‘The Simpsons’ Boss Al Jean: Michael Jackson Used the Show to ‘Groom   
   Boys’:   
      
   "The very first episode of Season 3, “Stark Raving Dad,” featuring the   
   voice of    
   Michael Jackson made some news recently when it was revealed that you decided   
   to    
   remove the episode after watching the Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland.    
   That must have been a difficult decision for you, seeing as you wrote it and   
   it    
   was your first episode at the reins.   
      
   Yes. It wasn’t something that makes me happy. It’s something I agree with    
   completely. What saddens me is, if you watch that documentary—which I did,   
   and    
   several of us here did—and you watch that episode, honestly, it looks like   
   the    
   episode was used by Michael Jackson for something other than what we’d   
   intended    
   it. It wasn’t just a comedy to him, it was something that was used as a   
   tool.    
   And I strongly believe that. That, to me, is my belief, and it’s why I think    
   removing it is appropriate. I lose a little bit of money financially, it’s   
   not    
   something that’s great personally to lose one of the most successful things   
   I    
   ever did, but I totally think it’s the right move. I don’t believe in   
   going    
   through and making judgments on every guest star and saying “this one was   
   bad,    
   that one was bad,” but the episode itself has a false purpose, and that’s   
   what I    
   object to about it now.   
      
   And the false purpose was what?   
      
   I think it was part of what he used to groom boys. I really don’t know, and   
   I    
   should be very careful because this is not something I know personally, but as    
   far as what I think, that’s what I think. And that makes me very, very sad.   
      
   Did Michael Jackson write the song that he and Bart sing to Lisa to cheer her    
   up, and that includes Michael’s character singing, “And your first kiss   
   from a    
   boy…”   
      
   He did. But I’d really not talk about it anymore because I don’t want to   
   belabor    
   it. It’s from the heart, on our part, and I think Jim [Brooks] put it really    
   well. It’s not for any other reason that for what I just said, where if you    
   watch the documentary and then you watch that episode, something’s amiss."   
      
   See:   
      
   https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-simpsons-boss-al-jean-michael-   
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