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* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]] |
* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]] |
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: Groening's artistic vision often clashes with the executives of Fox. Still, there aren't that many scenes in both [[The Simpsons]] or [[Life in Hell]] that have been censored. Most of Fox's complaints are ignored. Groening has always been lucky that [[The Simpsons]] was so succesful, so the show was never [[Screwed By the Network]], a fate that the less popular [[Futurama]] did have to cope with. |
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Groening's artistic vision often clashes with the executives of Fox. Still, there aren't that many scenes in both [[The Simpsons]] or [[Life in Hell]] that have been censored. Most of Fox's complaints are ignored. Groening has always been lucky that [[The Simpsons]] was so succesful, so the show was never [[Screwed By the Network]], a fate that the less popular [[Futurama]] did have to cope with. |
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* [[Four-Fingered Hands]] |
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* [[Free-Range Children]]: Both in "Life in Hell" and "The Simpsons" the children are far more mature than their respectable ages; |
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Very good with this!! |
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Very good with this!! |
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* [[Halfway Plot Switch]] |
* [[Halfway Plot Switch]] |
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* [[Parental Bonus]] |
* [[Parental Bonus]] |
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* [[Police Are Useless]] |
* [[Police Are Useless]] |
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* [[Pun-Based Title]] |
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* [[Quest for Identity]] |
* [[Quest for Identity]] |
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* [[Reference Overdosed]] |
* [[Reference Overdosed]] |
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* [[Sphere Eyes]] |
* [[Sphere Eyes]] |
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* [[Take That]]: His work pokes fun at everybody, from all kinds of the political, economical, cultural and sociological spectrum. |
* [[Take That]]: His work pokes fun at everybody, from all kinds of the political, economical, cultural and sociological spectrum. |
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* [[Take That Audience]] |
* [[Take That, Audience!]] |
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* [[Write Who You Know]]: |
* [[Write Who You Know]]: |
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** Several names of characters in [[The Simpsons]] were derived from streetnames in Groening's hometown Portland, Oregon: Terwilliger, Lovejoy, Flanders, Kearney, Van Houten, Quimby, Burnside,... There is even an Evergreen Terrace! |
** Several names of characters in [[The Simpsons]] were derived from streetnames in Groening's hometown Portland, Oregon: Terwilliger, Lovejoy, Flanders, Kearney, Van Houten, Quimby, Burnside,... There is even an Evergreen Terrace! |