When the show started, the writers were guys in their early thirties who saw themselves as Bart and their fathers as Homer; now they are in their late forties and identify with Homer. That's why we have more stories with Homer now.
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Patric Verrone, one of the show's former writers, recalls how a series of 60-second shorts turned The Simpsons into a global television phenomenon.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/20-years-of-the-simpsons-1839329.html
