Matt Groening: Simpsons, Futurama, and More

Matt Groening creator of the Simpsons, Life is Hell, and Futurama, recently stopped by the Onion to talk about all sorts of great things. I highly recommend the article. Of course you are all busy doing that working thing, so I will give a brief summary.

Matt confirmed that there will be four direct to dvd Futurama movies. He also stated that it is entirely possible that Futurama might come back to television in the future. Matt also talks about his early years, the Simpsons movie, success, possible spinoffs, and the sexuality of Ackbar and Jeff. Here, however is the ultimate money question and the response:

AVC: Can you see yourself ending The Simpsons any time soon?

MG: I honestly don't see any end in sight. I think it's possible that the show will get too financially cumbersome, and there will be enough in the can that we'll say, "Okay, let's call it a day," but right now, the show is creatively, I think, as good or better than it's ever been. The animation is incredibly detailed and imaginative, the stories do things that we haven't done before, so creatively there's no reason to quit.

The show in my opinion has been pretty good lately. Every once in awhile there will be a bad episode, but overall the quality has been consistent.

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