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

Oregon is famous for a few things: Portland (it was just voted one of the best places to visit in the offseason by the Washington Post), our natural wonders like Mount Hood and Multnomah Falls, and ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

In a 2012 interview with Smithsonian Magazine, Matt Groening kind-of, sort-of admitted that The Simpsons’ Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. Having grown up in Portland, it was only ...

SPRINGFIELD — 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 ...

There are two kinds of people. Those who love the Simpsons and can quote Homer and Bart dialogue like they’re 12 year old boys. And those who don’t get it with the Simpsons. You don’t even have to ...

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 executives Matt Groening and Al Jean have backtracked on the apparent confirmation that the show is set in Oregon. This week, Groening was reported to have said that the Fox show's ...