Former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein discusses The Simpsons' Planet Of The Apes: The Musical on the Simpsons Taught Me Everything podcast
From chimpan-A to chimpanzee, it is a clinic of joke density, parody songwriting, and referential humor. It makes a monkey out of anyone who tries to follow in its footsteps. Yet, as former, it took roughly 2-3 hours for the writers’ room to finish.
. Speaking to the podcast for an installment on the classicthrough his experiences in the writers’ room, the lessons he learned on his first day, and how the jokes for“I distinctly remember where I was in the room when Steve Tompkins, who’s another writer who’s brilliant and doesn’t get enough credit for his contributions tomusic?'” Weinstein recalled. “Steve pitched that out of the blue just like that, and there was a kind of silence, and you could tell people were like, that seems kind of stupid and whatever, but I was running the room, and I was like, you know what, that could be brilliant and great. Let’s go for it, and we’ll see in the next hour.”room and why it’s so great, because the other thing Al Jean told us on our first day, besides leave your ego at the door, is ‘never say no to an idea.'”Baby Steps
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