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In 1995, Brooks and Groening were involved in a public dispute over the episode " A Star Is Burns ".

Groening felt that the episode was a thirty-minute advertisement for Brooks ' show The Critic, ( which had moved to Fox from ABC for its second season ) and was created by former The Simpsons show runners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, and whose lead character Jay Sherman appears in the episode.

He hoped Brooks would pull the episode because " articles began to appear in several newspapers around the country saying that created The Critic ," and removed his names from the credits.

In response, Brooks said " I am furious with Matt, he's been going to everybody who wears a suit at Fox and complaining about this.

When he voiced his concerns about how to draw The Critic into the Simpsons ' universe he was right and we agreed to his changes.

Certainly he's allowed his opinion, but airing this publicly in the press is going too far.

[...] He is a gifted, adorable, cuddly ingrate.

But his behavior right now is rotten.