 As of 2012 Mirkin still works part @-@ time on the show as a consultant , helping with the re @-@ write process . The show 's nine @-@ month production cycle allows him to contribute to each episode in some form , whilst engaging in other projects as well . Mirkin also co @-@ wrote The Simpsons Movie in 2007 , and the 3D animated short The Longest Daycare in 2012 , which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film . Mirkin won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award for his work on The Simpsons . 
