Matt Groening to talk The Simpsons, satire and Duff Beer at the Opera House

By Michael Idato
Updated October 8 2016 - 1:14pm, first published 10:25am
Homer meets the famous Opera House seal in a special cartoon for Matt Groening's visit to Sydney. Photo: Matt Groening
Homer meets the famous Opera House seal in a special cartoon for Matt Groening's visit to Sydney. Photo: Matt Groening
One of the few photos of Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of the animated series <i>The Simpsons</i>. Photo: Supplied
One of the few photos of Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of the animated series <i>The Simpsons</i>. Photo: Supplied

At a table script read for The Simpsons in 1994, the show's creator Matt Groening sheepishly handed me a script titled Bart vs. Australia: he was essentially apologising in advance for the episode which was loaded with jokes at our cultural expense and due to screen about a year later. It came with his autograph.

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