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TIL that Conan O'Brien is credited as the key influence in The Simpsons change from grounded realism towards surreal and zany plots after he wrote the episode, "Marge vs. the Monorail". :
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Paul O'Brien. 22 January 1954—16 October 2018 | Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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The Bill O'Brien-Mac Jones pairing has a chance to be explosive — on and off the field - The Boston Globe
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