When author Thomas Pynchon appeared on The Simpsons, he edited his own dialog so as not to insult to Homer Simpson.
Matt Selman, Executive Producer of The Simpsons, revealed this detail on Twitter last week during Fox’s #EverySimpsonsEver marathon of the TV show.
In crossing out “No wonder Homer is such a fat ass.” Pynchon writes: “Sorry, guys. Homer is my role model and I won’t speak ill of him.”
— Matt Selman (@mattselman) August 28, 2014
The fax sent to us by Thomas Pynchon with his jokes written on the script page pic.twitter.com/wL8Nm6R92I
— Matt Selman (@mattselman) August 28, 2014
(Via The Wall Street Journal).