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• Announcer: In the opening credits, what does the cash register say when Maggie is scanned?
  The cash register says, "NRA4EVER", just one of the hundreds of radical right-wing messages inserted into every show by creator Matt Groening....
• Troy: "The Simpsons" began as the brainchild of cartoonist Matt Groening
  [screen shows a bald man with an eyepatch saluting in front of a US flag and looking menacing] the already-famous creator of such comics as "Damnation", "Johnny Reb", and "True Murder Stories"....
• Troy: Maybe the drawings were a little crude, but all the characters were there
  Itchy & Scratchy, [shot of Itchy showing Scratchy a female cat] Grampa Simpson, [shot of a very crude crayon drawing of Abe] and Krusty the Klown....
• Troy: Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off his gambling debts.
  Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable?...
• Announcer: Which popular "Simpsons" characters have died in the past year?
  If you said Bleeding Gums Murphy and Dr. Marvin Monroe, you are wrong...
• Burns: The one who shot me was...[camera pans to Smithers] Aah!
  Aah! Waylon Smithers! Smithers: [pained] Noo! Wait a minute...
• Troy: Ambassador Henry Mwabwetumba of the Ivory Coast writes, "What is the real deal with Mr.
  Burns' assistant Smithers? You know what I'm talking about....
• Are we alone in an uncaring universe, or is God some kind of wiseguy? -- Matt Groening
• Frank is my Elvis. -- Matt Groening