I may be misremembering, but I could have sworn Groening created the Simpsons for the Tracey Ullman Show specifically because he knew he wouldn’t own them and he didn’t want sign over his Life in Hell characters. They’re sort of just doing what they were created to do. I doubt he could stop the zombie husk of the show if he tried.
He created it, but I would be shocked if he had actual say in the show any more. He’s moved into other projects. It’s like when you were working something you cared about a job and then left. Sure you might grab beer with someone you used to work with and they may take your advice, but it’s not really yours anymore. There’s probably a scrap of paper somewhere that proves it, but you’re off doing your new thing, and they have it running themselves.
In fact, I doubt Groening would care to intervene, it’s just not his baby anymore. I don’t think it has been for almost 2 decades.
I may be misremembering, but I could have sworn Groening created the Simpsons for the Tracey Ullman Show specifically because he knew he wouldn’t own them and he didn’t want sign over his Life in Hell characters. They’re sort of just doing what they were created to do. I doubt he could stop the zombie husk of the show if he tried.
He created it, but I would be shocked if he had actual say in the show any more. He’s moved into other projects. It’s like when you were working something you cared about a job and then left. Sure you might grab beer with someone you used to work with and they may take your advice, but it’s not really yours anymore. There’s probably a scrap of paper somewhere that proves it, but you’re off doing your new thing, and they have it running themselves.
In fact, I doubt Groening would care to intervene, it’s just not his baby anymore. I don’t think it has been for almost 2 decades.
This was the reason he created Futurama, because he retained all the rights to it unlike the Simpsons. That’s also why FOX killed it.