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Simon is no stranger to wealth, having grown up in that famous zip code, Beverly Hills 90210. "I had a party and I heard someone say 'the cell phone reception is much better over by the Rodin,'" Simon says, laughing. And in the back yard, Rodin's "The Thinker" can be found - it's not a copy, but one of the originals struck by the artist. On the staircase, a there's a John Singer Sargent. In his living room is a Thomas Hart Benton painting of a boy and his dog, which has become the logo for Sam's foundation. Over the years, he put some of the money into an eye popping art collection. And the money is ridiculous," Simon admits. Now, I think it's completely the opposite. I thought I wasn't getting enough credit for it.

"When I was there I thought I was underpaid. He estimates he makes well over $10 million a year from a show he hasn't worked on since 1993. He gets a cut of DVD sales and licensing fees for the Simpsons characters. He still gets paid any time the show airs around the world - even the hundreds of episodes made since he left. So 13 years ago, he negotiated a goodbye deal that set some sort of Hollywood record. Not just talking about the Simpsons, I would say that any show I've ever worked on, it turns me into a monster.
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"It turns out that people just accepted it, went along for the ride," Simon tells Safer.īut with the relentless complexities of grinding out a cartoon series - and the inevitable ego clashes - after four seasons, Sam and his partners split. I used to say, 'We're thirteen and out,'" he says, meaning thirteen episodes and the program would get canceled.īut the show kept on going, casting a brutally cynical eye on every aspect of American culture. "I thought it was an idea that would go absolutely nowhere. the Simpsons, the iconic show Sam Simon helped create 17 years ago.Īt the beginning, Simon admits he was skeptical the show was going anywhere. "It's well spent just for the pleasure it gives me, honestly," he says.Ī major source of that money is Bart and family, a.k.a. Simon doesn't even know how much these programs cost him every year, except that it's in the millions of dollars. The Sam Simon Foundation does not accept donations he foots the entire bill. The mobile is a state-of-the-art operating room on wheels, snipping away at 30 dogs a day.Īdd in the visits the dogs make to lonely seniors, and it's quite an empire. The vets also travel around Los Angeles in Sam's spay and neuter-mobile, so people in low-income neighborhoods can get their pets fixed for free.
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There's a staff of trainers and vets some of them live at the shelter full time. There, Amber and the others go through six months of training as companions for deaf people, alerting them that the phone is ringing, the doorbell, and the smoke alarm. She's quickly given a new name - Amber - and a ticket out, to Sam's dog paradise in Malibu. One stray finally made the cut during her visit. A potential trainee can't be too big, too shy or too aggressive.
