First You Get The Sugar,

'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.

I Judge My Life By How Miserable It Used To Be. If I Could Pay My Rent, I Was Deliriously Happy. Now I'm Deliriously Happy All The Time.

English? Who Needs That? I'm Never Going To England.

I Like All Of The Early Relationship Strips That Were Collected In 'love Is Hell,' Where I Pretended To Be An Expert In Relationships And Did Comics Like 'the Nine Types Of Boyfriends,' 'sixteen Ways To End A Relationship,' 'twenty-four Things Not To Say In Bed,' And Other Arbitrarily Numbered Lists.

The Tendency In Comedy Is To Have A Character Who's Stupid Get More Stupid, Because You're Trying To Top Yourself And Not Just Repeat.