The Simpsons: The Secret Sauce of "Steamed Hams"
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Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Former Simpsons showrunner Bill Oakley joins to tell Chris, Richard, and Hillary all about working on the show during its golden age, how he came up with the endlessly memed "Steamed Hams" sketch, and why the show did a throwaway joke about Donald Trump being elected president.
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| 1:20.0 | I'm Richard Lawson. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm Hillary Bussis. |
| 1:22.0 | And I'm Chris Murphy, and this week we're diving deeper into our obsession with the Simpsons. |
| 1:27.0 | Yes, this is our third and final part of our look back at the Simpsons and this time we have a special guest. |
| 1:34.0 | Former Simpsons head writer, showrunner, legend Bill Oakley. |
| 1:37.0 | Yes, many of the things you love about the Simpsons, he was either there for or created himself. |
| 1:42.0 | He was a member of the show staff since |
| 1:44.6 | 1992 he was the co-show runner in season 7 and 8 which three of our favorite |
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