"The Simpsons" Writers Reunion -- Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien | CONAN on TBS
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These guys shaped my sense of humor, how do you even thank someone for that?
by expanding it into something bigger!
wally and jeff hogen wrote the best episode ever....last exit to springfield...and most of the best episodes from seasons 1-4.....they are my idols...al jean takes way to much credit....he sucks.....
David, totally agree! I have always looked at shows like The Simpsons and The SpongeBob as my sense of humor sculptors
blow them
the best episode is 'you only move twice', nice try...
Conan has an unbelievable resume'.
Most people wouldn’t acknowledge I’m glad you do
NBC are idiots for letting him go
But whatever
He's better in YT and TBS.
The 7 month stint at the Tonight show doesn't look too good.
@Roy Sunshine Got a chip on your shoulder much?
He kind of invented modern comedy. His seasons of SNL and the Simpsons are some of the most influential.
Ten years ago. Wow. CONAN DO THIS AGAIN!!!!! They should ALL come on a special episode of Conan Needs A Friend!! I'd listen to another 2 hours in a heartbeat
YES!
Great moment at 50:31 when Conan is telling the story how he gave Johnny Carson wrong directions and Carson turned right instead of left, and the whole table starts pitching jokes like it was happening in a Simpsons episode. I loved that.
It is a scooby doo ending.
It's funny how you can tell that Conan still sort of looks up to them all, like the nerdy but smart kid who gets to hang out with the group of slightly older, equally nerdy guys.
I think him and Geoff/Jeff, that guy next to him get along the best and have the most similar humour. They seem like two school friends.
It's so weird, he seems really young in this video from the group dynamics, the guys don't kiss his ass at all either
True.. but from what I remember Conan O'Brian himself was one of the writers for the simpsons as well..
Mahlercougar Yup, he wrote the monorail episode as they talk about and it's considered by many as one of the best episodes of the show and of television history.
Mahlercougar
he was a writer on the simpsons but... did you not watch the video lol
I knew Burns was Conan’s favorite! :D When Conan puts his hands together and talks in a high-pitched force you can tell lol.
Lyns if you watch the early Simpsons enough, and are a fan of Conan you will not only pick out his episodes but his individual jokes, you know his sense of humour.
I re-watch this every year or so. Amazing ♥
Now that you’ve pointed it out... I can’t unsee it.
@@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 absolutely. Mr Burns releasing his winged monkeys and watching them fall to their death is pure Conan
Imagine if the Simpsons only ran for 10 seasons? It would hands down be considered the single greatest comedy anything, from any culture of all time
As long as it's in the animated category
People over exaggerate about later seasons. It's fine
@@ThePunk01 I agree. I recently started watching some of the newer episodes,many of which I've never seen, and I was very surprised by how funny they were. Different. But funny.
@@bradeng7158 same here. I grew up watching the Simpson's in the early 90s till about 2004 and have been watching the newer stuff and it's still good. Tree house of horror always being a favorite. It must be doing something right to still have a big following and lasting this long on tv. I think people just have rose tinted glasses
@Roy Sunshine I concur
The story about George Takei turning down the Simpsons because he's on the city transportation board and therefore refuses to make fun of monorails...that kills me
"we went to the only actor who took monorails seriously" 😂
@@johnkirk. lmao
Your name, your profile picture. It's perfect.
@@manray7189 Thanks man
@@thesprawl2361 im not a usual rock listener, but the guitar on "teenage riot"😍
Towards the end... If you look at keenly ... You will notice that Conan lets them do the talking ... It's the kind of expression in his face that tells me that ... He relishes these people and the memories with it ... Successful people like him ... To have that attitude ... Shows the reason why he is up there ... It takes a big heart filled with courage ...
i think conan just likes to quips. he dont generally like to talk at length
Liv in maybe it's because at the Simpsons he was part of a group and these guys were his peers and superiors.
If Conan had a podcast this is how it would be
Successful people don't have podcasts.
prorobo ... watch what you're saying pal
Podcasts are boring af
Mr Sondre198 how old are you dude?
Grizzly
I'm not your pal, chief.
I always figured Conan was behind a lot of Mr. Burns jokes. He has that knack for old timey, esoteric, obscure references (which people laugh at even when they don't exactly get the reference.)
