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I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'

— Rachael MacFarlane

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✓Similar Perspectives

When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time.

— Matt Groening

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.

— Seth MacFarlane

I was always into cartoons and animation.

— Nonito Donaire

Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.

— Matt Groening

I've always loved animation and animated films.

— Michael Sheen

I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at home.

— Rachel Tucker

When we first started, everything was animated, everything was comedy, and there was really nothing that was longer than about two minutes, because that's all audiences would watch.

— Burnie Burns

I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I was younger.

— Kari Wahlgren

Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.

— Annette Funicello

I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

— John Lasseter

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