Al Jean

We did a 3D animated Homer years ago, people loved that, was that a gimmick? I guess, but it was great, we're confident of our success, we're not trying to stay on the air by doing things we don't believe in.

He's going to take questions for 3 minutes, talk about events of the day - I'm sure Donald Trump is going to say something stupid, so the material's already written.

There's no question that people are going to talk about the election and about voting, and Trump is clearly the topic that sucks up all the oxygen.

We did a lot of shows about Homer and Marge being married and about the problems that come (with it), but what we haven't done is Marge saying, 'That's it, I've had it, I'm getting a separation, the Simpsons.

We thought it'd be interesting if both Bart and Skinner have a crush on the same woman, she feels Skinner is a wounded soul that she wants to take care of. She is a vet like Skinner, and that's his attraction.

We have a situation where Bart doesn't have a regular teacher, so (Vergara) may or may not come back.

I hope he comes back, and I hope he tells us soon what his plan is, and if he doesn't, the show will continue regardless.