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On Sunday at 8 p.m. EST on Fox, The Simpsons will be airing its 450th episode. Entitled Once Upon a Time in Springfield, the episode will be followed by an hour-long documentary from Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), called The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice.
“I think we could do it for another 20 years, actually,” says Simpsons creator Matt Groening ,talking about the show tying the longest running show in history: Gunsmoke, a series that has recently been tied by NBC’s Law & Order. “Omigod! Another 20? We’ll TRY,” he chortled. “We’ll do our BEST!”
“What I love about The Simpsons is, it’s so collaborative,” says Yeardley Smith about the writing process for the show. Smith voices the precious Lisa Simpson. “The actors do a third, the animators do a third and the writers do a third. That’s how I see it.”
Here’s your chance to leave your legacy. Create a new character for one of television’s longest running shows, The Simpsons.
The Fox animated show will be giving one winner the chance to make a new character which will appear in an early 2010 episode featuring Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
Part of Fox’s 20th-anniversary celebration of The Simpsons, the contest is only for those 18-years-of-age or older and runs until 11:59 p.m. EDT October 24th. Submissions can be made online on the show’s official web site. Executive producer Al Jean wants the character to be “pithy and funny.” Jean will also help judge the characters along with series creator Matt Groening.
