I'm A Writer Who Just Happens To

I Know For A Fact, Obviously, Because My Kids Grew Up Watching The Show, That There Are Some Things They Are Introduced To From 'the Simpsons', And Then Later In Life They See The Thing We're Parodying. My Kids Had Not Seen 'casablanca,' And We'd Done Parodies Of 'casablanca.'

Your Cable Television Is Experiencing Difficulties. Please Do Not Panic. Resist The Temptation To Read Or Talk To Loved Ones. Do Not Attempt Sexual Relations, As Years Of Tv Radiation Have Left Your Genitals Withered And Useless.

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."

I'm Better Than Dirt. Well, Most Kinds Of Dirt, Not That Fancy Store-bought Dirt... I Can't Compete With That Stuff.

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.