Episode 6: Al Jean executive producer of The Simpsons
SAX IN THE MORNING
English - January 27, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsBaseball Sports Education Self-Improvement los angeles dodgers new york yankees baseball all stars sacramento sports chicago white sox Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today I talk with Al Jean, the longtime executive producer of The Simpsons. We talk about the iconic episode that I was part of 30 years ago when Mr. Burns hired me to be the second baseman of his nuclear power plant softball team along with eight other Major League Baseball All-Stars like Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey Jr.
We cover how Al went from studying for a math degree at Harvard to writing at the Harvard Lampoon. The joy he found in writing comedy led him to write for Johnny Carson, Gary Shandling and then become one of the original writers of The Simpsons.
Al and I also discuss Homer Simpson’s induction into the baseball Hall of Fame and the state of baseball today. Mostly, we talk all about The Simpsons and what makes the show so special and how it has managed to stay relevant and terrific for over 30 years and more than 700 episodes.
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