TRP / Simpsons

[Mark Thibodeau]

Aw... a soft-spot for the fatties?

Such an anecdote warms the cockles of *this* fat-ass's Pynchon-loving heart.

Anybody ever do a study on Pynchon's representation of the overweight, the
obese, the rotund, the pleasingly plump, the "porky", the prodigiously
proportioned, the gargantuanly endowed, the Brobdignagian, etcetera,
etcetera, in his literature?

I would certainly like to see it done!

Cheers;
yer old pal Jerky LeBoeuf, Esq.

On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 1:27 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> How The Simpsons Brought Reclusive Author Thomas Pynchon to TV (cbr.com)
> <https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-thomas-pynchon-cameos/>
>
> According to *The Simpsons*' executive producer and showrunner Al Jean
> <https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-al-jean-feliz-navidad-interview/> in the
> audio commentary for *The Simpsons Complete 15th Season*, Pynchon was
> initially drawn to the show because of his son Jackson, a professed fan of
> the series. But Pynchon might also be something of a fan himself, given
> that he made some slight tweaks to his appearance in "All's Love in Oven
> War." Jean's fellow executive producer Matt Selman tweeted
> <https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/505082780561051649> that Pynchon
> actually sent the script back with some notes and different gags. Notably,
> he refused to call Homer a "fat ass," as the author considered Homer
> something of a "personal hero" and didn't want to insult him. All of this
> made *The Simpsons* one of the very few times Thomas Pynchon has ever
> broken his rule against appearing in public -- and let the author poke fun
> at that legacy at the same time.
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