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Simpsons creator Sam Simon was on Howard Stern this morning, sharing some very special memories of Michael Jackson's celebrated appearance on the show, a lovable turn as an animated mental patient with a shaved head.

Sam said he brought the script over to Jackson's place to see if he'd be interested in doing it and Jackson was. His only reservation was that he wanted more scenes with Bart Simpson, his favorite character on the show. He demanded the script be changed so his character could spend more time with Bart. According to Sam, they changed the script, giving Jackson a scene where he spends the night alone with Bart in his room. Jackson agreed to the change and signed on to do the show. Sam also added that during the voice recording, someone gave Jackson a giant Bart Simpson doll and when he thought no one was looking, Jackson started to kiss the doll.

Due to an egregious design flaw in the Bart Simpson doll, Jackson was unable to ply it with Jesus Juice; sadly, the King of Pop had to stop at first base.