Difference between revisions of "Bart's New Friend"

In an interview on [[Conan O'Brien]]'s Internet show, ''{{W|Serious Jibber-Jabber}}'', [[Judd Apatow]] stated that he wrote the episode in 1996 and "[he] got a call from ''The Simpsons'', saying "We're going to shoot that episode next year".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20443615 BBC News - Simpsons to shoot Judd Apatow script at last]</ref> During an interview with Slashfilm, he said that "they [''The Simpsons''] went to see a hypnotism show and at the hypnotism show, they made [[Homer]] think he was the same age at [[Bart]]. And then the hypnotist had a heart attack. So now Homer and Bart became best friends and they spent the rest of the show running away because Homer didn't want responsibility and didn't want to be brought back to his real age."<ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/judd-apatow-and-the-simpsons-script-that-defined-every-movie-hes-made-since/ Slashfilm - Judd Apatow and 'The Simpsons' Script That Defined Every Movie He's Made Since]</ref> The table reading took place on April 25, [[2014]].<ref>[http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/23039/judd-apatows-the-simpsons-episode-will-air-after-24-years/ Shalom Life - "Judd Apatow’s ‘The Simpsons’ Episode Will Air After 24 Years"]</ref>