Don't Have A Cow, Man.

Since I Was There In The Very Beginning, I Know The History Of The Characters. So, I Make Comments About The Tone And Sometimes Remind The Writers That We've Done That Before.

Our Solution On 'the Simpsons' Is To Do Jokes That People Who Have An Education, Or Some Frame Of Reference, Can Get. And For The Ones Who Don't, It Doesn't Matter, Because We Have Homer Banging His Head And Saying, 'd'oh!'

We've Got A Bunch Of New Writers Now Who Tell Me They Grew Up Watching The Simpsons. It's Bizarre, And They're Writing Some Very Funny Stuff.

Basically, Everything I Try To Do Is To Present An Alternative To What Somebody Else Is Doing.

I May Be Biting Off More Than I Can Chew, But With 'the Simpsons' And With 'futurama,' What I'm Trying To Do In The Guise Of Light Entertainment, If This Is Possible - Is Nudge People, Jostle Them A Little, Wake Them Up To Some Of The Ways In Which We're Being Manipulated And Exploited.