The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Has it really been 25 years since The Simpsons rejuvenated the idea of animated TV in primetime? Well, yes and no. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson first emerged as shorts on the fledgling FOX network during The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987 — 26 years years ago. …
For his next episode of his spin-off video podcast, Serious Jibber-Jabber With Conan O’Brien, O’Brien reunites with his former co-workers from the writers’ room of The Simpsons to discuss the early days of the FOX animated classic. Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, and Jeff Martin talk about comedy, fatherhood and how …
For Conan O’Brien’s second installment of his Web-only uninterrupted talk show, “Serious Jibber-Jabber,” the front man for Team Coco on TBS welcomes writer/director/producer Judd Apatow to the table. Over the course of 69 minutes and change, we learn from Apatow that: Upon learning that one of Apatow’s first spec scripts …
