The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean is set to appear as a headliner at the Bradford Animation Festival in Bradford, England this coming November 12. Al will take part in a question-and-answer session with an audience followed by a screening of a favourite episode of The Simpsons, voted for by fans.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 5, 2006
IGN have interviewed Simpsons executive producer Al Jean on the eve of this Sunday’s season premiere. In it, he talks about some upcoming episodes as well as the progression of the movie. Your best bet is to read the whole interview here; but i’ll get you started. IGN TV: I’m sure you get asked this a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 9, 2005
The Animation Writers Caucus (AWC) of the Writers Guild of America, west will present its eighth annual Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement in the medium to veteran animation writers Al Jean and Michael Reiss at its annual reception held Wednesday, November 9, 2005, at WGAw headquarters in Los Angeles. WGA West president Patric [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Al Jean doesn’t look like one of the funniest men on the planet. Nor does he assail his entourage with hilarious pop-culture observations, or compulsively cut those around him down to size with his rapier wit. Instead, the the man who as head writer has presided over 375 episodes of The Simpsons, arguably the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 16, 2004
Al Jean has been at the helm of the show since its 13th season and worked on the series as a writer or producer for its entire run. His office is adorned with memorabilia from the show’s 15-year run. A short walk away is the wood-panelled meeting room where the cast does its weekly read-through, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Simpsons producer Al Jean has responded to Harry Shearer’s comments exclusively at No Homers Club. Here’s what the he had to say at our partner site: “I am responding to recent comments by Harry Shearer regarding the current quality of the Simpsons.” writes Jean. “He complains that his parts have shrunk–the reason for that is, as [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 30, 2003
For a moment, Al Jean couldn’t believe his ears. Here was the British Prime Minister, the man to whom he had sent an irreverent script, shaking his hand in a quiet ante-room at 10 Downing Street and saying, “You’re my hero”. As a writer and executive producer of The Simpsons, Jean wasn’t used to being [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 5, 2003
While we go through this period of news drought, why not entertain yourself with another Al Jean interview. This one has been conducted by UGO.com and was found by a member of No Homers Club. “It’s usually Matt Groening who is credited with The Simpsons. But without a hysterically funny show runner and writer like [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 30, 2003
Al Jean has been busy promoting the new Simpsons DVD, and his second interview in a week, as well as a review of the new release has just been put online at IGN. The interview is an interesting read, particularly if you’re wondering why the DVD releases are taking so long (Season 4 will take [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 27, 2003
“Emmy-Award winning executive producer/writer Al Jean has a credit on over 200 episodes of The Simspons; heralded by members of TheManRoom as one of the greatest comedies ever. Now wrapping up his fourteenth season with the show and celebrating the release of Season 3 on DVD, Al is as much a part of its success [...]
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