Episode 163: Mountain of Madness with John Mathot

13th November 2018

This week, we’ll welcome long-time Simpsons storyboard artist John Mathot. His credits are insane – John has been a storyboard artist for animated shows like Futurama, Family Guy, Dilbert, Phineas and Ferb, Hey Arnold, and many more. He’ll talk about the collaborative process in the Simpsons writers room. And you don’t wanna miss when he breaks down one of the storyboards he created in this very classic Simpsons episode. Plus, he’ll tell us some of the animation quirks that tick off Matt Groening.

Episode notes

This week, we’ll welcome long-time Simpsons storyboard artist John Mathot. His credits are insane – John has been a storyboard artist for animated shows like Futurama, Family Guy, Dilbert, Phineas and Ferb, Hey Arnold, and many more. He’ll talk about the collaborative process in the Simpsons writers room. And you don’t wanna miss when he breaks down one of the storyboards he created in this very classic Simpsons episode. Plus, he’ll tell us some of the animation quirks that tick off Matt Groening.

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Guests

  • John Mathot

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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