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Matt Groening

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We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny stuff.
4.5 · 64 votes · 7 reads
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Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.
3.3 · 46 votes · 83 reads
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When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.
4.0 · 49 votes · 133 reads
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When DVDs finally disappear, I'm going to be sad. I'll miss the commentaries.
4.8 · 32 votes · 169 reads
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When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time.
4.0 · 27 votes · 28 reads
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With 'Futurama,' I wanted to do unrequited love, and David Cohen agreed, and although our original plan was never to have Fry and Leela get together, we finally just said, 'You can only string the fans along so far.'
3.2 · 55 votes · 168 reads
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With 'Futurama,' I was just worried that somebody would beat us to it; it seemed so obvious that there should be an animated science fiction show set in the future. And one of the reasons why it's not, I learned, is that it's really, really difficult.
4.5 · 17 votes · 121 reads
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With animation, because you can draw anything and do anything and have the characters do whatever you want, the tendency is to be very loose with the boundaries and the rules.
4.1 · 30 votes · 165 reads
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With Charlie Brown, it was about loneliness and isolation. I always thought that the thing about Charlie Brown and those characters was the absence of the parents. Half the strip was about who wasn't there. The parents were never in the picture.
3.8 · 53 votes · 103 reads
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You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.
3.9 · 54 votes · 129 reads
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