![]() ![]() In one episode, daughter Lisa points to Springfield on a map, but the animated "camera view" is blocked by son Bart's head.īut there should have been plenty of clues that the characters on the Simpsons were drawn from Groening's own childhood. ![]() ![]() The show has made a running joke of hiding the true Springfield's location. "Whenever people say it's Springfield, Ohio, or Springfield, Massachusetts, or Springfield, wherever, I always go, 'Yup, that's right.'" "I don't want to ruin it for people, you know?" Groening says. The topic of Springfield's real location has much discussion among fans of the show, which has been on the air for more than 20 years. In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought, 'This will be cool everyone will think it's their Springfield.' And they do." I also figured out that Springfield was one of the most common names for a city in the U.S. "When I grew up, I realized it was just a fictitious name. ![]() The show "took place in the town of Springfield, and I was thrilled because I imagined that it was the town next to Portland, my hometown," he says. In an interview with Smithsonian magazine, posted online Tuesday, Groening credits the name to the hit TV show Father Knows Best. Matt Groening has revealed the location of the real-life home of The Simpsons.Īy Caramba! Simpsons creator Matt Groening has revealed the location of the real Springfield: It's in Oregon. ![]()
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