The Simpsons' Season 5 episode “Burns’ Heir” sees Bart (Nancy Cartwright) named by Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer), impressed by him being a “creature of pure malevolence,” as his legal heir. It’s a ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

An iconic moment in the beloved animated comedy series The Simpsons was originally intended to be quite different, but a single factor altered its course. The legendary show has been on air since ...

Conan O’Brien’s most iconic contribution to The Simpsons is “Marge vs. the Monorail,” widely considered to be the show’s all-time greatest installment, but he wrote an even funnier episode a few ...

Bart Simpson has been a well-known troublemaker since The Simpsons began, and his prank-pulling often grinds the gears of other characters, especially his own father, Homer. When particularly ...