DVD Commentary: Bart the Genius

Be gentle, it’s my first one of these. Four guys on this commentary, David Silverman, Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Jon Vitti. David Silverman talks about the popularity of the show after the Christmas Special Matt Groening talks about the development of the now classic “Simpsons” main titles music Blackboard and main titles were originally a way to pad the show length, but as the show got more sophisticated the writers didn’t want to cut anything This episode was Jon Vitti’s first 30-minute script, and David Silverman’s first full-length directorial debut Koreans don’t have bananas, hence the miscoloring KWYJIBO was also later used…

Quote of the Day

“Bart, I’d like you to read this copy of Johnny Tremain, it’s a book I read as a girl.” – Marge Simpson “A book?  Pfft.” – Bart Simpson “I think you might like this.  It’s about a boy who goes to war, his hand is deformed in an accident.” – Marge Simpson “Deformed?  Why didn’t you say so?  They should call this book Johnny Deformed.” – Bart Simpson