True Neil I did see a proper documentary on how 'The Simpsons' is made etc etc on Discovery about 18 months ago.

It was proper brilliant. Takes 5 mnoths to animate, 3 days to do the voices and bingo!

all 50 charactors are done by only 6 people. And they are on £1 million+ a year and only work 3 days a week! They've got it easy

And it was announced that it was the most watched TV program in the world