For Pig's Sake!

No doubt much ado will be made this year about The Simpsons 20 year long run. When the show hit the airwaves in 1989 it was intended as adult prime time entertainment. (That made even more bizarre, the explosion in popularity of children's "Eat my shorts!" t-shirts). Groundbreaking cartoons by Warner Brothers as well as the Rocky & Bullwinkle, and Fractured Fairytales series were also adult shows. Of course they're embedded into the fabric of our childhood memories, aren't they? Such has been true of Anja and her connection to The Simpsons.

How amazing that the relevance and genius of Matt Groenig's expression has endured without having become a fade-away of itself.  After all these years Bart, Lisa & Maggie remain children, just as a part of us does each time we settle ourselves on the couch to watch The Simpsons.