Get in the autogyro!!!
"You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate and revulcanise my tyres, post haste!"
I could listen to these guys talk about Simpson's history for hours.
Press play again
@@bradleyhayman2682 I tried what you suggested, but they keep telling the same stories. I think he meant listen to different stories for hours.
Play it at half speed
The episode commentaries for the first 10 or so seasons often include these guys and are usually pretty funny and informative imo, highly recommend :)
@JoshPhoenix11 now they all sound drunk
I cannot thank these men enough for enriching my childhood and making me so happy every time I sit down and watch The Simpsons. Comedy doesn’t get better than this.
Simpsons in the 90's was the absolute peak of all television
yes
Homer! There's a man here who thinks he can help you!
Is it Batman?
No. He's a Scientist!
Batman's a Scientist....
It's not Batman!!
Love that monorail episode lol
+Matthew Rajnish
I shouldn't have stopped for that haircut!
Think harder homer
classic
I personally think the monorail episode is little over rated
This upload is exactly what I love about Conan. He's hilarious and super-quick and he has a big heart and clearly loves these guys. It doesn't feel like a vanity project, rather it feels like Conan is trying to give credit to guys and introduce them to people who may know nothing about them.
I'll never forget when my brother was a huge Simpsons fan and at 12 yo (he's 30) he got knocked down died twice but fortunately he came bk to life he was in the ICU and he came to then he was taking to the high dependency unit and he couldn't communicate but we spent all our effort and time trying to get him to squeeze our hands if he can hear and understand us and get him to use his vocal chords to talk I have to say Simpsons all of them got him bk to where he is today and we are so grateful so when I see him we can say the lines so he can remember and communicate bk thank you Simpsons
what
The only thing wrong with this is that it ends... Thanks Conan this was an enjoyable hour and twenty minutes.
and the audio
I own simpsons 1-13 and I’ve listened to all the commentary, because these writers are up there among the greatest/funniest tv writers ever. I need a 12 hour version of this
I'd recommend getting a hold of the audio book "Simpsons Confidential", it's read (& was co-written) by Mike Reiss, by one of the guys at this roundtable. A few of the same things touched upon in this discussion are covered in the book as well, but more in depth and obviously there's a ton more/different material there.
This was pure gold. The camaraderie is very real between these guys. The old gang reunited.
I’ve rewatched it several times. It’s that good. Conan being Conan
They should do another version of this. But with Conan's original writing staff from Late Night - Louis CK, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Richter, Robert Smigel - that would be insane.
A genuinely fantastic idea
Brian Stack and Brian McCann as well.
What about Greg Daniels! He literally created The Office!!!
Yes to the sum total of this post
@@johnmccarthy4134 Oh definitely, he wrote Bart Sells His Soul, Lisa's Wedding and 22 Short Films About Springfield, then left and co-created King of the Hill which is another of my favourite shows. An absolute heavyweight when it comes to US television comedy over the last 30 years, his influence stretches far...
I didn't know Conan had this format way before he started a podcast in 2018. Goes to show how he really excels in this kind of long form interviews.
Their professionalism is so high that they even look like their characters.
That's a brilliant observation. You're totally right ... If anything you can almost see their humor, personalities and sensibilities almost dripping from their mouth onto the page of a Simpson's episode written 15-25 years ago.
So true... I wonder if that was subconsciously done.
Can you explain that one?
:(
I don’t get what that has to do with professionalism. Talent, maybe.
i find it so crazy that john swartzwelder is not on this panel, its like the guy is a myth , you look on his Wikipedia page & his profile pic is from like 92. swartzwelder is one of the best writers of the simpsons from the 90s era
He's a total recluse. Do yourself a favor and buy one of his books; they're hilarious.
You write this name Schwarzwälder. Don't be stupid. It's German.
It means 'man of Black Forest'. I'm from the Black Forest, I mean from Schwarzwald.
@@yackfou2412 uhm, you are aware that some names are spelled a particular way?? this name might have remotely got something to with Schwarzwald but still. maybe the name was americanised or whatever. you can't translate names though. names are names. his official surname is Swartzwelder btw. i'm german too
@@yackfou2412 the letter ä doesn't exist in English, so no, you don't write it like that. Also "sch" wouldn't work with the English pronunciation.
