My Father Was A Really Sharp Cartoonist And Filmmaker. He Used To Tape-record The Family Surreptitiously, Either While We Were Driving Around Or At Dinner, And In 1963 He And I Made Up A Story About A Brother And A Sister, Lisa And Matt, Having An Adventure Out In The Woods With Animals.

-Matt Groening

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My Father Was A Really Sharp Cartoonist

Matt Groening

My Father Was A Really Sharp Cartoonist And Filmmaker. He Used To Tape-record The Family Surreptitiously, Either While We Were Driving Around Or At Dinner, And In 1963 He And I Made Up A Story About A Brother And A Sister, Lisa And Matt, Having An Adventure Out In The Woods With Animals.

Topic

Brother

Father

Adventure

'the Simpsons' Was About Children And Married Parents; 'futurama' Is About People In Between; They're Growing Up And Haven't Settled Down. Every Other Cartoon Show Seemed To Be, You Know, Dumb Dad, Bratty Kids.

Growing Up

Dad

Children