In light of Prince’s death last week, Simpsons showrunner Al Jean recently shared some excerpts on Twitter from an old Simpsons script by Conan O’Brien, in which Prince would star in a followup of sorts to Michael Jackson’s 1991 episode “Stark Raving Dad.” Prince passed on the episode so it went unproduced, but the few excerpts Jean shared online paint at least a partial picture of what could have been:
.@TheSimpsons page from unproduced Prince script thank you Jacqueline Atkins for finding! pic.twitter.com/GvYaJKXxgD
— Al Jean (@AlJean) April 23, 2016
.@TheSimpsons possibly another objection Prince had to the script… pic.twitter.com/OgRxlZ5EKJ — Al Jean (@AlJean) April 23, 2016
And here, Prince’s goodbye scene:
.@TheSimpsons Tonight fland canyon written by Burns directed by Polcino canyon by God. Here’s one more prince page pic.twitter.com/eBMQR44LEq
— Al Jean (@AlJean) April 24, 2016