Thanks to Genndy Tartakovsky and his thrilling show "Primal" for the inspiration for The Simpsons' "Clan of the Cave Mom" (streaming now on @Hulu)

A mini-docu of the day - -

My layout from penultimate Tracey Ullman Simpsons short Family Therapy (MG47). Wes Archer and I animated this at the end of January 1989 (I think!) - aired 4/23/89. Appeared in theaters with War of the Roses, released 12/9/89, a mere 8 days before The Xmas Special ...

Practice sheet of Simpsons in the Tracey Ullman Show days - maybe c. July 1987 ... I don't recall for sure!

Try not to be fooled - especially by crappy AI attempts. When people show me these obvs fake images I say, "Ok hot shot - show an actual image from the specific episode this is allegedly from."

So long to Count Floyd, Guy Caballero, and a host of other memorable comedic creations. A truly great and inspired comic legend.

Time — punches on!!

Oh yeah - - I was busy for couple of months - directing a great team of talented artists, written by Al Jean and his talented team of writers - on this little numbaaaahh …

I had forgotten that Mayor Quimby had me, Wes Archer, Rich Moore, and Richard Sakai released from prison. Must remember to thank him.

1 of the poses I secretly added to Who Shot Mr. Burns pt 1. Even Jeff Lynch, director of episode, didn't know. A major clue: adding lollipop into Maggie's hand. We had it on briefly, thinking it was a big tell. "Like taking candy from a baby ..." BILL OAKLEY Josh Weinstein

Good morning from Homer - -

New color scheme for Homer

A fine time was had at D23 — and —

😁 Thanks gor posting Matt Selman !

What I’ve been doing for the last few months - -

Well do I remember this episode. To save time I gave Bart a side-to-side walk cycle so I could use our “stock animation” of dialogue heads. And I had Fred Gwynne’s Herman Munster in mind when animating Bart fainting.

Oh we did milk this a little —

I probably should put this on my calendar -