i brought you kids some stuff from work. here you go son! shell casings! >> whoa there's still bullets in some of these. >> brings back so many memories for me. but simon helped "the simpsons "" debut in 1989. he has been battling cancer the last few years. >> for more on sam simon's legacy, we're joined by a tv editor. would "the simpsons" have been the simpsons without sam simon? >> i don't think so. it was an offbeat cartoon based on an offbeat press editor to a sitcom. this is a guy who wrote for "taxi" and had a lot of experience in taking avante