In season 1, episode 2 of the Simpsons, Mr. Smithers has black skin. In later episodes, he has white skin. Does anyone know the reason for this change?
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4Relevant google image search results. – user1306322 Oct 01 '15 at 16:33
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Talking to TMZ, Matt Groening said:
He was always yellow, and they painted him wrong once. 'At the time we didn't have enough to do retakes, so when there were glitches and mistakes it stayed that way. 'He was never 'black', it was an accident. (Source:dailymail.co.uk)
So he was always supposed to be yellow white like rest of the characters, not black. Now if you want to know why he is yellow; refer below mentioned question:-
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2Oddly enough, according to Wikipedia he was supposed to be black but this idea was scrapped. – Walt Oct 01 '15 at 12:06
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6@Walt source for that lines is reddit.com. I am not sure how much we can trust that. – Ankit Sharma Oct 01 '15 at 12:11
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- This is not from some informal reddit thread but rather from an official online q&a session with Simpsons writer Jay Kogen held in 2012. (You can read its highlights here). Reddit has those from time to time. 2. Another quote on that Wikipedia page (from David Silverman) supports the claim, and it's from TV Guide.
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@Walt i am quite unaware with how reddit work, so maybe both statement are right on their own way as you said in chat – Ankit Sharma Oct 01 '15 at 12:45