I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either.
With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.'
The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.