Spring Break
Simpsons writer riffs on Harvard, Bush at URI
Justin Oswald
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Campus
"You just came out," Reiss said.
Reiss showed a clip of Queer Duck in which a homosexual bear sang about baseball and how "gay" of a sport it is.
Baseball players in the clip sang merrily: "We play hard for hours, and that's just in the showers."
Reiss was also a contributing writer to The Johnny Carson Show, where he was required to write 60 jokes a day, and The Critic, an animated show.
Another question Reiss said he often heard was, "What would you do if you couldn't write comedy?"
His routine answer was, "I'd write for King of the Hill."
Reiss apologized for his political outburst at the beginning of his talk, and he said it was not the reason he was here, although it drew laughter from the audience of about 70 people.
"President Bush is like Satan with a learning disorder," Reiss said.
Even someone not a fan of The Simpsons found the night worthwhile.
"I'm not a Simpsons fan and I thought he was really funny," senior Allison Pirolli said.
When leaving the stage, Reiss thanked the audience for giving him an excuse to get out of Los Angeles, a Spanish phrase according to him that means "Satan's a**hole."
Reiss showed a clip of Queer Duck in which a homosexual bear sang about baseball and how "gay" of a sport it is.
Baseball players in the clip sang merrily: "We play hard for hours, and that's just in the showers."
Reiss was also a contributing writer to The Johnny Carson Show, where he was required to write 60 jokes a day, and The Critic, an animated show.
Another question Reiss said he often heard was, "What would you do if you couldn't write comedy?"
His routine answer was, "I'd write for King of the Hill."
Reiss apologized for his political outburst at the beginning of his talk, and he said it was not the reason he was here, although it drew laughter from the audience of about 70 people.
"President Bush is like Satan with a learning disorder," Reiss said.
Even someone not a fan of The Simpsons found the night worthwhile.
"I'm not a Simpsons fan and I thought he was really funny," senior Allison Pirolli said.
When leaving the stage, Reiss thanked the audience for giving him an excuse to get out of Los Angeles, a Spanish phrase according to him that means "Satan's a**hole."
