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.
My life changed when I was able to not only get seated in nice restaurants, I was given free appetizers. That was like, “Oh, my God, I’ve arrived”.
God often gives nuts to toothless people.
Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.
With ‘Futurama,’ I was just worried that somebody would beat us to it; it seemed so obvious that there should be an animated science fiction show set in the future. And one of the reasons why it’s not, I learned, is that it’s really, really difficult.
My standard comment is, ‘If you don’t want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don’t act like Homer Simpson.’
The world ends when I die. And as far as I’m concerned, the rest of the universe might as well call it a day too.
Buy Space Ghost cereal, but don’t eat the prizes.
If at first you don’t succeed – give it up. It isn’t worth the pain.
Being a good embalmer is a thankless job.
You know, the courts may not be working any more, but as long as everyone is videotaping everyone else, justice will be done.
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.
For some reason, a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they’d be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin.
A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments, soccer games, romances, best friends, location of friend’s houses, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.
You’ve got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you’ve got to embrace it.
It’s just hard not to listen to TV: it’s spent so much more time raising us than parents have.
The amazing thing about Freak Out! was that there was nothing quite like it in rock ’n roll at the time. It was really simultaneously crude and ugly, and incredibly sophisticated. The Beatles were funny, but there was nothing with the kind of sneer that you could feel in the music of Frank Zappa.
I promise I’ll do anything for you, especialy if it’s easy. Homer Simpson.
I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go.
Most TV shows don’t reward you for paying attention.