One thing I wasn't aware of before was the animosity that Matt Groening showed toward Mike Reiss and Al Jean when they featured Jay Sherman on "his" show:
http://critic.nohomers.net/Special_Extr ... ction.html
Now, is it me, or is the guy being a jerk here? Not only does he stamp his name all over product that his hands did not touch once, but he's not big enough to give two people who helped him gain his success a shot? Okay, I see the point about bringing in an outside character into the Simpson's world, but really, would there have been anyone else for the job?
I actually have read about this before....yes, I TOTALLY agree he was being a jerk about it, especially since Al Jean and Mike Reiss were responsible for season 3 and 4 o the Simpsons (and some of the best stories in the later ones)
Many consider Season 4 to be the best one out there! Now, David Mirkin and Josh Weinstein also did amazing work on 5, 6 and 7 but the heart of the series--the Monorail, the flashbacks to Marge and Homer's youth, the early Lisa stories, the emotional core--that was all under Jean and Reiss. There wouldn't be a show today without them.
Either way, the show never "endorsed" the Critic, it just had the Critic appear as a character. And it was a darn funny ep, a hundred times better than any of the Tracy Ullman shorts Greoning did on his own!!!!
Maybe I wouldn't be so harsh on Matt about this if he didn't still hold a grudge towards them now about it. Want proof? That episode with Jay Sherman and the Film Festivel is like the only one with no Greoning commentary!! Ha ha, what a surprise. He'll hold a grudge till the end I guess...
This looks so delicious!
Yes it does Dan!
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
The only bad thing is, I'm predicting these will be sold through "non viewable" packaging. I hope not, but its certanly looking that way.
