“Homer Simpson is not based on any local resident and Bull’s Tavern is not the basis for Moe’s Tavern in The Simpsons. In short, San Luis Obispo County was not the inspiration for the fictional town of Springfield, despite long-standing rumors inspired by some shared peculiarities — a twin-domed nuclear power plant, a coastline with a huge rock just off the beach, and a former television news anchorman who resembles Kent Brockman, the show’s stiff-haired TV reporter. No way, says Mike Reiss, one of the show’s producers who was one of the first people hired to help write the show some 15 years ago. “San Luis Obispo has less to do with ‘The Simpsons’ than every other town in America.” That’s a compliment.” Read More >>>
