End of The Simpsons

[Cool King]

SIMPSONS creator Matt Groening has revealed he wants the hit show to end.

Matt, 50, is finding it increasingly tough to think up new ideas for the cartoon family.

He told The Sun: “The Simpsons’ success has been unbelievable. But the show gets harder and harder every year because we are trying to keep surprising the audience — and trying to surprise ourselves.”

Actors who do voices for Bart and co signed a four-year deal in May, doubling their salary to £147,000 an episode. That takes them up to series 19, in 2008.

Animator Matt hopes to do one more after that, to rival America's longest-running show Gunsmoke, a Western that ran for 20 series.

He said: “I’d love to get to 365 episodes, so there’s one for every day of the year with no repeats.”

The show is about to start its 16th series in the US, while series 12 is due in the UK early next month.

But in the final five years lesser characters like Bart’s pal Milhouse will have stronger roles. Matt said: “I expect we’ll do more and more stories about the other citizens of Springfield.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...460533,00.html