It's probably safe to say his ancestors came from Germany, but then the name was Americanized, as it happened to a lot of immigrants.
Also, the name might come from Schwarzfelder as well, you can't know.
So yeah, don't be stupid
Just did an interview with the New Yorker a month ago.
3:50 "Sam Simon's a genius, and Matt Groening... you know? Has... and interesting.... uh... comic strip!"
While Groening came up with the original strip, the Simpsons universe and tone was built by Sam Simon. Most people don't know that.
He was referring to Life In Hell.
@@Gretchluver1 Ah, yeah, I am only aware of Life In Hell's existence, but don't know any details about it.
@@lindenstromberg6859 Life in hell was a wonderful comic strip with a bunch of panels it appeared in a square instead of a long line if you can picture the Sunday comics except this was in things like a weekly local paper. In Marin County it was the Pacific Sun. The comics were black-and-white and they were absolutely hilarious - completely dry, Absurd situations that you could imagine happening or things that probably did happen except life in hell would rewrite the ending to make it the scene you wish happened. A little like Dilbert. One strip shows a whole kitchen being wrecked - the whole house being wrecked by someone. The mother comes in andthe kid looks up and says, "Mistakes were made." You could probably look it up it was a shame when it stopped running.
I re-watch this every year or so. Amazing ♥
Wilburgur it’s Jesus Christ himself!!
Where’s your comment this year for 2020?
@@Fafafohi somebody farted, gosh dernit.
Me too
#metoo
I'd love to see these guys come back and write another script, just to prove the show CAN still be great as it once was.
Let it die with the shred dignity it has left which is close to none
yep, sadly.
well what about the show The Man Who Came to be Dinner from a few seasons ago, written by Al Jean and Daivd Mirkin (show runner of seasons 5 and 6, the greatest seasons of the show) and directed by David Silverman?
It's been called one of the worst shows of the series.
wouldn't it be great if they were given a year to write the whole FINAL season ?
Al Jean as a writer on The Simpsons!!!!?
Come on, now you are just being silly.
They all actually look like real life Simpson characters.
The Bart Simpson t-shirts were huge in elementary school. The administrators and teachers would make the students turn the shirts inside out because of the profanity.
Good god, yes! It seems so tame compared to nowadays.
I've watched this 6 times. It's THAT good
I think I just finished 5 ^^
This was a lot of fun to watch. You can tell Conan was happy to be chatting with his old buddy's.
I love this. I've listened to every single audio commentary of The Simpsons so I get all of the references and names, it's like meeting up with old friends almost.
Same! Can't even imagine how many hours of commentary I listened to between seasons 1-10. And multiple times...
ahh fellow nerds....you're my kind of people...
NNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!
It's so validating to hear about Phil Hartman. For years it has always amazed me that people said he was the master of a thousand voices. No, he had one voice! Exactly! And I mean no disparagement of the man - he was very a successful talent and obviously gone too soon.
We did a editorial shoot with Brooks, Groening, and the rest of the producers. We had them for about an hour and they had us laughing the entire time. Great memories!
Link??
This is genuinely one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched
whyaremeninmyshoes exactly same
These guys should do another reunion and write an episode for old times sakes or just go for a full on movie
GrayWoIf we all wish ❤️
Unfortunately Al Jean still does write episodes. To Make Simpsons Great Again, you need George Meyer
Hayden Merrick or Conan.
Conan is such a great moderator, keeps everybody on great topics, flows smooth and making laughs. Plus all these guys are my childhood...thanks for making my childhood better!!
This reminds me of high school friends meeting again. All fun and you can clearly see that Conan highly respects these guys and has learned a lot from them.
...So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time....
I actually went out out one evening with an onion tied to my belt just so I could make that speech whenever folks asked about it but nobody noticed.
"This elevator only goes to the basement, and someone made an awwwwful mess down there!"
