It was enough to make Matt Groening yelp “D’oh”! Last year, after an interviewer asked The Simpsons creator how long his animated juggernaut could go on, it was reported around the world that Homer was about to scarf down his last donut. “But it looks like we’re going to be on forever. That’s my new line.” Groening tells the Sun. The same isn’t true for his other cartoon comedy, the space-age Futurama. For that, Groening squarely blames Fox. “The people at Fox didn’t ever support the show and it wasn’t to their taste and, in my opinion, they’re out of their minds. But they don’t like The Simpsons either. The idea of a TV show that they haven’t gotten their greasy fingers all over creatively drives them nuts. That’s why almost everything else is so lousy.” And as any Simpsons fan knows, Groening and his writers relish the chance to mock the once-fledgling fourth network. “I love the strength of The Simpsons — that we can get away with so much. They don’t like it. We took jabs at Fox News and we were told not to, so we decided to do it more.” Read More >>>
