The BBC made this way back in 2000, so for all I know every other Simpsons fan on the internet has seen this already. But it was new to me and I thought I’d collect it in one handy place for everyone. Plus, there’s an absolute knockout quote in the second part. Part 1 – Enter Groening and his teevee infused childhood: Part 2 – Groening becomes a cartoonist and moves to Los Angeles: And at about the 8:45 mark of Part 2 he shatters my irony meter (emphasis mine): “I finally got out of school in 1977 and I…
Day: January 7, 2010
Spurlock Update: Ah, Fuck
From a review of Spurlock’s special: If there’s a weakness in the anniversary show, it’s that Spurlock doesn’t delve too far into the issue of how challenging it is for the series to live up to the impossibly high bar it set for itself in the 1990s. Creator Matt Groening chuckles at one point about how fans are so invested in the show, they have no reservations about being intensely critical right to his face. That sets up a tremendous quote by Simpsons writer Matt Warburton, who says dryly, "I think the Internet message boards used to be a lot…
Quote of the Day
"Alright, that’s it! I’ve been scorched by Krusty before. I got a rapid heartbeat from his Krusty brand vitamins, my Krusty calculator didn’t have a 7 or an 8, and Krusty’s autobiography was self serving with many glaring omissions! But this time he’s gone too far!" – Bart Simpson