I made the mistake of watching The Simpsons the other night. I was (foolishly) hoping to see some spark of creative genius.
Unfortunately, the nonexistant plot centered around the theme "where haven't the Simpson family travelled?" only proved what I have suspected for years:
Matt Groening is dead.
He's been dead for the past five years, which is why The Simpsons has been brought to us by many celebrities, products, and countries.
It's being run by a conglomeration of the corporations of the world. The only other explanation I can think of is not pleasant, but just as possible:
He ran out of ideas in the mid 90's and sold out to feed his ever-increasing level of greed and the fans who stayed loyal to him are only feeding the flames of mediocrity.