Kurt Adams That's a good rhyme
Mono... D'oh!!
the master of my university college used to say this quote whenever he lost his train of thought. RIP Michael
I don't know why this appear on my recomended sections just now, but is amazing
Nicolás Riveros agree
for its because of the countless hours of simpsons clips that've watched LOL
It’s awesome to see that even after his huge success, Conan can still get together with these guys and talk to them like he’s just another writer.
Writers are totally under appreciated, the real talent behind these shows but how many people can name more than a handful of names.
Im from Russia and in 1996 i was 11 when they started showing Simpsons and they were with me growing up until 11th season. Gold era of Simpsons. They were shown in the evening and i remember taping it , and couldn't wait to chat about the last episode next day at school. Perfect and never forgotten.
What were your favorite episodes?
Is that what you watched after you stood in line for bread and a quart of milk for 4 hours? Good times!
Wow, the nostalgia is palpable through your answer, friend! Such a phenomenal show that shaped so many.
Did you get to watch "Worker and Parasite".....?
@@Kain5th all up to 10th season, afterwards it lost me and i switched to futurama
"So basically, after The Principal and the Pauper in Season 9, it all started going downhill, but there was still too much money to be made. For another 20 years at least."
In what part of the video? It is too long....
That was me. But most people say that episode, during the first season of the Scully era, was the first sign of the show's decline.
I might be one of the few who actually likes that episode. But you are correct, most people argue that.
James Leffel
I think there's a lot of funny stuff in the episode ("Up yours, children!") but the premise was bizarre.
Season 9 had plenty of great episodes after "Principal and the Pauper", such as "The Cartridge Family", "Trash of the Titans", "The Joy of Sect", "The Trouble with Trillions", and "Lisa the Skeptic" among others. I would say the decline started during Season 10. Still some good ones in that season, but not as good as previous seasons.
I'm so glad that Conan did this. I've watched it over the last 10 years probably 5 times.
I still come back to this video often. I'm currently writing a paper on the Simpsons history. I truly love this show so much and hearing the writers/show runners talking about how things came to be.
I hope they bring back these guys and other key writers for the final season of The Simpsons. It's these people that made the show. Good writers are mainly key to be successful and memorable. The last episode that was good was Halloween of Horror. It had heart.
your right....if they ever have a final season of the simpsons, they should bring back all the best writers and have them each write their own episode first draft and have the room write the jokes together and then we may get a season better than the legendary season 4.....if you watch the simpsons movie that had a lot of the classic writers it was great...I wonder why....but they were missing some of the early writers from seasons 1-5....people like conan wally hogen and james brooks should have been involved in the writing of the movie..they left them out for some reason...the best show runners were clearly bill Oakley and josh Weinstein..aka seasons 5-8..they knew how to run the show.......
I think they should bring the writer of bojack horseman in. He wrote a quick fanfiction for the simpsons and posted it on his twitter. It was amazing.
I've been youtube surfing all night. I don't think I finished a single video over 5 minutes. These guys have such great chemistry that they held my ADHD riddled mind for the whole hour and 20 mins. Thanks, Coco! Entertaining as always!!!
This is pretty much old buddies talking about the fond memories.Makes me smile to see how comfortable everyone is. Telling how they are close friends.
I've lost track of how many times I've watched this. The Simpsons were the foundation for my sense of humor and I can sit and watch an episode I've seen a hundred times before and still laugh like it's the first time.
Much is made of the idea that they were written as a real *family*. The episode that sticks out the most in my mind is "Lisa The Babysitter" (if that's the title), where Bart is knocked unconscious by a tumble down the stairs. Great story, great acting, real suspense-very rare for a primetime sitcom.
That's an amazing episode. Season 8 was a fantastic season.
Yeah, I really appreciate the family aspect too, like in Marge be not proud or Secrets of a successful marriage - and others of course.
***** Season 4 was the last for Sam Simon and most of the original writing team. Some real classics in there, I concur; "Mr. Plow", "Krusty Gets Kancelled", "Marge vs. The Monorail" among them.
You’re right. I can immediately remember what I feel for Lisa when it dawns on her that Bart is really hurt. Plus, it’s enhanced by sympathizing with all her pride and frustration leading up to that thud.
@@Poezick88 ew Mike Scully
CONAN CAME UP WITH THE MONORAIL?!?!?!?
