<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"The Simpsons is to produce an episode written 22 years ago by Knocked Up&amp;#039;s Judd Apatow. The script was written by Apatow when he was still a struggling writer, according to Entertainment Weekly.   After hearing about the existence of the script, The Simpsons exec producer Al Jean invited Apatow to submit his episode to the show&amp;#039;s production team. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re always looking for good shows and good writers,&amp;quot; said Jean. &amp;quot;I sent word to him - &amp;#039;If you&amp;#039;re interested, we&amp;#039;ll buy it.&amp;#039; I think he had to find it - it was in one of his boxes.&amp;quot; Apatow is known for directing such films as 2005&amp;#039;s The 40 Year Old Virgin, 2009&amp;#039;s Funny People and the forthcoming This Is 40. He has also contributed to the screenplays for 2007&amp;#039;s Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Storyy, 2008&amp;#039;s You Don&amp;#039;t Mess with the Zohan and the same year&amp;#039;s Pineapple Express. His past television work includes NBC&amp;#039;s Freaks and Geeks, Fox&amp;#039;s Undeclared and HBO&amp;#039;s Girls. &amp;gt; Channel 4 admits cutting word &amp;#039;gay&amp;#039; out of The Simpsons &amp;gt; The Simpsons Mr Burns supports Mitt Romney - video Watch a trailer for Judd Apatow&amp;#039;s This Is 40 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-simpsons/news/a439919/the-simpsons-to-air-judd-apatow-episode-written-22-years-ago/>