1. A few thoughts on The Simpsons, Jebediah Springfield, Matt Groening, Sam Simon & mythical origin stories.
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2. Over at, ahem, The New Republic, I write about the feud between Groening & Simon over creation of The Simpsons:http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121282/how-tension-between-sam-simon-and-matt-groening-built-simpsons?utm_content=buffer86e95&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer …
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3. As I try to suggest, The Simpsons was a deeply collaborative creation, but both Groening & Simon made proprietorial claims on it
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4. Part of the Groening/Simon feud was based on both men staking out territorial claims based on separate expertise.
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5. Groening's claim was based on the authority of experience: he based central characters in The Simpsons on his family, work was autobio.
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6. Simon's claim was based on authority of expertise: he knew how to take idea & turn it into a viable show. Was a TV professional.
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7. Groening's anger was partially based on fact he was put in a golden cage: his ideas used, he got rich, but little imput into show.
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8. Simon trapped in his own golden cage: got to run show, staff knew his importance but outside world saw it as Groening's baby.
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9. Interestingly, one of the scripts Groening & Simon collaborated on deals with how origin stories are mythical: http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/7G07.html …
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10. In "The Tell-Tale Head" (writtten by Groening, Simon, Al Jean, Mike Reiss) we're introduced to the semi-mythical Jebediah Springfield
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11. Jebediah Springfield is the supposed founder of Springfield but even in this early episode clear tales about him are folkloric.
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12. In later episodes, it becomes clear that almost all the stories about founding father Jebediah Springfield are lies, myths, tall tales.
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13. But The Simpsons rarely settles for just debunking Jebediah Springfield. Instead show suggests town needs its myths.
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