[Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)] – Tim Long and Matt Groening.



Original production script for The Simpsons, ‘Elementary School Musical’, s.22, ep.1, recorded 14 December 2009, aired 26 September 2010.



48 pages, 280 x 215mm, with adhesive label and yellow highlighter on page 22 marking Stephen Hawking’s lines. Purple covers, butterfly fasteners. Provenance: from the estate of the late Professor Stephen Hawking.



The original production script for Stephen Hawking’s final appearance on The Simpsons. Hawking makes an unexpected appearance as Lisa performs a song during her time at Expressions performing arts camp; the relevant text on page 22 runs as follows:



‘PROF. STEPHEN HAWKING appears out of nowhere, wearing a bright orange track suit, gold chains, and a Kangol hat. He has two turntables attached to his wheelchair wheels



STEPHEN HAWKING (THROUGH VOICE BOX) OH YEAH. BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME, FELLAS.



As Stephen Hawking “scratches” at his turntables, Ethan and Kurt breakdance around him. (This should last several seconds, and feature some big, 80s-style breakdance beats.)’



Hawking starred in four episodes of The Simpsons between 1999 and 2009, later quipping that ‘as many people know me through The Simpsons as for my science’. He described the show as the best thing on American television.







