Matt Groening

Simpsons Plot Fodder

February 12, 2009

Getting my hair cut always yields a story or two. That’s because the two barbers and their clients talk a lot. Today the friendly banter included my barber, Horace, recounting how he attended Portland’s Lincoln High School in the 1970s, overlapping for a year with Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.

“We talked occasionally even though I was a freshman and he was a senior,” Horace said.

Then Horace told me his last name, which I should have known considering he’s cut my hair for two years. “It’s Simpson.” Read More

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