Life In Springfield

April 30th, 2006 by Hennessy

Nathan Rabin of The Onion A.V. club interviews Simpsons creator Matt Groening on his show’s legacy and what he himself thinks is funny.

AVC: You collect bootleg Simpsons merchandise. What are some of the prized items in your collection?

MG: Well, I’ve lost a number of my plaster Tijuana Bart Sanchez figurines to earthquakes. It’s quite tragic. Artisans are working day and night to create more unauthorized stuff for me to put on my shelf. I have a lot of Simpsons Russian nesting dolls that people send me, as well as fan paintings and sculptures, weird little toys, and a crazy Russian coloring book of The Simpsons. The artist probably was shown an episode for 15 seconds and then based an entire comic book on his vague impressions.