These old 'Simpsons' sketches are everything you need and more

What a time to be alive...

Stop googling your own name and look at this cool early Simpsons art instead.

Animator David Silverman shared some sketches he found from a 1995 Simpsons writers' retreat, giving us another glimpse at the "what could have been" Simpsons universe.

Lots of people picked up on the fact that Scratchy was originally slated to be Smithers' cat, perhaps rather than a satire on Tom and Jerry.

Don't worry everybody, there's plenty of Smithers to go 'round.

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