I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, ‘Life in Hell,’ for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing ‘The Tracey Ullman Show’ for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show. Matt Groening Read Quote
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. Matt Groening Read Quote
When DVDs finally disappear, I’m going to be sad. I’ll miss the commentaries. Matt Groening Read Quote
It’s a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We’ve got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we’ve explored some of the secondary characters’ personal lives a bit more. Matt Groening Read Quote
The Simpsons’ is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy. Matt Groening Read Quote
