Conan O’Brien Shunned!
According to Entertainment Weekly, the producers of the Simpsons Movie wanted an “all star cast” of writers from various times in the show’s history. The compiled a list of writers to invite, but one high profile name was left off, on the account of his success: Conan O’Brien. Sure, it makes sense, as O’Brien has a responsibility of taping a nightly talk show. And of the Simpsons writers, he has unquestionably moved on to shape a highly successful career in front of the camera. He left on good terms, and he has had no problem receiving Simpson voice acting talent on his show, as this blog as featured. Still, even if he’s joking, one gets the sense that secretly, he would have loved to return to the Simpson’s creative team:
“I cleared my talk show schedule for a year at great financial cost to myself, got an apartment right outside the Fox lot, and told them I was ready to report to work. All I heard back was that they were having trouble finding me a parking space, and then they stopped returning my calls altogether. I am stunned and disappointed…. Truth be told, I worry that the Simpsons-writing portion of my brain has been destroyed after 14 years of talking to Lindsay Lohan and that guy from One Tree Hill, so maybe it’s all for the best.”
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