@Joshstrangehill Probably too late, but in “22 Short Stories About Springfield” there are only 17 stories. Is this because the characters in the Simpson Universe only have 8 fingers, so they have a base-8 counting system instead of a base-10, and 17/8 is close 22/10?

@Ian_Pittman Ha, delightful. I believe we actually only ever had 20 stories & had to cut a few for time including the Moleman epic & the Ralph/Krusty sit next to each other on airplane stories. Here's a rare/valueless cel from the Ralph/Krusty segment which indicates we cut it at color stage:

@Joshstrangehill You are a legend, thanks for doing stuff like this. I’ve never got this slogan, and the googles do nothing

@MurphyMcLachlan Honestly? I approved this joke but was uncertain at the time (I was pretty sure it was crackers are dry & that's not aspect you want to use to sell it & it's comical they make extra dry crackers which sound bad) but everyone loved it & was rare case of me bowing to room pressure!

@Joshstrangehill Who came up with the idea of having Todd wear a Butthole Surfers band shirt?

@Ativan Me! I love the Butthole Surfers & we were trying to think of an edgy, offensive or "punky" t-shirt that would lend itself to a funny Todd misunderstanding (that we could also get away with somehow, hence "Buttho-")

@Joshstrangehill The only question I can think of asking off the top of my head is about the famed "probably misses his old glasses" scene. I've often wondered what the go was with Homer's weird manner in that very, very funny scene.

@GCS_Pottsy I think it's just a delightfully weird choice both in the "New glasses?" and "Probably misses his old glasses" lines (and all the writing in that scene) & Dan C.'s choice to perform it in that way (& maybe @DavidMirkin's direction of Dan?)

@Joshstrangehill In the Poochie episode why is Poochie voiced by someone other than Homer in the Itchy and Scratchy opening song?

@carloshuman 'Cause A) it makes for funnier opening theme to have it in that deep voice (it also says "cheap cartoon theme changed cheaply with no regard to characters actual voices") + B) it saves reveal of Homer's crummy Poochie voice (for the Springfield audience) for the actual cartoon.

@Joshstrangehill Are you still doing these? I remembered one : When Homer fakes a call from Mr. Burns' mother and he misheard Mater, who is he referring to?

@imaginarythomas "Mater" is an old-fashioned term for "Mother" (from the Latin) and was taken from rich "fancy" characters in 30's-40's movies who would call their parents "Mater" & "Pater"

@Joshstrangehill How did you guys come up with the remaining groceries in the Hurricane episode (Corn Nog, Creamed Eels, Wadded Beef), as well as Homer improvising the Tom Collins mix, cloves, frozen pie crust "breakfast"

@MrJaredMoore I love stuff like that & nearly every one you mentioned came out of @thatbilloakley's hilarious head.

@Joshstrangehill Hi Josh I was hoping you could explain this image that has confused me for 25 years. I asked @MikeReissWriter at a Q & A and he didn't have an answer. Could the great @thatbilloakley offer some insight?

@BobbyVegas33 @MikeReissWriter @thatbilloakley Yes, it's from our episode "$pringfield". The joke is Homer says he remembers the meeting and has a photographic memory but every single thing in his mental image of the meeting is wrong.

@Joshstrangehill I could swear this is a reference to a real ad I've seen before, but I've never been able to find it on The Google.

@BurgundySuit Yes, it's totally based on real ads or those novelty placards from the 60's-70's like "You want it when?" & "Fly united", etc. Oddly, I, too, can't find a reference for this one but know I've seen it..

@Joshstrangehill It took me YEARS to get the joke about Bart confusing the Hasidic Jews for ZZ Top.

@GivenAaron I love that joke.

@Joshstrangehill Is this a reference to The Pope of Greenwich Village, or just random?

@sisterscaryluv I'd say it's likely an indirect reference - it's not intended as one and wasn't pitched as one but there's a high likelihood the writer who pitched it had "Pope of Greenwich Village" floating around somewhere in their head.

@Joshstrangehill Can't remember which episode Lisa is either talking to Bart or Homer, but in reference to the Flanders household "everything has a Pat Boonish quality." Never understood that joke until I took a history of rock class this pass school term and learned who Pat Boone was.

@AJBenson09_Art It's from our first episode as showrunners, "Home Sweet Diddly-Dum-Doodily" Yeah, "Pat Boonish" perfectly describes Ned to me, good and bad.

@Joshstrangehill I always thought this Sharpie style pen between Bart's fingers was a knife... until today.

@FossilArcade Oh yeah - that actually took a while for me to figure out what that was, too. It's kinda a perfect touch (that the director or animators must've done.)

@Joshstrangehill In Homer Badman, I always thought Homer made “homemade Frozac” cause it had ice cream in it. You know, like a play on frozen+prozac. lol Was I right or did Homer say “homemade Prozac”?

@FerreiraVHF Pretty sure it's just "homemade Prozac". "Homemade Frozac" IS funny but that would be a joke-on-a-joke & as @thatbilloakley famously said "one joke per joke please" which is a really good rule for comedy. If you have a joke-on-a-joke it could become a "wacky stack" & collapse.