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The Mimi Pond Interview - Special Simpsons 30th Anniversary Rerelease
🕑 Added 2019-12-17 17:17:29 +0000 UTCDecember 17, 1989, was the debut of the first-ever episode of The Simpsons, and thanks to various production issues, the show debuted with its holiday episode: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire aka The Simpsons Christmas Special. We're doing lots to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of that debut, starting with sharing our 2017 interview with the episode's writer, Mini Pond!
Mimi Pond is a very accomplished artist and writer, but her side of the story on writing this landmark episode is rarely heard. Mimi talked with us about her time working on the show in its earliest months and so much more, so please listen to this interview recorded in late 2017. And if you enjoy it, be sure to listen to our many other interviews with Simpsons veterans all available to Patreon subscribers!
Also, if you'd like to see more of Mimi Pond's work, check out her comics Over Easy and The Customer Is Always Wrong, as well as her other work including recent New Yorker comics and more on her website.
Comments
Great job, Henry! It's always harder to interview people with a... complicated emotional relationship with the subject at hand. Henry, you were very honest and tactful. Mimi got shortchanged for sure, but I'm glad she's been able to grow past it.
littleterr0r
Thanks! I downloaded and listened again and made sure to watch the episode today. All the talk about it being a place where you can just kind of float along reminds me of the perception and perhaps reality of Portland today.
Frank Grimes
Here's to 30 more years under our Disney overlords. Simpsons will out live all of us
