22 Short Films About Springfield with Bill Oakley

3rd August 2015

Bill Oakley (former Simpsons showrunner!) chats with Allie and Julia about one of the more fun and unique writing experiences on The Simpsons. He shares his favorite moments in the writer’s room, origin stories of classic jokes, and how #SteamedHams will always be a trending hashtag in our hearts forever.

Episode notes

Bill Oakley (former Simpsons showrunner!) chats with Allie and Julia about one of the more fun and unique writing experiences on The Simpsons. He shares his favorite moments in the writer’s room, origin stories of classic jokes, and how #SteamedHams will always be a trending hashtag in our hearts forever.

This episode was produced before “Everything’s Coming Up Simpsons” was on the Max Fun Network.

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Guests

  • Bill Oakley

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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