MATT GROENING

When he's not caught up in Bart's antics, what does the creator of The Simpsons like to watch on tape? *The Circus Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy (1928, FoxVideo) ''Put a guy on a tightrope, beset him with agitated circus monkeys, and you've got a masterpiece. This is my favorite Chaplin movie.'' *Sweet Smell Of Success Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis (1957, MGM/ UA) ''Curtis and Lancaster are brilliant with the wound-up ersatz beat dialogue.'' *Swoon Ron Vawter, Craig Chester (1992, New Line) ''Very beautiful.''