Episode 165: ‘Tis the Fifteenth Season with Michael Price

26th November 2018

The holidays are right around the corner! This week, we get in the spirit of the holidays and chat with longtime Simpsons writer Michael Price about a Christmas episode he wrote for the Simpsons back in 2003. He’ll discuss his love/hate relationship Christmas specials, and give us a behind the scenes look at Simpsons writers room. He’ll also explain why this episode was a breakthrough moment for him as a Simpsons writer. Michael is also the creator of “F is for Family” – you can check out the new season on Netflix starting Nov. 30th.

Episode notes

The holidays are right around the corner! This week, we get in the spirit of the holidays and chat with longtime Simpsons writer Michael Price about a Christmas episode he wrote for the Simpsons back in 2003. He’ll discuss his love/hate relationship Christmas specials, and give us a behind the scenes look at Simpsons writers room. He’ll also explain why this episode was a breakthrough moment for him as a simpsons writer. Michael is also the creator of “F is for Family” – you can check out the new season on Netflix starting Nov. 30th.

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Guests

  • Michael Price

About the show

Round Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast hosted by Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott where they interview writers, directors, showrunners, and voice-actors from the Simpsons-verse on their various paths to Springfield, failed pilots, other projects, and beyond. In this 20-episode limited series, you’ll hear David X. Cohen talk Futurama, Josh Weinstein talk Mission Hill, and Yeardley Smith dig deep into her diverse path of becoming Lisa Simpson.

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