Yes, and also the episode when Homer went to college.
- Marge vs Monorail
- Homer Goes to College
- New Kid on the block
The monorail character is Conan..
Watch the episode.
You can’t unsee it.
Alpha Ones Homer goes to college is the best
I call the big one bitey.
We used to watch the Tracy Ullman show ONLY so we could watch the Simpson's shorts. As soon as they kicked to commercial, we changed the channel.
It's kinda sad hearing them reminisce about Phil Hartman
I was rewatching all the episodes with my wife and found out he was sadly murdered by his own wife. I don’t know much about it though
@@turnerburner922 then u stared at your wife and u could see a slight glimmer of hope in her eyes
This is such a great watch. It's both interesting and very funny. It's a shame we will never see a show as great as the first 8 seasons.
***** Well, it's more just the shift in writers. It's depressingly obvious when watching the film because it had moment that are very reminiscent of the older series
***** I can watch The Simpsons, but i can't say i love it anymore. It's gone from being witty, and ever dry at times, to just throwing pop culture references at everything. Like that episode there was just a bunch of Studio Ghibli characters for no reason.
+Senator Cthulu I agree, but I'm pretty sure that Studio Ghibli thing at the end was a reference to the "then" perceived closing of Studio Ghibli, which if it actually had happened would certainly have been the end of an era.
Steven Narey I would personally argue season 9 and to some extent season 10. Apart from Principal and the pauper, Season 9 is imo a great season. Heck even Principal and the pauper has good comedic moments. It’s the twist that spoils it.
Season 10 less so, but it still has great episodes. You can definitely see the shift though. Season 11 to 13 has a handful but it definitely becomes harder to find a great episode. Season 14 on is just mediocre to outright terrible.
True. It’s only rivalled by Rick and Morty imo. That show has many of the same qualities...
"It was a laugh-acrocy."
"Except for Swartzwelder..." lol
Can someone explain the joke?
You write this name Schwarzwälder. Don't be stupid. It's German.
It means 'man of Black Forest'. I'm from the Black Forest, I mean from Schwarzwald.
@@yackfou2412 no, hes either most likeliky jewish or romani descent as we use the name schwartz not a forest.
@@matthewdaub heard his a verry serious guy working when they spoke of him...
@@yackfou2412 Damn you're annoying... stop copy-pasting this same comment, no one cares. Don't be stupid.
I’ve watched this 3 times now. Can’t get enough of these comedic geniuses
What the hell!? This has been here for 8 years and the algorithm is just putting it in my stream!
Jubjub made it into Star Wars 7 XD
+MrSuperbear90 I've heard but after 4 viewings I still can't find it.
i've read it's at the end when the rebel fighters are attacking the planet core thing. everyone says something different. I don't think anyone can hear it. I don;t think it's even in the film.
Only I may dance.
EmployeeJoe630 i
😂😂😂😂
Sit perfectly still.
Just say the line
I could watch these lads talk for hours. Great insight to the golden years of The Simpsons.
Simpsons was a confluence of brilliance and one of the biggest influences on me growing up (for better or worse). Can you even imagine America without it?
John Swartzwelder was the best and most prolific Simpsons writer. Look at all the episodes he wrote. Unbelievable.
His detective novels are incredible as well.
@@kevinwr7093 "The Exploding Detective" I gotta read that one lmao
I 'thumbs up'd' your comment because I am a die hard John Swartzwelder fan and love knowing another Simpsons nerd (I say that with adoration) paid attention to the writers of early Simpsons episodes. You can even sense which episodes were his without having to look it up. I agree with you 100%.
@@marcdumont2275 It is incredible! Admittedly, its hard to read any of his characters without giving them Simpsons voices. lol
Swartzwelder was the spirit of that show ! He was THE guy !
He is the writer that wrote more episodes than anyone thats why Simpsons were on top for a long time.
Is he the guy in the cap ? He's awesome if it is
I just realised a replied to a 5 year old comment
Big Virgil no
Which one is Swartzwelder in that photo?
Schwartzwelder is famously very private. In the photo the is bottom right.
I swear, I have to watch it a few times a year. I always pick up on details quicker or catch something that I didn't catch before. Makes me feel better about how much I've enjoyed The Simpsons. I highly recommend it!
