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As The Simpsons began its eighteenth season last night, fans will be glad to know that creator Matt Groening sees no end in sight for the show. “My attitude at this point is, as long as the people who work on the show are having a good time, let’s keep doing it,” he said. “We’ve always tried to entertain ourselves and figured that the outside world would be entertained if we were making ourselves laugh.”

The key is to keep surprising the audience, which he acknowledged has become tougher because the show has “covered a lot of territory” through the years. “But there’s a really good-natured spirit of competitiveness among the youngest writers on the staff who basically grew up watching the show and have a great memory for everything that’s gone before.”

SOURCE: Associated Press