#the simpsons

When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time. ↗

— Matt Groening

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I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

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Shanks and I tend to have a lot of fun. And, oh, any of The Simpsons' episodes are my favorites too. ↗

— Richard Dean Anderson

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The success of The Simpsons really opened doors. It showed that if you were working in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television. ↗

— Seth MacFarlane

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I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#being #cartoon #dark #decent #decent people

There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

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When it moved to Friday night it disappeared, when they find another show that can do what The Simpsons does, they will be delighted to do cancel The Simpsons. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#cancel #delighted #disappeared #does #find

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#any #anywhere #budgetary #characters #even

Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons? ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

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