God Often Gives Nuts To Toothless People.

When You Do Things Right, People Won't Be Sure You've Done Anything At All.

'the Simpsons' From The Very Beginning Was Based On Our Memories Of Brash '60s Sitcoms - You Had A Main Title Theme That Was Bombastic And Grabbed Your Attention - And When You Look At Tv Shows Of The 1970s And '80s, Things Got Very Mild And Toned Down And... Obsequious.

The Thing About A Cartoon Is, You Can Do Whatever You Want. The Tightrope That We Are Walking On 'the Simpsons' And 'futurama' Is "how Do You Continue To Surprise The Audience, But Make Them Good Surprises?" Not Every Surprise Is Good, But You Want To Continue Jolting People.

My Father Was A Really Sharp Cartoonist And Filmmaker. He Used To Tape-record The Family Surreptitiously, Either While We Were Driving Around Or At Dinner, And In 1963 He And I Made Up A Story About A Brother And A Sister, Lisa And Matt, Having An Adventure Out In The Woods With Animals.

With "futurama," I Wanted To Do Unrequited Love, And David Cohen Agreed, And Although Our Original Plan Was Never To Have Fry And Leela Get Together, We Finally Just Said, "you Can Only String The Fans Along So Far."