Groening Reveals Roots of Marge's Hair

Marge Simpson's gravity-defying blue beehive is a hybrid creation, Matt Groening has revealed.

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`Simpsons' Honcho: `Let's Keep Doing It'

As Bart Simpson skips into his 18th season of TV mischief, fans will be glad to know that creator Matt Groening sees no end in sight for the wayward lad or "The Simpsons."

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The Simpsons cartoon has been on since the 1980s. Is it time for the show to finally go?

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Groening also said there will be a second "Simpsons" movie, but not to get in line yet. "It will happen at some point, but I have no idea when," he said. "The first one took us four years - mainly because we don't like to work any harder than we usually do."

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Futurama was killed, but like some B-movie cyborg it refused to stay dead. The fans watched the 72 episodes religiously in syndication and shelled out $170 to get the entire run on DVD. So, in 2005, Fox green-lighted 16 new episodes.

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DXC: (laughs) You know, we really let the Fox executives have it in this movie, as you're alluding to. People ask us if we had any trouble with them. I'm excited for tomorrow -- if a bit anxious. I think this could be really good, but my three biggest concerns:

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The creator of ''The Simpsons'' talks about his new movie, why animators don't get paid enough and what's funny about Arnold Schwarzenegger as president.

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It's no secret — The Simpsons has relied as heavily on drug humor as Diff'rent Strokes did on "whatchootalkinboutwillis." Ranging from binge drinking to marijuana use to LSD-like hallucinations, all the members of the Simpson clan — and a great many other residents of Springf …

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In Hollywood, summer movies are not known for being brainy, but it's rare for filmmakers to publicly impugn the intelligence of their leading man. Then again, this is Homer.

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Some Pagans have publicly decried this publicity stunt for the new Simpsons movie. It's possible of course that the Cerne Abbas giant itself was, like Matt Groening's creation, intended to raise a smile more than anything else... but that's another can of worms for another day.

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EA's Simpsons game, it looks alright. OK, you GOT ME, it looks pretty rad. So rad, in fact, that series creator Matt Groening wants in on the action, and will be appearing in the game. As a character. The final boss, no less!

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Read the last few paragraphs.........

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"We have writers now who are so young that they grew up watching the show," says show creator Matt Groening. "They remind some of us who have been around longer that we've already done a joke that somebody is pitching."

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Twenty years ago this week, a yellow family from Springfield, USA, first careened onto TV screens—lampooning American culture with pitch-perfect satire and touching off a new era in television comedy.

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The Simpsons gets in on the FOX propaganda... perhaps as penitence for something like 15 years of revenue they've thrown at the network... Or maybe it's from a transcript...

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The Simpsons creator Matt Groening told IFmagazine.com that Fox will produce four direct-to-DVD movies of his Futurama show, with the first, Futurama: Bender's Big Score, due for release in December.

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Review: Best American NonRequired Reading 2006

Have you ever wished someone would take the best writing of the year – culled from magazines, Web sites and books – and put it together in one book? Well, you are in luck because that, essentially, is what the Best American NonRequired Reading series is. The 2006 edition, w …

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You'll probably find no greater Simpsons fan than me. I have stood by the show in the darkest years, when many fair-weather fans just complain about the end of the Golden Age. I maintain there have been at least two renaissances.

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Supposed verification of the long-running rumor that the creators of Futurama are slated to create four straight-to-DVD movies of the canceled series. This is aside from the new Futurama episodes which are supposed to be in the pipeline to be aired on Comedy Central.

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Awesome!!!! I love this show, and have been ready for new episodes for a long time!

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To speak truthfully and insightfully today you must have a sense of the absurdity of human life and endeavour. Past attempts to construct grand and noble theories about human history and destiny have collapsed.

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Sadly, Billy West misinformed about this. Only the four DVD-movies will be released, as previously planned. More info here:

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Found: Matt Groening Apple Ads From 1989

What are two things we all love (well most of us)? The Simpsons and Apple, well way back in 1989 Matt Groening made some print Apple ads for the Macintosh. Check them out.

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Gotta love this show.

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