Given that the draft script of Lisa's Rival originally included stuff like Homer throwing sugar in a diabetic's face, I think it pretty much tells us who Mike Scully really was all along.
Implied Simpsons characters
Yeah from reading enough draft scripts, I do start to notice that most of the material they cut out was cut out for a reason. It doesn't look like there were any brilliant jokes we missed out on here.
Remember that numerous rewrites are done before even the table read, so it's really impossible to tell who wrote which lines.
In Trash of the Titans, I forgot to mention is that in the scene where Homer wants to register to run for sanitation commissioner, but finds out he is in the line for sex offenders. Originally, Wiseguy's part was of the pimple-faced teen, and Moe's part was by some guy named Rusty (anybody heard of him?). He enters with someone named Eugene. I know it is not a spelling mistake of Krusty because they have his name twice as Rusty, and I doubt they would mess up twice.
Eugene and Rusty were originally from Bart After Dark ("I'm afraid this goes far beyond Eugene and Rusty"). I guess they were planning originally to have them as recurring characters or at least make a callback to then, but then decided not to.
But holy god, some of that deleted material from Lisa's Rival was bad. To be fair I thought the thing about Marge buying Lisa a lamp bulb was funny and really a shame it didn't make it into the final script, but the cut subplot stuff had a lot of problems. Homer throwing sugar in a diabetic's face? Yuck.
Also remember that the main plot was Conan's idea shortly before he left the show and that the sugar subplot was Mike Scully's main contribution, so it says a lot about how Homer is written there. Not all of the jokes are necessarily bad, but man is Homer characterized poorly. The bit with Moe holding a gun to Homer is also a little much and something they didn't actually attempt until The Parent Rap (Hank Azaria was really upset with that episode because he always said that's one thing Moe is never supposed to do).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Hank's objection to that scene was more like Moe deciding to randomly rob Homer of his pants at gunpoint, hence the ad-libbed "Yeah, I steal now." line.
he doesn't bear much of a resemblance to Seymour Skinner
From Krusty Gets Busted:
When Marge walks in on Bart and Lisa watching Itchy and Scratchy, instead of the "Prime Time" discussion, we get this:
Marge
Now you kids know the rules. You aren't allowed to watch senseless violence until you've done your homework.
Lisa
We've done our homework.
Marge
Well, okay. Enjoy.
>Deleted phrase by Kim: "We've got to stop wearing bras! That'll show men what we're made of!"
This is terrible but I love it.
That alien