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Hey everyone, it's Dan here, and on February 15th, listen to this.

My favorite show of all time, The Simpsons, will release its 800th episode.

Now, I can't claim to have seen all 800, but I've seen a lot of them, okay?

So you can understand why I was extremely excited when I had the opportunity to go into the

Simpsons' writers' room, meet some of the writers, meet Simpsons creator Matt Grainningning and to talk with them about their favorite food moments in Simpson's history, including an episode in which Bart, Lisa, and Marge become food bloggers. So for this week's reheat in honor of the Simpsons' 800th episode, we're pulling out my special trip to The Simpsons. Now, of course, remember, there's an episode of The Sporkful you want to hear.

We'll pull out another deep freezer for you.

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Drop me a line at hello at sporkful.com.

Thanks so much and enjoy.

The Simpsons.

I love The Simpsons. It is the sempsons. It is the seminal comedy of my formative years.

If you're half as big a fan as I am, you know that food has always been a huge part of the show.

I like pizza. I like bagels. I like hot dogs with mustard and beer. I get the picture. I'll eat eggplant. I could even eat a baby deer. Food on the Simpsons is also a big deal behind the

scenes. You know, TV writers are notoriously food-obsessed people. And Simpson's writers are no exception. Everyone ordered a salad in the morning, and then by the time lunch comes around, it's like, this is the last thing in the world I want to eat, what am I going to do? My whole day's screwed. Today on the Sporkful, I visit the Simpsons' Writers' Room to talk about the role of food for the writers and the Simpsons themselves. This is sort of a dream come true.

We're looking for a new food critic.

Someone who doesn't immediately poo-poo everything he eats.

No, it usually takes a few hours.

This is the sporkful. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters. I'm Dan Pashman. Each week on our show, we obsess about food to learn more about people.

The Simpsons is my number one show of all time. I remember in seventh or eighth grade, the Lions Club Carnival came to town, and the best prize you could win at the carnival was a Bart Simpsons T-shirt that said, don't have a cowman. And I feel like as I matured, the Simpsons matured too.

When I got into college, I remember in Boston there were repeats of The Simpsons on every weeknight

on two different channels. So if you played your cards right, you could watch the Simpsons at 6, 630, and 730 every night. And that 7 o'clock was Jeopardy. So that two-hour block,

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