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  Dublin: 10 °C Saturday 25 October, 2014
  
  Saturday 21 April, 2012
  
  Column: I saw the first draft of the first Simpsons episode – and it wasn’t very good
  
  Marc Flanagan, a writer on The Tracey Ullman Show, recalls how a low-budget animated segment on that show grew legs and became an international phenomenon.
cleaned_text: # Column: I saw the first draft of the first Simpsons episode – and it wasn’t very good
  
  **Marc Flanagan**, a writer on The Tracey Ullman Show, recalls how a low-budget animated segment on that show grew legs and became an international phenomenon.
  
  *Dublin: 10 °C Saturday 25 October, 2014*
  
  *Saturday 21 April, 2012*