Cartooning Is For People Who

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.

I Love The Idea That We Put In Jokes The Kids Don't Get. And That Later, When They Grow Up And Read A Few Books And Go To College And Watch The Show Again, They Can Get It On A Completely Different Level.

Fans Think They Want To See More Than The 10 To 20 Seconds Of Itchy And Scratchy That We Put On The Show, But My Feeling Is Less Is More. Once You've Skinned And Flayed A Cat, Ripped His Head Off, Made Him Drink Acid And Tied His Tongue To The Moon, There Really Isn't That Much To Say.

You Know Boys, A Nuclear Reactor Is A Lot Like Women. You Just Have To Read The Manual And Press The Right Button.

I Think In Daily Newspapers, The Way Comic Strips Are Treated, It's As If Newspaper Publishers Are Going Out Of Their Way To Kill The Medium.