Showing 1 - 15 of 46 articles tagged "Al Jean"

• Posted Thursday 2/24/22 at 1:42PM EST

  The Simpsons boss Al Jean calls 1998 prediction of a Russia-Ukraine conflict "very sad"

  The 1998 “Simpson Tide" episode depicted a Russian invasion.

• Posted Monday 2/21/22 at 3:21PM EST

  The Simpsons' landmark, boundary-pushing "Homer at the Bat" episode turns 30

  "As Major League Baseball endures a lockout and faces a possible delay to this season, it’s an apt occasion to...

• Posted Tuesday 11/16/21 at 4:34PM EST

  The Simpsons boss Al Jean wants the final episode to be tied to the first episode

  "I mentioned that there would be an ending where the last episode, they'd be going back to the Christmas pageant...

• Posted Friday 11/12/21 at 3:08PM EST

  Disney made Mickey Mouse off limits to The Simpsons, but allowed Goofy to have a beer with Homer

  “My view is Mickey actually doesn’t exist,” Simpsons showrunner Al Jean quipped of his team's new Disney+ short, The Simpsons in...

• Posted Friday 10/08/21 at 2:17PM EDT

  When The Simpsons showrunner Al Jean learned of the Balenciaga collaboration, he first reaction was: "What’s Balenciaga?"

  Balenciaga artistic director Demna Gvasalia first pitched the idea of a collaboration in an email to The Simpsons creator Matt...

• Posted Wednesday 7/07/21 at 1:45PM EDT

  The Simpsons boss says Marvel was very supportive with Loki crossover, but the use of Stan Lee was forbidden

  Al Jean says his Simpsons team received full cooperation from Marvel in making the short The Good, The Bart, and...

• Posted Tuesday 5/04/21 at 1:51PM EDT

  The Simpsons' Star Wars short was quickly made after it was conceived in January

  Co-creator James L.

• Posted Friday 3/19/21 at 2:19PM EDT

  The Simpsons hits 700 episodes, but showrunner Al Jean laughs at the idea of making it to Episode 1,000

  Jean notes that it would take 12 more years for The Simpsons to hit an even 1,000 episodes.

• Posted Saturday 8/22/20 at 3:17AM EDT

  The Simpsons only got one prediction right: Our stupidity

  "If you’re on the internet, you’ve seen the articles," says Matthew Gault.

• Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 10:03AM EDT

  The Simpsons' landmark 700th episode is expected to revolve around grandpa

  Showrunner Al Jean shared the title of the 700th episode, scheduled to air in early 2021: "Senior Moment.

• Posted Friday 4/17/20 at 2:36AM EDT

  The Simpsons boss: "I think it’s impossible for us to compete with our fourth-season selves"

  Showrunner Al Jean was asked in a wide-ranging interview with The A.

• Posted Wednesday 4/08/20 at 6:59PM EDT

  A bored family in quarantine re-created The Simpsons intro

  Showrunner Al Jean retweeted the video of the Canadian Sutherland family, tweeting: "Quarantine creativity level [100 points].

• Posted Wednesday 3/25/20 at 6:08PM EDT

  Animated shows are finding new ways to work around the coronavirus quarantine

  The Simpsons is doing virtual table reads, Family Guy's composer is having musicians perform remotely from home and Hulu's Solar...

• Posted Tuesday 3/24/20 at 7:49PM EDT

  The Simpsons would like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to voice themselves

  “We’ve talked about Harry and Meghan," says showrunner Al Jean.

• Posted Monday 3/23/20 at 9:29PM EDT

  The Simpsons boss: If we were casting Apu now, we'd pick an "ethnically correct" actor

  “If we were casting the character now, we’d cast someone who was ethnically correct to play Apu," Simpsons showrunner Al...