FARK.com: (7047713) Matt Groening: "I never said Springfield [from 'The Simpsons'] was in Oregon; I said Springfield was the name of my sled"

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		Matt Groening: "I never said Springfield [from 'The Simpsons'] was in Oregon; I said Springfield was the name of my sled" (myfoxdc.com)		82
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farkingismybusiness		2012-04-12 11:44:33 PM

Bobo....

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-04-12 11:47:37 PM

Roseburg....

violentsalvation		2012-04-13 12:01:51 AM

On The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice! they did say it was based on Springfield Oregon and that some of the road names were taken right from the real city.

cman		2012-04-13 12:06:45 AM

pffft

My headline was better

jaylectricity		2012-04-13 12:44:57 AM

I knew it. Somehow.

Mike_LowELL		2012-04-13 01:30:27 AM

Who Gives a shiat "Where" Springfield Is?

I think the link title sums this up fairly well.

ShawnDoc		2012-04-13 01:34:35 AM

Matt, I'm saying this as someone who grew up near Springfield Oregon, please just let them have this. Their only other claims to fame are Kip Kinkel and their high per capita consumption of methamphetamine.

jaylectricity		2012-04-13 01:35:36 AM

Mike_LowELL: Who Gives a shiat "Where" Springfield Is?

I think the link title sums this up fairly well.

Thank you for solving a minor mystery in my head. Not the location of Springfield, but why it was suddenly a hot topic lately.

dprathbun		2012-04-13 02:50:25 AM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Roseburg....

Roseburg is MILES from Springfield!

Slaxl		2012-04-13 04:20:28 AM

Considering things they've said, like West Springfield is the size of Texas, and there was that time Sideshow Bob wanted to kill Bart by firing through a place where 5 states met, it seems obvious that it's a cartoon... it doesn't exist, nor should it so we should stop worrying. It's like Friends, it's set in a place called New York, I think, but it's not real, there is no such place, it's just made up for TV, so let it go.

killzoe		2012-04-13 05:13:42 AM

Slaxl: Considering things they've said, like West Springfield is the size of Texas, and there was that time Sideshow Bob wanted to kill Bart by firing through a place where 5 states met, it seems obvious that it's a cartoon... it doesn't exist, nor should it so we should stop worrying. It's like Friends, it's set in a place called New York, I think, but it's not real, there is no such place, it's just made up for TV, so let it go.

Wait. Simpsons is a cartoon? Next thing you'll tell me is Titanic was really a ship!

swahnhennessy		2012-04-13 05:18:35 AM

Trying to pin down a real location for Springfield is pitiful. There isn't one, and any "clues" you might chase will be contradicted in some other episode, if not the same one. It's like earnestly trying to solve the question of why the chicken crossed the road.

farkingismybusiness		2012-04-13 05:25:38 AM

killzoe: Slaxl: Considering things they've said, like West Springfield is the size of Texas, and there was that time Sideshow Bob wanted to kill Bart by firing through a place where 5 states met, it seems obvious that it's a cartoon... it doesn't exist, nor should it so we should stop worrying. It's like Friends, it's set in a place called New York, I think, but it's not real, there is no such place, it's just made up for TV, so let it go.

Wait. Simpsons is a cartoon? Next thing you'll tell me is Titanic was really a ship!

gothamist.com

#MINDBLOWN

Spaced Lion		2012-04-13 05:42:23 AM

I suck at Photoshop. Anyone willing to shoop a trollface onto Matt Groening?

Valarius		2012-04-13 06:16:35 AM

They keep saying Groening is a gun nut. I assumed "Springfield" was a reference to his rifle.

child_god		2012-04-13 06:18:57 AM

Last sentence of the article:

FOX TV is owned by News Corp., the parent company of NewsCore

turbidum		2012-04-13 06:27:18 AM

farkingismybusiness: [t0.gstatic.com image 256x192]
Bobo....

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Mr. Chainsaw		2012-04-13 07:24:05 AM

Valarius: They keep saying Groening is a gun nut. I assumed "Springfield" was a reference to his rifle.

"The cash register reads 'NRA4EVR.' Just one of the hundreds of right-wing messages inserted into every episode by creator Matt Groening."

GoodyearPimp		2012-04-13 07:30:58 AM

People jump to conclusions because they don't like to not know things no matter how stupid they are. Also, 95% of those people will hate it if you do reveal it because it's not up to their fantastical expectations.

FeedTheCollapse		2012-04-13 07:32:00 AM

why did news outlets report on stuff we've known for years?

Dinobot		2012-04-13 07:49:46 AM

I'd have to care about the Simpsons first...

Which I haven't since I was 10 years old.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-04-13 07:51:37 AM

dprathbun: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Roseburg....

Roseburg is MILES from Springfield!

Didn't get the joke, huh?

Dog Welder		2012-04-13 08:02:11 AM

farkingismybusiness: killzoe: Slaxl: Considering things they've said, like West Springfield is the size of Texas, and there was that time Sideshow Bob wanted to kill Bart by firing through a place where 5 states met, it seems obvious that it's a cartoon... it doesn't exist, nor should it so we should stop worrying. It's like Friends, it's set in a place called New York, I think, but it's not real, there is no such place, it's just made up for TV, so let it go.

Wait. Simpsons is a cartoon? Next thing you'll tell me is Titanic was really a ship!

[gothamist.com image 450x840]

#MINDBLOWN

Those people are going to have a hell of a time when "Abraham Lincoln -- Vampire Hunter" hits theaters.

Jake Havechek		2012-04-13 08:03:04 AM

If you paid attention, before the writers started phoning it in 10 years ago, you can figure out where it is.

farkityfarker		2012-04-13 08:03:55 AM

His comments to reporters appear to be funnier than his show.

masercot		2012-04-13 08:16:52 AM

Springfield is in California. Proof?

