Editing Moe Szyslak (section)

===Creation===
The creator of ''The Simpsons'' [[Matt Groening]] based Moe on [[Tube Bar prank calls|Louis "Red" Deutsch]], who was made famous when he was repeatedly prank-called by two [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] residents. [[Tube Bar prank calls|These prank calls]] were the inspiration for Bart Simpson's [[Recurring jokes in The Simpsons#Bart's prank calls|repeated prank calls to Moe]], and Deutsch's often profane responses inspired Moe's violent temper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15354520&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523586&rfi=6|title=Joke on 'Simpsons' started in JC|access-date=2007-10-26|date=2005-08-10|newspaper=The Hudson Reporter|first=Ricardo|last=Kaulessar|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925085614/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15354520&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523586&rfi=6|archive-date=2008-09-25}}</ref> Comedian [[Rich Hall]], an acquaintance of ''The Simpsons'' writer [[George Meyer]], has stated that he believes further inspiration was drawn from himself and that Groening has verified this to him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holt |first=Richard |date=24 September 2007 |title=Comic claims he is Simpsons' Moe the Barman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1564051/Comic-claims-he-is-Simpsons-Moe-the-Barman.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-date=7 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120119/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1564051/Comic-claims-he-is-Simpsons-Moe-the-Barman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Moe's surname "Szyslak" was revealed in "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]". Writers [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] found the name in a phone book and gave it to Moe so that he would have the initials M.S., and hence be a suspect in the Burns shooting.<ref>[[Bill Oakley|Oakley, Bill]] (2005). Commentary for "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Moe was designed by animator Dan Haskett and his facial appearance was modeled after a [[gorilla]].<ref>[[David Silverman (animator)|Silverman, David]] (2001). Commentary for "[[Bart the General]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete First Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref><ref>[[Mike Reiss|Reiss, Mike]] (2004). Commentary for "[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Animator [[Mark Kirkland]] said that he often lets off-model drawings of Moe pass through production because the character is so ugly that no one will notice.<ref>[[Mark Kirkland|Kirkland, Mark]] (2004). Commentary for "[[Bart Sells His Soul]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref>