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Don't have a cow! Homer Simpson is Canadian, creator says
NELSON WYATT
The Canadian Press
MONTREAL (CP) - D'oh Canada! The secret's out! Homer Simpson is . . . a Canadian. But - ay caramba - Matt Groening, his creator, hopes we won't have a cow about it. Many Canucks know about Superman's half-Canadian heritage - he was co-created by Torontonian Joe Shuster - but little has been mentioned about the ancestry of Springfield's favourite son, even when The Simpsons set part of an episode last season in Toronto.
In Montreal for a performance of The Simpsons - In the Flesh stage show at the Just for Laughs comedy festival, Groening noted Thursday his dad was born in Canada and Homer is named for him so . . . .
"That would make Homer Simpson a Canadian," Groening said in an interview. "I hope Canadians won't hold it against the show now that they know.
"We were counting on Canadians feeling superior to the Simpsons as being doltish Americans but now the secret is out."
NELSON WYATT
The Canadian Press
MONTREAL (CP) - D'oh Canada! The secret's out! Homer Simpson is . . . a Canadian. But - ay caramba - Matt Groening, his creator, hopes we won't have a cow about it. Many Canucks know about Superman's half-Canadian heritage - he was co-created by Torontonian Joe Shuster - but little has been mentioned about the ancestry of Springfield's favourite son, even when The Simpsons set part of an episode last season in Toronto.
In Montreal for a performance of The Simpsons - In the Flesh stage show at the Just for Laughs comedy festival, Groening noted Thursday his dad was born in Canada and Homer is named for him so . . . .
"That would make Homer Simpson a Canadian," Groening said in an interview. "I hope Canadians won't hold it against the show now that they know.
"We were counting on Canadians feeling superior to the Simpsons as being doltish Americans but now the secret is out."