1. Near an ocean
2. Near a desert
3. Mountains
4. Software company (run by Hank Scorpion) upstate
5. Arnold Schwarzeneggar lives in same state.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-04-13 08:18:15 AM

Jake Havechek: If you paid attention, before the writers started phoning it in 10 years ago, you can figure out where it is.

Sure it's in Springfield, Oh Hi yah! Maude!

h2oincfs		2012-04-13 08:32:28 AM

springfield is a magical town, only accessible by the rest of the world one day a year: smarch 19th.

wear a slicker and boots, though, 'cause the weather is usually lousy then

kroonermanblack		2012-04-13 08:33:30 AM

Mike_LowELL: Who Gives a shiat "Where" Springfield Is?

I think the link title sums this up fairly well.

Who gives a shiat would have been sufficient. Kinda stopped caring about the simps years ago.

dprathbun		2012-04-13 08:35:45 AM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: dprathbun: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Roseburg....

Roseburg is MILES from Springfield!

Didn't get the joke, huh?

That was the joke.

SlothB77		2012-04-13 08:42:08 AM

after this many episodes, Simpson's Springfield would not be consistent with any actual city in the U.S, as there is enough evidence from their episode library to disprove (new window) that the Simpsons live in any one of the 50 states.

ihatedumbpeople		2012-04-13 08:51:49 AM

I'm pretty sure they did...they even went so far as to say certain characters were named after streets in the town...

detroitdoesntsuckthatbad		2012-04-13 09:09:05 AM

ihatedumbpeople: I'm pretty sure they did...they even went so far as to say certain characters were named after streets in the town...

That would be Portland. There are many streets like Flanders, Kearney etc. Also Matt Groening is from here where he used to live on Evergreen Terrace.

Burr		2012-04-13 09:15:39 AM

h2oincfs: springfield is a magical town, only accessible by the rest of the world one day a year: smarch 19th.

wear a slicker and boots, though, 'cause the weather is usually lousy then

Also, don't touch Willie

rocky_howard		2012-04-13 09:39:42 AM

masercot: Springfield is in California. Proof?

1. Near an ocean
2. Near a desert
3. Mountains
4. Software company (run by Hank Scorpion) upstate
5. Arnold Schwarzeneggar lives in same state.

You're onto something since Hank Scorpio is pretty much Larry Ellison

TimeWaste		2012-04-13 09:43:27 AM

This is important!

Slaxl		2012-04-13 09:54:11 AM

masercot: 4. Software company (run by Hank Scorpion) upstate

Hank Scorpio is perhaps my most favourite character in Simpsons history.

Don't call me Mr.Scorpion. It's Mr.Scorpio, but don't call me that either. Call me Hank!

Mateorocks		2012-04-13 09:54:55 AM

Simpsonville, Kentucky. Right next to Shelbyville, Kentucky and near a nuclear power plant:

Link (new window)

Found on a long trip to New Orleans many years ago.

Plant Rights Activist		2012-04-13 10:05:04 AM

turbidum: farkingismybusiness: [t0.gstatic.com image 256x192]
Bobo....

[img7.imageshack.us image 500x333]

full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, that's terrible. I quit.

Fano		2012-04-13 10:14:54 AM

Mike_LowELL: Who Gives a shiat "Where" Springfield Is?

I think the link title sums this up fairly well.

Springfield is anywhere your imagination wants it to be*

*offer void outside the continental US

Fano		2012-04-13 10:15:29 AM

Slaxl: masercot: 4. Software company (run by Hank Scorpion) upstate

Hank Scorpio is perhaps my most favourite character in Simpsons history.

Don't call me Mr.Scorpion. It's Mr.Scorpio, but don't call me that either. Call me Hank!

You ever see a man say goodbye to a shoe?

Fano		2012-04-13 10:16:44 AM

swahnhennessy: Trying to pin down a real location for Springfield is pitiful. There isn't one, and any "clues" you might chase will be contradicted in some other episode, if not the same one. It's like earnestly trying to solve the question of why the chicken crossed the road.

But, but, Springfield Elementary was rated the worst school in Missouri!

TheZorker		2012-04-13 10:17:20 AM

Where the Hell is Springfield? (new window)

/oblig

Crudbucket		2012-04-13 10:18:15 AM

Plant Rights Activist: turbidum: farkingismybusiness: [t0.gstatic.com image 256x192]
Bobo....

[img7.imageshack.us image 500x333]

full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, that's terrible. I quit.

Oh, what luck! There was a french fry stuck in my beard!

RaiderFanMikeP		2012-04-13 10:29:40 AM

I say Springfield is in Connectitcut

close to New York
snows in wintertime
you can drive to tennesse
near ocean
nuke plants
close to airports that can fly internationally

SharkTrager		2012-04-13 11:00:01 AM

RaiderFanMikeP: I say Springfield is in Connectitcut

close to New York
snows in wintertime
you can drive to tennesse
near ocean
nuke plants
close to airports that can fly internationally

Nowhere near a desert.

psychoace		2012-04-13 11:08:06 AM

It's in Illinois. You know how I know? Shelbyville is right next to Springfield in Illinois. All your points are invalid.

born_yesterday		2012-04-13 11:19:22 AM

Mike_LowELL: Who Gives a shiat "Where" Springfield Is?

I think the link title sums this up fairly well.

I give a shiat. I don't want to be anywhere near Springfield when our government goes NWB on that poor town.

poughdrew		2012-04-13 11:22:22 AM

It's not Illinois, because they go to "Capitol City" which in Illinois would be a town called Springfiled. Capitol City also has professional sports teams (like Boston?)

It's all of the above. Get over it.