The Simpsons: Backstage Tour with Emmy Winning Writer & Producer Mike Reiss

18 West 53rd Street,New York NY 10019

08 April, 2022

Description

An evening with American television comedy writer and author Mike Reiss! The Simpsons, America's favorite family, premiered 35 years ago on "The Tracey Ullman Show" -- Join our after-hours NYPL celebration with Emmy-Award winning writer and producer Mike Reiss for an exclusive after-hours presentation, "The Simpsons: Backstage Tour", as he shares stories, secrets and scandals from the show's past, illustrated with cartoon clips. Mike Reiss has won four Emmys and two Peabody Awards during his thirty-two years writing for The Simpsons. He ran the show in Season 4, which Entertainment Weekly called “the greatest season of the greatest show in history.” Reiss has written nineteen children’s books, as well as Springfield Confidential, a best-selling memoir of his three decades at The Simpsons. Other credits include writing jokes for such comedy legends as Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, Garry Shandling -- and Pope Francis! Really!