TV by Zachary Kussin, New York Post 4th May 2021 8:51 AM Homer and Bart may be among the most widely known characters from The Simpsons, but tucked in the background, and far from the spotlight, is one writer in particular. John Swartzwelder, the famously reclusive writer who worked for the Fox show between 1989 and 2003, has opened up in a rare interview with
The New Yorker. Swartzwelder discussed writing 59 episodes during that time - the most of any writer in the show s history - including famous ones, such as Homer at the Bat and Itchy & Scratchy & Marge . Thanks to his work on a small comedy zine named Army Man in the late 1980s, Swartzwelder got himself a job interview with
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN
Updated 11:52 AM ET, Tue May 4, 2021
From left to right: Santa s Little Helper, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Marge and Homer Simpson from Twentieth Century Fox s The Simpsons. (CNN) The Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder is finally talking about his days writing 59 iconic episodes of the show.
Swartzwelder, who has a reputation of being very private, worked on the animated series between 1989 and 2003, and spoke to The New Yorker how he got the gig.
In the late 1980s, he was writing for a small comedy zine named Army Man, and his jokes landed him an interview with Simpsons creator Matt Groening and its producer and writer Sam Simon, who hired him to write an episode.
The reclusive Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder, who is credited with creating some of the most popular episodes in the showâs 31-year history, has given his first interview since leaving the hit series 18 years ago.
The screenwriter, who wrote 59 episodes between 1990 and 2003 â including the James Bond parody You Only Move Twice and Homer the Great, which memorably featured the Stonecutters sect â spoke to the New Yorkerâs Mike Sacks via email. Introducing his subject, Sacks described Swartzwelder as a cult figure for his offbeat work on the show, âconjuring dark characters from a strange, old America: banjo-playing hobos, cigarette-smoking ventriloquist dummies . pantsless, singing old-timersâ.
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