It's Just Hard Not To Listen To

Back In High School, I Wrote A Novel About A Character Named Bart Simpson. I Thought It Was A Very Unusual Name For A Kid At The Time. I Had This Idea Of An Angry Father Yelling "bart," And Bart Sounds Kind Of Like Bark - Like A Barking Dog.

The Writers Led By Mike Scully Are Fantastic. And They're Creating Original Stories That Not Only Don't Repeat What We've Already Done, They Also Don't Repeat Anything I've Seen On Television.

One Of The Things I Would Like To Do Is Make Up Stories That I Would Have Enjoyed When I Was A Kid. So, If I'm Thinking About An Audience, It's Usually A Younger Version Of Myself.

The Conundrum That I Face On A Daily Basis Is That I Have Two Sons Who Have Grown Up Watching 'the Simpsons,' So They Know Exactly What Buttons To Push. They Know How Bart Irritates Homer, And They Use These Lines Against Me To Tell Me That I'm Not Funny Anymore.

I'm A Fan Of Animation And So, The More Stuff That Doesn't Look Like The Other Stuff That's Out There, I'm In Favor.