Although most agree that “The Simpsons” has been steadily fading out of cultural relevancy since season 9 or so, it did have a resurgence in 2007 with “The Simpsons Movie.” Say what you will about the film, but it undeniably made “The Simpsons” cool again for at least a little bit.
The Simpson family was suddenly popping back into the commercials, and being sold as Burger King kids’ meal toys.
And as anyone who was in middle school at the time can tell you, that Spider Pig song was caught in every kid’s head for months.But as the showrunners of “The Simpsons” have long since made clear, nothing about making this movie was easy.
“Even though the movie is three times the length of the TV show, it was hundreds of times harder to write,” said David Mirkin in a 2007 interview, who was the showrunner from seasons 4-6 of the show
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