“The opportunity to watch the creators of a simple cartoon family talk about their jobs brought more than 60 students to Morrill Hall on Wednesday night. “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening joined head writer Al Jean and cast members Yeardley Smith, Dan Castellaneta and Harry Shearer to speak about the show at the Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles. The panel discussion was carried live through a satellite broadcast inside Mueller Planetarium, Planetarium Coordinator Jack Dunn said.
The panel spoke about things the show did not talk about and described how it is written. Groening spoke highly of his writing staff, mentioning some of the math and science references that get into the scripts. “The writers of ‘The Simpsons’ are a bunch of eggheads,” he said.” Read More >>>