Episode 139: The Springfield Files with Mike Reiss

28th May 2018

This week, we’ll have someone on we’ve wanted on the show for a very long time… Mike Reiss! He’s a four-time Emmy winner who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since the first episode in 1989! He’s done it all: starting from the writing staff, and he has served as a showrunner. Now, he’s also the author of a new book called “Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons” which is out on June 12th. Through the power of the internet and skype, he’ll join us to talk about what it was like to work on the episode “The Springfield Files,” and give us the scoop on his new book.

Episode notes

This week, we’ll have someone on we’ve wanted on the show for a very long time… Mike Reiss! He’s a four-time Emmy winner who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since the first episode in 1989! He’s done it all: starting from the writing staff, and he has served as a showrunner. Now, he’s also the author of a new book called “Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons” which is out on June 12th. Through the power of the internet and skype, he’ll join us to talk about what it was like to work on the episode “The Springfield Files,” and give us the scoop on his new book.

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Guests

  • Mike Reiss

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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