Interviews
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Now with The Simpsons Movie hitting theaters, Cartwright got to play on a bigger stage. Bart Simpson's movie antics include naked skateboarding, creating Alaskan avalanches and considering Ned Flanders as a better father than Homer. With 90 minutes to tell the story and enormous movie houses to exhibit it, The Simpsons Movie is way more in-depth than a 22 minute TV episode.
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Back in 1989, James L. Brooks was the TV impresario who could turn animated shorts from The Tracy Ullman Show into a series. With his experience, creating The Mary Tyler Moore Show and such, he guided The Simpsons into being the longest running animated series in history.
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Matt Groening represents vindication for every kid who got in trouble for doodling during class. Groening's little doodles of the Simpson family have become the most lucrative franchise on television. With 18 years of episodes in syndication, books and memorabilia, and now a movie hitting theaters, Groening has created an empire.