Everybody Doesn't Have To Get Every Joke.

Because Good Writing In A Tv Cartoon Is So Rare, I Think The Animation On The Simpsons Is Often Overlooked.

I Went Through A Phase Where People Would Introduce Me At Parties As A Cartoonist, And Everybody Felt Sorry For Me. 'oh, Matt's A Cartoonist.' Then People Further Feeling Sorry For Me Would Ask Me To Draw Garfield. Because I'm A Cartoonist, Draw Snoopy Or Garfield Or Something.

Nihilism In American Comedy Came Along Way Before 'the Simpsons.' There Was A Fairly Nihilistic Point Of View To 'saturday Night Live,' For Instance, Back In The Beginning, And A Lot Of Really Dark Comedy Had A Really Anti-sentimental Take On Life.

On 'the Simpsons,' I Will Say That We Definitely Like To Comment On What's Going On In The World, And We Try To Be Funny. If We Can Figure Out A Way Of Being Funny About It, Then We've Gone Part Of The Way Of Accomplishing Our Task.

Everybody Doesn't Have To Get Every Joke. People Really Appreciate Not Being Condescended To.