While attending a Jewish day school, Noah Gradofsky, a young fan of the long-running cartoon series, \”The Simpsons,\” had a passing idea to turn an episode into a mock page of Talmud. Years later, in rabbinical school, Gradofsky first put the idea on paper or, more accurately, on a Web site. \”The Simpsons Talmud,\” based on the \”Simpsons\” episode, \”Like Father, Like Clown,\” was born.