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Matt Groening: Summary

Recent Role:: Self on Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Birthday:: 2-15-1954

Birthplace:: Portland, Oregon

Birth Name:: Matthew Abram Groening

Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not take a particular interest in school, which is what originaly turned him towards drawing. In the mid-1980' s, Matt Groening moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip named "Life in Hell" which eventually became published in the newspaper where he worked. In 1988, James Brooks, looking for a filler in the television show "The...

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Matt co-wrote The Simpsons 1990 music videos, "Do The Bartman" and "Deep, Deep Trouble."(edit)
Groening and Deborah Caplan married in 1986 and had two sons together, Homer and Abe, both of whom Groening occasionally portrays as rabbits in Life in Hell. The couple divorced in 1999 after thirteen years of marriage.(edit)
Matt's traditional use of "J" as his characters' middle initial is a tribute to Bullwinkle. J. Moose and Rocket. J. Squirrel.(edit)
In 1990, Barbara Bush, First Lady of the US at the time, called The Simpsons "the dumbest thing she had ever seen". Groening took revenge in 1996 with the episode "Two Bad Neighbors" (season 7, episode 13). George and Barbara Bush move next door to the Simpsons and George ended up getting beaten up by Homer due to Bart getting a light spanking for screwing up the Bush house.(edit)
Matt explains that the Tracey Ullman versions of The Simpsons were drawn so crudely because he could not draw well and the animators only sketched over them.(edit)

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AnimationGeek12
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The Bottom Line: "One of the all-time greats"
Matt Groening is the TV king. ...Continue »
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This man created the most successful cartoon in the history of TV! ...Continue »
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DOMOJITA
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The Bottom Line: "One of the all-time greats"
hay man i love the simpsons you created the all time best cartoon series in america hay lisone i want to work for a comic book publishing companie and how about you check out my webpage and check out my photo gallery ok mr.g ...Continue »
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Great man. ...Continue »
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