64 Is the "Simpsons" production staff aware of Usenet and a.t.s?
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This article is from the The Simpsons FAQ, by Ondre Lombard wakkojr@nospam.wcat.com and Andrew Gill superluser@mail.rit.edu with numerous contributions by others.
64 Is the "Simpsons" production staff aware of Usenet and a.t.s?
Yes. Although Matt Groening has never appeared on the Internet publically
as himself (as far as anybody knows anyway), he has dropped several clues
in references to certain discussion threads from a.t.s. which appeared in
his "Life in Hell" comic strips. His presence was finally confirmed by the
December 7, 1994 edition of the _Philadelphia Inquirer_ which ran an
article dealing with alt.tv.simpsons, in which MG admitted:
"I lurk [on a.t.s] but the other writers on the show were reluctant to
have me admit that."
However, in June 1993, MG did accept an invitation from the Prodigy service
to chitchat with their users, personally answer a few of those annoying
standard questions, and detail the reality of his involvement with the
show.
Apparently, the transcript of the chat session seems to have disappeared
from the Simpsons Archive, and no new URL is currently yet available.
Other producers of the show have made brief appearances on the Internet
and America On-Line, and the Simpsons drinking game has apparently
circulated through the production offices, and seems to have been
well-received.
-> The drinking game is also available. (See Sec 3.2)
In the past, many postings have claimed to have originated from Matt
Groening and other identities. One should immediately be skeptical of
*any* messages that claim to have been sent by a notable personality - it
is a trivial exercise to fake an article so that it appears to have come
from another person.
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