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The Simpsons | Interviews | Matt Groening's Desert Island Flicks
Pain, Torture and Humiliation
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Pluto's Judgement Day, and scary Disney films.
'The first film I saw was Bambi. In the scene where the forest burns I thought the cinema was burning down. I was a sensitive child. Disney films are terrifying.'Matt backed up his statement by showing Pluto's Judgement Day, a 1935 cartoon in which Pluto is tried in his dreams by a hellish court of cats. It's pretty nasty, and probably would scare a small child...
'Pain, torture, humiliation, and a happy ending. That's what children's entertainment is about.'
Phil asked Matt about some of the scarier scenes in The Simpsons. It turns out that the team are aware of their audience � the Tree House of Horror episodes air with a friendly warning that younger viewers might not want to watch.
There are some near-the-knuckle episodes in the upcoming season of the Simpsons too. In one, Homer has a magic hammock that clones him, producing an army of Homers thousands strong. There's also an episode where Lisa decides to protest against handguns, and is confronted with a cemetery full of zombies with guns; and a take off of 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' starring Dr. Hibbert. We've got plenty of not-for-kids gags to look forward to, by the sound of it.
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