The Simpsons. Even after all these years, it's still brilliant and funny. Sometimes, things are around so long that we take them for granted, but has any show on television ever been this good for so long?
I think of this because last night Harvard grad and Simpsons writer Mike Reiss gave a talk at the University of Rhode Island. Sounds like it was pretty funny.
Some of the better lines:
Asked if it took infusions of drugs to write the Simpsons, Reiss said, "You can't write The Simpsons on drugs. You can write Spongebob Squarepants on drugs."
(Sounds about right to me.)
Asked to create oxymorons similar to "Simpsons family values," Reiss responded, "McDonalds food, Fox News, and President Bush."
He also added that "President Bush is like Satan with a learning disorder."
Which, to me, is unfair to Satan and people with learning disorders.
Most intriguingly, Reiss spoke about the value of a Harvard education:
Reiss, a 1981 alumnus of Harvard University, compared a Harvard education to burning $150,000 in your backyard. He quickly corrected that statement, saying it was more like $180,000.
Unfortunately, the URI article doesn't go into more detail. But it goes to the question we were talking about yesterday: Is it worth it? Is Harvard still worth the lost years of childhood, the overwhelming pressure, the money?
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