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I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings.

I don t think cartoons are only for kids, but I think kids will love anything as long as it's visually interesting.

I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.

It evolved out of the idea to make a kids TV show. And it actually turned out to be a bit dull and a bit regulated and too many people looking over your shoulder and it wasn't really.

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing. Soon after, I got the idea of a science show geared toward kids, around ages 8 through 12.

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.

The success of 'The Simpsons' really opened doors. It showed that if you were working in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television.

It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.

Kids aren't growing up with a sense of television as the aspirational place for their ideas.

Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea.