He has supplemented his income by being host on televised beauty pageants and low-budget network specials.
During this period, he also oversaw network specials for Disney Television that received several Emmy Awards nominations.
For nine years the museum has produced network specials on subjects like teenagers and women on television, but this is its first series.
Between 1997 and 2000, Simpson hosted many network specials and tributes.
Usually these periodic network specials explore problems that can be handled neatly and then wrapped up with a tidy object lesson.
It consists of two network specials that aired during the Come on Over era.
The old name of The Wonderful World of Disney was used throughout the early part of the decade on many network specials.
The money could come, Mr. Burnett said, in everything from network specials to pay-per-view events.
He had been offered work on a variety series and a couple of network specials.
But both network specials on Wednesday night carried a broader message: there actually can be too much of a bad thing.