{"id":641,"date":"2016-10-10T00:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/?p=641"},"modified":"2016-10-10T00:22:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:22:15","slug":"blog-post-2-george-meyer-on-simpsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/2016\/10\/10\/blog-post-2-george-meyer-on-simpsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 2 – George Meyer on Simpsons"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I chose to explore the finding aid for George Meyer Simpsons Script Files\u00a0<\/a>. This aid consists of the script files, for seasons two through six, for the popular television show – The Simpsons.<\/p>\n

According to Hayden and based on the discussions in class, we concluded that events become history only once you add narrative to these series of events. History is shaped by the author of the story and his\/her personal bias plays a big role in the interpretation of the events.\u00a0This aid helps us understand Meyer as a person before looking at the scripts he worked on.\u00a0George Meyer was born in Pennsylvania and graduated from Harvard in 1978. He worked on multiple well known platforms such as the Harvard Lampoon, David Letterman Show, and Saturday Night Live before he moved onto the Simpsons. Through these prior platforms he built his network in the entertainment industry while gaining experience. Meyer began by writing for the show and turned into an executive producer later on.<\/p>\n

The files include everything Meyer has worked on or assisted in from notes, outlines and drafts of episodes to designs of characters, objects and so on. The collection is arranged alphabetically by script title, which doesn’t really organize the files for a third party. I would have preferred for them to be ordered by episode numbers or air dates to create a timeline instead. Since the Simpsons is a satirical show, the timeline would help us draw comparisons from the episode topic to the current situations during that time in history, which would encourage narrative. The list doesn’t give us a lot of information about the files. Most of the files contain the episode name, the writers names, the date, and the type of document it is. I’m not completely aware about whether finding aids are supposed to provide more detail, but I would have loved to further explore each sub file to gain more insight.<\/p>\n

If I had to write a narrative based on this aid, I would mostly be able to talk about Meyer’s biography and how his background led him to work on the Simpsons show. Additionally, I would be able to talk about the various types of pieces he worked on and the people he worked with during different times. This is not enough information for me to create an accurate narrative of the events without delving deeper into each file.<\/p>\n

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