I Don't Know Why I Did It,

Aren't We Forgeting The True Meaning Of Christmas? You Know, The Birth Of Santa.

The Simpsons And Futurama Are Such Big Projects, Going On For Years And Working In Different Media, That Everything Involved With Them, Promotion And Merchandise And Online Presence And All The Rest, Deserve To Be Scrutinized, So That's Part Of It. I Have A Great Deal Of Sympathy For Anyone At The Core Of A Multimedia Juggernaut, Even If You Might Not Care For The Specific Pop-culture Invasion Of Your Brain. The People Who Do It Work Really Hard.

I Thought I Had An Appetite For Destruction, But All I Wanted Was A Club Sandwich.

I Loved Literary Science Fiction. In Fact, As A Kid, When I Was Reading Science Fiction, I Thought 'i Can't Wait For The Future When The Special Effects Are Good' To Represent What Was In These Books By Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.g. Ballard, Jack Vance.

I May Be Biting Off More Than I Can Chew, But With 'the Simpsons' And With 'futurama,' What I'm Trying To Do In The Guise Of Light Entertainment, If This Is Possible - Is Nudge People, Jostle Them A Little, Wake Them Up To Some Of The Ways In Which We're Being Manipulated And Exploited.