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A lot of authors on early Simpsons and all of Futurama were heavily involved in math and other hard sciences. This is well known amongst fans.

What I started wondering looking at this article, is, what made Matt Groening associate himself with math PhDs from Ivy League universities when putting together a comedy team?

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Perhaps it was a result of “Life in Hell” being carried in so many college town alt-weeklies.

I totally think this is it. I had all sorts of Life in Hell merch in college in the 80s. My SO still wears the Bongo (rabbit with one ear) tee I got her 35 years ago.

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."

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