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Writers: Don't expect 'Simpsons' to slow


(AP)
Updated: 2007-07-29 16:34



SAN DIEGO - TV's favorite animated family, "The Simpsons," already has a
hit movie, a video game on the way, a new theme-park ride and the title
of America's longest-running sitcom. So what's next? Plenty, according to
creator Matt Groening and his team of writers, who spoke to a crowd of
more than 6,500 fans at the Comic-Con entertainment expo on Saturday 鈥�
just one day after "The Simpsons Movie" opened.

Fans can expect the return of Sideshow Bob, with guest stars John Mahoney
as his father and David Hyde Pierce as his brother, said head writer Al
Jean. Sideshow Bob will also be part of the new Simpsons ride, set to
open in spring 2008 at Universal Studios in Orlando and Universal City,
Calif.

A new comic-book store will be coming to Springfield, said "Simpsons"
writer-producer Matt Selman. The shop owner will be voiced by Jack Black,
with guest stars including Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning "Maus"; and "recluse wizard genius" Alan Moore, the writer
behind "V For Vendetta" and "Watchmen."

"There will be more comic book references per capita than in any other
piece of comedy animation in the history of entertainment," Selman said.

Springfield will also become the unlikely site of the first presidential
primary in the nation, said writer-producer Michael Price. Jon Stewart
and "another giant 'Simpsons' nerd, Dan Rather," lend their voices to the
candidates. Springfield residents, tired of the politicking, submit a
protest vote.

"They decide to write in the most ridiculous, insane, stupid protest
candidate they can think of, which is Ralph Wiggam," Price said. "But of
course it's taken seriously and Ralph Wiggam becomes the front-runner of
the presidential nomination for both parties."

The show's 19th season begins Sept. 23. And it won't stop there, said
longtime writer-producer David Mirkin.

"We hope we'll still be producing the show when we can actually
hypodermically inject it into your head," he said. "That's how far into
the future we're planning."























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