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Matt Groening on Futurama, Simpsons and Fox
dipfan writes "Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening, in an interview with the FT, says that the Fox network didn't understand or support Futurama. Groening says: "They haven't really supported it. I think it's a worthy companion to The Simpsons and we're really proud of it. But Fox gave it a bad slot and zero promotion for the last three years." He also accuses the channel of meddling with the show, making complaints that the characters were "too mean". He's hoping to change Fox's mind, and endorses the online petition to try and save the show. The good news is that he's got other ideas for new shows if Futurama really does get canned, and talks about new Simpsons plots involving Enron, and Krusty The Clown running for Congress." His feelings shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who saw the first act of "Homer the Moe", but what I thought was interesting was his comments on Fox and how he's not interested in moving networks over the futurama thing.
Mmmm, Erik Estrada..
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Both my girlfriend and I disagree with you. As I said, the Bugs Bunny Parody alone was classic. The Afghan children's point of view of us was amusing in a satirical way. (scary if it wasn't trying to be satirical...) And if you paid attention to how Bin Laden, the Taliban, and Al Qaeda were being presented, it was an amusing spoof of what we think people from the Middle East are like. Pay real close attention to what Bin Laden actually says. He doesn't actually say anything, he just uses words we all know. "Ramadan?" Heh.
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