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Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield

perfectlefts14perfectlefts14 Posts: 2,023
edited April 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult ... field.html?
Tell the captain
'This boats not safe
And we're drowning.'
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  • BandogBandog Posts: 44
    Believe it or not I called Oregon years ago, I freakin' knew it. Close to the ocean, near the mountains and thick forests. It was obvious all along.
  • javis el errantejavis el errante Posts: 6,136
    Bandog wrote:
    Believe it or not I called Oregon years ago, I freakin' knew it. Close to the ocean, near the mountains and thick forests. It was obvious all along.

    good point
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  • perfectlefts14perfectlefts14 Posts: 2,023
    Yeah it was obvious, but now it is confirmed.
    Tell the captain
    'This boats not safe
    And we're drowning.'
  • TheGhostTheGhost Posts: 535
    Here in Portland we have Flanders st., Lovejoy st. BURNSide ave... etc... I was told that's where the character names came from. I Love this town!
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,802
    i thought it was Kentucky.

    In the "Simpsons Go Behind The Laughter" episode they mentioned it was Kentucky.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,891
    eeriepadave wrote:
    i thought it was Kentucky.

    In the "Simpsons Go Behind The Laughter" episode they mentioned it was Kentucky.
    Wouldn't they all have to have Kentucky accents then? :)

    Wondering if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Springfield, OR.... The Simpson's Springfield is a shithole, lol! Permanent tire fire, three-eyed fish, and all. :lol:
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  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    It really surprised me how nonchalant he was about revealing it, after all those years.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,823
    great interview/article
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,280
    Unless Oregon has a Shelbyville nearby, I'm not buying it! :D
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,802
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    i thought it was Kentucky.

    In the "Simpsons Go Behind The Laughter" episode they mentioned it was Kentucky.
    Wouldn't they all have to have Kentucky accents then? :)

    Wondering if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Springfield, OR.... The Simpson's Springfield is a shithole, lol! Permanent tire fire, three-eyed fish, and all. :lol:

    in the episode the narrator said "...the future looks brighter than ever for this northern Kentucky family."
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    i thought it was Kentucky.

    In the "Simpsons Go Behind The Laughter" episode they mentioned it was Kentucky.

    I thought it was Kentucky too, I remember that episode.

    Wondering if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Springfield, OR.... The Simpson's Springfield is a shithole, lol! Permanent tire fire, three-eyed fish, and all. :lol:

    Springfield is kind of a shithole nestled in a beautiful part of Oregon. I've been there a number of times, and a few of my friends from college grew up there. Those are their words, not mine.

    ...Matt Groening went to the same hippie college as me in Olypmia, WA. There are all kinds of Simpsons related things there. The Evergreen State College, our alma mater, was located on Evergreen Parkway, similar to the Evergreen Terrace. A huge party house that eventually got bulldozed was called the Millhouse. There was an on-going Greener debate about whether Milhouse's character was named after the Millhouse or Richard Milhous Nixon. I like to think it was the house. I miss that house. :D
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  • iamicaiamica Posts: 2,628
    eeriepadave wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    i thought it was Kentucky.

    In the "Simpsons Go Behind The Laughter" episode they mentioned it was Kentucky.
    Wouldn't they all have to have Kentucky accents then? :)

    Wondering if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Springfield, OR.... The Simpson's Springfield is a shithole, lol! Permanent tire fire, three-eyed fish, and all. :lol:

    in the episode the narrator said "...the future looks brighter than ever for this northern Kentucky family."

    Yeah, but in the movie they list off all of the states bordering Springfield, which aren't anywhere near each other. I think they just liked to switch the location to screw with people.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,802
    wasn't it like Maine, Ohio, Kentucky, and Arizona or something?
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  • Sugar-MagnoliaSugar-Magnolia Posts: 233
    Thanks for posting this!
    I had not heard to this and thought the interview was interesting.
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