Are you actually saying you'd rather watch something else, than current Simpsons???

"You people are fickle!"
-Mayor Quimby

You people are the same ones who killed Futurama and SeaLab.

It IS 1999!

[grumling]

I must have a time vortex in my apartment. I start reading the news and find this story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4586940.stm and a Simpsons story on the same page. I have to warn everyone that the Y2K bug isn't as big a deal as we all think, and to make sure I pay closer attention to the French new year's celebration!