After all these years i just wanna say thank you so much for this gift of a sgow you've given us it means so much
They even open with what could be a classic, golden-era Simpsons line: "Yeah, I got a blessing from the pope that resigned."
This is my favorite Conan vid all time. Amazing ♥
Wilburgur Love your videos man
WILBURGER!
HEY WILBURGER!
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*Can't you hear me yell-aaa? You're putting me through hell-aaa!*
*Stella. STELLAAAAAAA!*
Mine too. I'm on my third watch.
What always makes me laugh hard about The Simpsons is when there is a scene in front of an audience, for example a school play or a town meeting and something is being said that the crowd doesn't like at some point you'll hear a shotgun being cocked. It gets me every damn time, i don't know if its still being done today since i haven't seen any of the recent seasons but i hope its still being done.
Wow. That was amazing! I think I've been looking for this for two decades! Little did I know this came out 5 years ago... Thank you Conan and team!
Someone should animate this.
What an excellent idea 👏
Who did recky Gervais show?
Get some to do it anybody
Yeah In the Simpsons way
Wow that would be quite a task! It would be a little more reasonable to cut it down to 10-20 minutes or so.
What the hell happened to Serious Jibber Jabber? Conan needs more of this.
No no, vapid actors plugging their movies is way more compelling.
This is the best thing I've watched all day. I can't express to you how much I miss this kind of "shop talk" among equals; for me, it was musicians in a bar in NOLA, but I miss it.
I would LOVE this to be a regular event!
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
"No, Marge I'm a farmer this week.. it's just the kind of guy I am."
Honestly that's genius!
It was really interesting listening to the writers of one of the greatest TV show in US history talk about the writing process and daily working life in general. They sound like a gang of hard working jolly nerds. Very cool upload.
I would give these men a one man standing ovation if i could.
Conan leading a discussion with Simpson’s writers is makes my nerdy heart SO happy.💕
"To me it's like the Heisenberg principle..."
"What? The Heisman Trophy??"
XDD
"Baby on board, something something, Burt Ward. This thing writes itself!"
Wow! These guys made my childhood! So much talent in one room! I hope the simpsons keeps going! It's a show that even though the quality has dropped, to some, it's been a part of everyone's lives and it's so great!
Architects of my child hood amongst others, I sincerely love and thank you all.
I'm glad I was able to grow up watching the earlier Simpsons seasons. Does anyone else feel that Futurama never matched The Simpsons on comedy?
I totally agree with you about being fortunate growing up watching the earlier Simpsons, it definitely shaped my sense of humor. Although I can't quite agree with you about Simpsons being much better than Futurama. I would say they were different, not necessarily better. I feel that Futurama's setting shaped the type of humor. Simpsons was very grounded, realistic and a family comedy (kind of) but Futurama's sci fi setting allowed them to be even more crazy and out there compared to Simpsons. I think I do like Simpsons more but I think that's more to do with nostalgia. Either way, both great shows.
Futurama is funny. I don't think I'd say it's better or worse, but it is really good.
Both are amazing. But only remember Futurama being able to make me cry. Honestly think it was the most perfect ending
This guys are legendary no doubt! Created something that was so iconic and had a true huge benchmark in the tv history.
This is awesome to the level of reminiscent of another comedy writing team with the same camaraderie that included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar.
its really cool to see this different body language from conan being surrounded by people he admires.
knew every episode they talked about and i had no idea conan came up with the monorail episode
Also did homer goes to college
+Snrub I like the way you think.
Gretchluver1 Excellllllllent.
+nick SOULE Conan had a hand in basically all the best episodes from the first few seasons
+MetallicOpeth it was the blurst of times💛
Yeah, the whole "It's not a cartoon even though it's animated" was a brilliant idea, and in my opinion (I say as though I'm alone on this), the reason the show started to decline is because it ABANDONED that idea. It got too silly and cartoony.
