Writer and producer Rich Appel is amazed at how far The Simpsons has come since he worked with the show. Though it’s been more than five years since he left Matt Groening’s insanely popular series to work on Fox’s other animated hit King Of The Hill, Appel is frequently barraged by Simpsons inquiries and observations, mostly from giddy teenagers lucky enough to find themselves in his presence. The show, after all, casts an enormous shadow. Even his own 9-year-old son is obsessed.
“What I meet typically are 12, 13, 14-year-old sons of friends who will not stop with questions literally until you leave the room, and they know the episodes better than I!” Appel says of the Simpsons fans. Read More >>>