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• Troy: Dr. Linus Irving of the Sloan-Ketterling Memorial Institute writes, "How does Matt Groening find the time to write and draw an entire `Simpsons' episode every week?
  For the answer to this, we went straight to the source....
• Troy: This past summer, all of America was trying to solve the mystery of who shot Mr.
  Burns. [pause] Then they found out it was the baby....
• Announcer: In the opening credits, what does the cash register say when Maggie is scanned?
  The cash register says, "NRA4EVER", just one of the hundreds of radical right-wing messages inserted into every show by creator Matt Groening....
• Announcer: Which popular "Simpsons" characters have died in the past year?
  If you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe, you are wrong...
• Troy: Apu living with the Simpsons?! It happened. And here's a scene you didn't see.
  Apu: I'm hoping you enjoy this movie. It made every Indian critic's top 400 list....
• McClure: Thirty-five new shows to fill a few holes in their programming lineup.
  [presents a schedule chart that's actually more holes than lineup] That's a pretty daunting task -- and the producers weren't up to it....
• creen: "Fourth season"] [the theme from "The Flintstones" plays] [a man looks at his watch, and pulls a cord on a whistle] Home
  Yabba dabba doo! [slides down pipe, crashes through window into car] [singing] Simpson, Homer Simpson, He's the greatest guy in history!...
• Troy: Maybe the drawings were a little crude, but all the characters were there
  Itchy & Scratchy, [shot of Itchy showing Scratchy a female cat] Grampa Simpson, [shot of a very crude crayon drawing of Abe] and Krusty the Klown....
• McClure: That's it for our spinoff showcase. But what about the show that started it all?
  How do you keep "The Simpsons" fresh and funny after eight long years?...