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The season was the first to be executive produced by David Mirkin, who would also run the following season. Several of the show’s original writers who had worked on The Simpsons since the first season had left following the completion of season four. “Cape Feare”, which was the final episode to be produced by the “original team”, aired during this season as a hold over. Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Sam Simon and Jeff Martin wrote their final episodes for the season four production run. Show runners Al Jean and Mike Reiss left to produce their own series The Critic, but returned in subsequent seasons to produce more Simpsons episodes, and Jean again became the show runner starting with season thirteen. George Meyer and John Swartzwelder, Conan O’Brien, Frank Mula and future show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein all stayed with the show following the previous season. O’Brien would leave the series halfway through the production of the season to host his own show on NBC, Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He had been working on “Homer Goes to College” when he found out he was chosen to host Late Night and was forced to walk out on his contract. He later had a cameo appearance in “Bart Gets Famous”. He recorded his part while Late Night was on the air, but O’Brien thought that his show might be canceled by the time the episode aired.

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Actors: Kelsey Grammer, Yeardley Smith, George Harrison, Julie Kavner, Dan Castellaneta
Directors: Rich Moore, Susie Dietter
Format: Multiple Formats, AC-3, Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English (Dolby Surround), French (Stereo), Spanish (Stereo)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 4
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: May 15, 2012
Run Time: 484 minutes
ASIN: B007KFZ8AA