Entertainment Weekly’s website EW.com has just posted an exclusive in which late night host Conan O’Brien jokes about being one of just two early Simpsons writers not asked to collaborate on the movie adaptation
In Entertainment Weekly for its Simpsons cover story that hits stands this Friday, O’Brien jokingly responds to a comment by current show runner Al Jean that he would have simply “laughed” off an invite to work on the movie, deadpanning: “I cleared my talk show schedule for a year at great financial cost to myself, got an apartment right outside the Fox lot, and told them I was ready to report to work. All I heard back was that they were having trouble finding me a parking space, and then they stopped returning my calls altogether. I am stunned and disappointed…. Truth be told, I worry that the Simpsons-writing portion of my brain has been destroyed after 14 years of talking to Lindsay Lohan and that guy from One Tree Hill, so maybe it’s all for the best.” This week’s EW has more details on Conan and the upcoming Simpsons Movie.
Update: Matt Groening can be seen on Conan O’Brien tonight!
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly