Homer has morphed into a lanky fellow and Marge’s towering blue hair is brown and tastefully cropped. The event is a “table read,” when the cast of The Simpsons gathers with a roomful of writers, producers, and guests and use their imaginations to conjure the animated family with the distinctive mustard hue. It is just one of the steps towards crafting an episode of this television phenomenon. The table read is held in a trailer at the 20th Century Fox studio in Los Angeles, where the series is produced. Actors, producers and writers sit at a huge table littered with water bottles and note pads. Invitation-only visitors ring the table. Noticably absent are the network executives who often haunt rehearsals for shows, but The Simpsons has a rare stipulation, won by executive producer James L. Brooks, limiting Fox executive meddling. “It’s sort of the hottest ticket on the lot,” says Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson.
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