The Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder has given a rare interview about his work on the long-running show.Swartzwelder wrote some of the show’s most iconic episodes, including ‘Itchy & Scratchy & Marge,’ ‘Bart the Murderer’, ‘Homer vs.
the Eighteenth Amendment,’ ‘Homer at the Bat’ – plus many more.Speaking to The New Yorker, the famously reclusive writer opened up about writing 59 episodes of The Simpsons – the most of any writer in the show’s history.Speaking about how his work in a zine called Army Man got him an interview with the show’s creators, he said: “The Army Man jokes got me my initial interview with Sam and Matt [Groening], which led to my first script assignment, ‘Bart the General,’ but I wasn’t actually hired to work on staff.
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