The Simpson table read script
5 years ago when I was working at Fox I got invited to a table read for ep. YABF06 (“I’m dancing as fat as I canâ€). The entire voice cast ( minus harry and hank, they delivered lines over the phone ), producers, writers, and a few spectators were in a conference room on the fox lot. I had not watched an episode since 2003 or so I wasn’t sure what it would be like, but it was hilarious. I was cracking up on the corner with my friend. Maybe it was the energy in the room and hearing the cast do the characters in person, but when I watched that same episode in it’s finished form, it felt flat, uneven, and not that funny. James L Brooks was an interesting fellow, always rallying the troops and psyching them up for a table read, like it was a team building exercise. Overall a great experience to finally meet all the people I had idolized as a kid.