Look up "now you see it" they have a video on that topic
the Family Guy effect lol
@nnork I totally agree. It always had a very vague "it's a cartoon" feel, but classic moments such as Homer falling off the side of the cliff ('Bart the Daredevil') were funny because they were unexpected and almost black humour in that you knew he would be badly hurt. Likewise with episode plots, from the odd "that's a little" quirky plot, over the seasons things started to get more and more forcibly "wacky", which in my opinion was sadly the thing that really damaged the show as a whole. I don't mind a wonderful "what the HELL?" episode occasionally (heck, 'Marge Vs. The Monorail' is one of my all-time favourite episodes, but can you imagine that episode even happening in the first couple of seasons?), but it's felt in later seasons that many episodes actually start out with actually quite good plot concepts, but nearly always have to go for the "unexpectedly zany" outcome, that badly stretches belief in the series and sadly isn't always that funny.
I see the Poochie episode as the turning point.
Now, that episode was a classic and had none of the problems I was talking about in and of itself, BUT when I listened to the commentary they talked about how it was a story of how long-running shows (at the time eight seasons seemed long to them) stay fresh.
But more specifically, there's the scene where the kids test watch all those Itchy and Scratchy cartoons reflected a split in viewers: some wanted the show to stay grounded as it was, more a sitcom that happened to be animated than a "cartoon". And the other side wanted the show to get even wackier and crazier.
They chose wrong.
You hit the nail on the head my friend. I feel the same way. With all the other animated sitcoms out, the more Simpsons tries to be "fresh" and "original" it fails at.
It did what no other show dared to do at the time, but now we've gone beyond that and there is nothing left for it to become.
I enjoyed this immensely. They all worked on the show when it had the biggest impact on me and helped inspire me to become a storyteller myself one day.
I love the Simpsons!! Very grateful these writers made it and is still going strong. Thank you all for making a wonderful show!
What these guys achieved with their work was monumental. The moments they made still have me in tears years later, and I hope for many years to come.
Conan pretending to be an intern bringing in lunch...
My orange juice nearly came out of my nose and now I'm in tears.
I watched this several times. Every once in a while just need to check it one more time...
Amazing interview...I loved the real background stories!
Boy did I LOVE this show. Best show ever to air on television, in my opinion.
NugSquish I think so aswell, I'm a massive Seinfeld fan but to this day myself and my dad still connect the most over a love of early Simpsons.
No John Swartzwelder, objectively the best writer the show had.
Not really surprised, though. The guy is allegedly pretty antisocial and tries to avoid the limelight.
Conan was the best writer. The Monorail episode and Homer Goes to College are great episodes. John is second and maybe David Cohen third. David and Conan didn't stick around long, but they wrote some of the best stuff.
He wouldn't even put his voice to the DVD episode commentaries.
@@Paulafan5 Swartzwelder has it all over conan in terms of Simpson's writing it's not even close.
Tom Shaw you don't understand how writers credits work
George Meyer is. You don't understand how writers credits work.
Listening to this again April 2023 and it's still great.
This was so amazing to watch.. the 1 and half hour went by flying so fast that I wish it was 4 or 5h long and prob it would still be the same effect.
In 3rd grade, we had to choose a musical instrument to play in band. For years, my mom and I wanted me to play the flute. But when that paper hit my desk, I had three numbered lines to write my instruments of choice, and I put the saxophone as #1, because of my love for Lisa Simpson. 30 years later, it's my longest commitment and passion...THANK YOU!!!
Erica the red head wow, what a great comment, i was just getting pissed off with the "the sinpsons suck now" comments.
I remember watching this the day after it came out, and have seen it several times since, and it's still one of my favorite things that Conan has ever done. This is truly one of the best interviews that I have ever seen. You can tell that all of these men were friends and we're passionate about the work that they were doing, and that that comradery still exists all these years later. It just goes to show when you give intelligent and talented people the free creative reign to do something original without impeding or diluting what they are doing, you will come out with something special. That is why in those first 8 seasons of The Simpsons, they helped to create the greatest television comedy ever. The show may not be what it used to, but nothing can undo the impact and importance of those first 8 years.
You guys all changed the world. My memories of the show are forever imbedded into my flashbacks of the good days 😊 Thank you
This was so enjoyable! As I live in a Prius with a cat traveling the USA 😂 good god what I’d give for that round table to pound a few stories about this! Greetz from Utah (this week)