I Judge My Life By How Miserable

I Loved Literary Science Fiction. In Fact, As A Kid, When I Was Reading Science Fiction, I Thought 'i Can't Wait For The Future When The Special Effects Are Good' To Represent What Was In These Books By Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.g. Ballard, Jack Vance.

I'm A Fan Of Animation And So, The More Stuff That Doesn't Look Like The Other Stuff That's Out There, I'm In Favor.

'the Simpsons' Was About Children And Married Parents; 'futurama' Is About People In Between; They're Growing Up And Haven't Settled Down. Every Other Cartoon Show Seemed To Be, You Know, Dumb Dad, Bratty Kids.

'the Simpsons' From The Very Beginning Was Based On Our Memories Of Brash '60s Sitcoms - You Had A Main Title Theme That Was Bombastic And Grabbed Your Attention - And When You Look At Tv Shows Of The 1970s And '80s, Things Got Very Mild And Toned Down And... Obsequious.

The Nice Thing About 'futurama' For Me Personally Was That It Was A Way To Honor Some Of The Traditional Ideas In Literary Science Fiction, Not So Much Movie Or Television Science Fiction - Although We Have That Too, Obviously. Our Situation, A Workplace Comedy, Led To All Sorts Of Stuff.