Season one, episode thirteen, "Some Enchanted Evening", was originally going to be the season premiere. However, at the Gracie Films studio screening, James L. Brooks said of the animation "this is shit", which cleared the room and created a heated argument with Klasky-Csupo animation studio head Gabor Csupo, who countered with "maybe this shit isn't funny". An estimated seventy percent of the episode had to be redone, which had several knock-on effects: There was major concern the show would be cancelled if the next episode, season one, episode two, "Bart the Genius", came back in a similar state (luckily it did not). Season one, episode one, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", was now to be the season premiere, which in turn meant the show could not debut on FOX until December, and what's more, the reordering of the air dates meant that Santa's Little Helper, who now debuted as the "first" episode was mysteriously absent throughout most of the remainder of the season, including this episode. There is also a noticeable difference between the old and new animation, perhaps most notably the scene where Marge is getting ready in front of the bedroom mirror talking to Lisa about Homer's dancing; Marge is hugely off-model and would be unrecognizable under normal circumstances. The delay had at least one positive effect, however; it allowed time for Hank Azaria to overdub the original voice track for Moe (performed by Christopher Collins), and by season two, Azaria had become a regular member of the cast. Seven years later, when Brooks and Csupo were both on-stage accepting an Emmy for "The Simpsons", Brooks jokingly whispered in his ear "maybe this shit isn't funny". The joke was taken in good humor as Csupo had long since admitted he was wrong about the whole affair.
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