David Bianculli

Ain't nobody told me there was math on this exam.

Ain't nobody told me there was math on this exam.

Ain't nobody told me there was math on this exam.

Again, I was told there'd be no math.

Again, I was told there'd be no math.

Again, I was told there'd be no math.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker. He reviewed The Life of Chuck. After a break, we remember Alf Clausen, the composer and arranger behind so many of the song parodies on The Simpsons, died last week at age 84. This is Fresh Air. The familiar theme song to the long-running animated TV series The Simpsons was written by Danny Elfman.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker. He reviewed The Life of Chuck. After a break, we remember Alf Clausen, the composer and arranger behind so many of the song parodies on The Simpsons, died last week at age 84. This is Fresh Air. The familiar theme song to the long-running animated TV series The Simpsons was written by Danny Elfman.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker. He reviewed The Life of Chuck. After a break, we remember Alf Clausen, the composer and arranger behind so many of the song parodies on The Simpsons, died last week at age 84. This is Fresh Air. The familiar theme song to the long-running animated TV series The Simpsons was written by Danny Elfman.

But for the next 27 seasons, from the show's launch in 1990 until 2017, all the music was written, arranged, and orchestrated by Alf Clausen, who died last week at age 84. He worked with a 35-piece orchestra and often the show's cast members to create a dizzying range of musical highlights, winning two Emmys for his efforts.

But for the next 27 seasons, from the show's launch in 1990 until 2017, all the music was written, arranged, and orchestrated by Alf Clausen, who died last week at age 84. He worked with a 35-piece orchestra and often the show's cast members to create a dizzying range of musical highlights, winning two Emmys for his efforts.

But for the next 27 seasons, from the show's launch in 1990 until 2017, all the music was written, arranged, and orchestrated by Alf Clausen, who died last week at age 84. He worked with a 35-piece orchestra and often the show's cast members to create a dizzying range of musical highlights, winning two Emmys for his efforts.

Clausen had demonstrated his gifts for musical satire and cleverness before joining the Simpsons. He provided the music for the famous episode of the TV series Moonlighting that was a parody of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. On The Simpsons, one of his many inspired contributions was the music for a local musical production of another theatrical classic, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Clausen had demonstrated his gifts for musical satire and cleverness before joining the Simpsons. He provided the music for the famous episode of the TV series Moonlighting that was a parody of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. On The Simpsons, one of his many inspired contributions was the music for a local musical production of another theatrical classic, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Clausen had demonstrated his gifts for musical satire and cleverness before joining the Simpsons. He provided the music for the famous episode of the TV series Moonlighting that was a parody of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. On The Simpsons, one of his many inspired contributions was the music for a local musical production of another theatrical classic, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Its songs featured solo turns by Julie Kavner's Marge as Blanche and Harry Shearer's Ned Flanders as Stanley, and a big closing production number, The Kindness of Strangers, featuring quite a few of Springfield's familiar residents.

Its songs featured solo turns by Julie Kavner's Marge as Blanche and Harry Shearer's Ned Flanders as Stanley, and a big closing production number, The Kindness of Strangers, featuring quite a few of Springfield's familiar residents.

Its songs featured solo turns by Julie Kavner's Marge as Blanche and Harry Shearer's Ned Flanders as Stanley, and a big closing production number, The Kindness of Strangers, featuring quite a few of Springfield's familiar residents.

That was Music from the Simpsons by composer and orchestrator Alf Klassen. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1997, and she asked him how he worked with the writers of The Simpsons, who provided the delightful lyrics.

That was Music from the Simpsons by composer and orchestrator Alf Klassen. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1997, and she asked him how he worked with the writers of The Simpsons, who provided the delightful lyrics.