One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Oregon, as the inspiration for the animated home town of Homer ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of ...

Springfield, Oregon is 100 miles south of Groening's hometown of Portland, where he grew up in Evergreen Terrace – the same name as The Simpsons' family home. "Springfield was named after Springfield, ...

Since the animated show began in 1989 the question of which town provides the backdrop for it has been hotly debated by viewers, but remained a closely guarded secret. Groening has now confirmed he ...

It's the town that inspired the much-loved fictional town of Springfield, but this one has 41 - not five - Simpsons living in it. After 23 seasons of tantalising secrets, Simpsons creator Matt ...

When you think of “The Simpsons,” the long-running animated series based on Portland’s own Matt Groening’s cartoon creations, you don’t necessarily think of romance. But it turns out that a behind-the ...

"The Simpsons" has long been based in a fictional city known by the name of Springfield — to which you say, "d'oh dude — that's only the best-known piece of pop culture trivia in the entire known ...

SPRINGFIELD, Oregon (AP) ― One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Oregon, as the inspiration for the ...

Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons," stands on his star with characters Homer (R) and Bart Simpson after the star was unveiled on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California February 14, ...

(AP) The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot ...