"The Room Is Terrible": Conan O’Brien Details The Simpsons Writers Room In Early Seasons

Conan O’Brien recalls the terrible state of the writers’ room during early seasons of The Simpsons. Before famously replacing David Letterman as host of NBC’s Late Night, the eventual talk show icon served for a brief time as a writer on the longest-running of all animated TV series. During his tenure on the FOX juggernaut, O’Brien used his uniquely oddball sense of humor, honed in part as a writer on SNL, to up The Simpsons’ wackiness factor, while helping craft a handful of the show’s most memorable episodes.