Blog: The Sly Oyster

One of the great things about living in Portland, which is where Matt Groening is from, was discovering that many of the character names on The Simpsons were based on streets in our fair city. It always gives me a chuckle to drive by Lovejoy Ave. or some such street. Anyways, over at Surf , Emily Nussbaum's new (and excellent [try saying that without the Mr. Burns inflection]) television blog, she discovers in John Ortved's new The Simpsons: An Uncensored Unauthorized History the identity of the James L. Brooks assistant who [...]