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Four Finger Discount (Simpsons Podcast)

Last Exit To Springfield (with Jay Kogen)

Four Finger Discount (Simpsons Podcast)

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After Shows, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.8719 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Dental Plan! Dando needs braces! This week we discuss what many consider the greatest Simpsons episode of all time, "Last Exit To Springfield", with one of its co-writers, Jay Kogen!

On top of the episode, we also discuss the competitiveness of the Simpsons writer's room, Dr. Hibbert's original name, creating characters like Mr. Burns and Sideshow Bob, memories of working with the likes of Sam Simon, Kelsey Grammer, Conan O'Brien and more!

Plus, we find out once and for all whether Smithers was originally intended to be black (the answer may shock you!)

NOTE: Proper discussion about the episode begins at the 1 hour mark.

Check out Jay's podcast at dontbealonewjk.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Four finger discount dude.

0:17.5

Hey everybody, welcome to Four Finger Discount with this week.

0:20.1

We're very lucky to be joined by a man who wrote the episode we're going to be discussing its last exit to Springfield. You may know his podcast, it's Don't Be Alone with Jay Cogan. How you going, sir? Don't Be Loan with Jay Cogan hat. There you go. It's all about the merch guys. Do you have the four finger discount merch? No, we've been doing this podcast for 10 years. Still no merch.

0:37.6

We need to get merch, don't we?

0:38.4

What's probably?

0:38.5

We know on our merch.

0:39.5

Well, the thing is, we used the Simpsons font with our logo back, you know, before people cared about things. Right. And now, look, and I go, if we do this, Disney's going to be angry. It's all a big lawsuit. Yeah, it's just, we need to create a new logo, but then it's like, we've had this logo for 10 years.

0:54.9

Right.

0:55.9

People don't like change.

0:57.1

They don't.

0:57.5

They certainly do not. lawsuit. Yeah, it's just, we need to create a new logo, but then it's like, we've had this logo for 10 years.

0:55.2

Right.

0:55.9

People don't like change.

0:57.2

They don't.

0:57.6

They certainly do not.

0:58.3

I'm one of those people.

1:07.6

I don't like change at all. Well, thanks for having me. It's great to be here. I'm usually on my podcast. Don't be alone with Jake Hogan, and we normally discuss... We've discussed a lot of Simpson things on my podcast, but never...

1:11.2

We're not dedicated to

1:12.7

the Simpsons.

1:13.3

So this is fascinating.

1:15.1

And, of course, last exit to Springfield has been a, people seem to love this episode.

1:21.2

I'm glad they do.

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