\u201cSo the next thing I knew, I was submitting, I don\u2019t know, some of the sketches I had written on SNL and then I was told, \u2018You\u2019ve got a job on The Simpsons and you need to be here in four days\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it really saved my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
He recalled being surrounded by \u201cjust such a fantastic, legendary writers\u2019 room\u201d during his time on the show.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien added: \u201cI was so intimidated when I showed up. I had never written that form before.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had only written sketches and suddenly they\u2019re saying, \u2018This has to happen in this act, but then in that act … \u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a magical part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The entertainer left The Simpsons in 1993 and went on to become a talk show host on NBC, with the Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien, which ended in 2009 after 16 years, followed by The Tonight Show with Conan O\u2019Brien from 2009 until 2010 and TBS\u2019 Conan from 2010 until 2021.<\/p>\n
And 33 years after his time on The Simpsons, O\u2019Brien was delighted to finally have the opportunity to formally \u201cthank\u201d Groening for letting him work on the series.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cGod, do I thank you. I don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be if I hadn\u2019t gone there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Groening quipped: \u201cI want you to know that your old office has been preserved. It is used for storage.\u201d<\/p>\n
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