Icons Unearthed: The Simpsons
The Room
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The Simpsons writers' room is the stuff of TV legend. It would churn out hilarious scripts like a Ford automobile assembly line, turning what could have been a niche, off-beat miss into a surprise hit. The phenomenal success of the show has almost always been attributed to the irreverent and groundbreaking writing, but while the writers toiled away, tensions rose among the three creators.