Since 1989, Groening take part in the television series The Simpsons which is the longest-running U.S. primetime-television series in history and the longest-running U.S. animated series and sitcom. 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Groening's rough-and-tumble early days in Tinseltown provided endless fodder for a comic he titled Life in Hell, featuring the anthropomorphic rabbit Binky. (After 13 years of marriage, Caplan filed for divorce in March 1999, the same month as Groening's second show, "Futurama," premiered. "He was a deviant.". But while he used to drive a beat-up Dodge Dart, he now drives a sleek new BMW. His animated series The Simpsons have won the Primetime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Animated Program for the years 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000,2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2011. Homer and Abe were their two sons. And for a guy whose career has been dedicated to skewering television, crass commercialism, "evil billionaire tyrants" (how boss Rupert Murdoch described himself in a cameo on "The Simpsons") and brainless consumers, Groening sure does love his merchandise. Matt Groening has won 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 23 Annie Awards across various categories. In 2016, he developed a new series for Netflix, Disenchantment, which began in August 2018. However, he began doing a series of odd jobs while at the city. "When I was a kid, my friends and I used to put on puppet shows, make comic books, and I decided that's what I wanted to do, to play in every medium," he said. Comedian, screenwriter, and television producer Groening is the multitalented creator of The Simpsons, the longest-running entertainment series in 2009 on primetime television. Groening's success owes as much to his own work as it does to the work of a slew of others, including co-creators James Brooks and Sam Simon, and "The Simpsons'" writing staff. So it is not surprising that when people learn that the creator of America's favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons, named the characters after his closest relatives, they want to know if he is, well, you know, a little hostile. Groening stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (approx:1.7 m). Perhaps, were he to walk in off the street, he could get a job as a writer on the show. [73][29], Since no new Futurama projects were in production, the movie Into the Wild Green Yonder was designed to stand as the Futurama series finale. Some of the funniest jokes, he says, can only be caught on a still frame. He was born in Portland, Oregon, the middle of five children (older brother Mark and sister Patty were born in 1950 and 1952, while the younger sisters Lisa and Maggie in 1956 and 1958, respectively). Bush family aside, who is not a fan of Matt Groening? Groening's position is an interesting one for a satirist to find himself in. [16] A liberal arts school that he described as "a hippie college, with no grades or required classes, that drew every weirdo in the Northwest". Then, no sooner had they ordered 13 episodes than the doubts set in. By high school, Groening had learned to channel his subversive leanings in a manner that engaged his classmates. He hates having to choose among them, he says, because doing one means not doing the others. [64], Like the main family members, several characters from the show have names that were inspired by people, locations or films. It was reported on January 15, 2016, that Groening was in talks with Netflix to develop a new animated series. Tags: Geek (1), Animation (1), Cartoons (1 . [15] Soon afterward, Caplan and Groening left and put together the Life in Hell Co., which handled merchandising for Life in Hell. Groening knew this would have meant losing ownership rights to his characters, so he decided to start from scratch. All Rights Reserved. "The Simpsons" has earned Fox's parent company, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., well over a billion dollars, and its role in the network's growth has been incalculable. Deborah Kaplan is currently available. They said, 'Make it like "The Jetsons"! It was Mr. Groening's girlfriend, Deborah Caplan (now his wife), who in 1984 gave the comic strip its first lift by forming a small company to publish a collection of his cartoons, "Love Is Hell." [74] In an interview with CNN, Groening said that "we have a great relationship with Comedy Central and we would love to do more episodes for them, but I don't know We're having discussions and there is some enthusiasm but I can't tell if it's just me". Over the years, "The Simpsons" and its irreverently unsentimental outlook have provoked a mountain of commentary about the decline of American culture. In 2012, a 3-D short film based on The Simpsons was released with the title The Longest Daycare. Reader in 1986, after writing a letter to the editor over a fellow writer's dismissal, but by then Life in Hell was already appearing in other alt-weeklies and providing extra income through merchandise sales. By installment No. 7) Do you question authority when authority is out of earshot? Ever since his syndicated comic strip "Life in Hell" -- that series of nihilistic but cuddly dispatches from the epicenter of gloom -- first appeared in 1980, Groening has been raising the dampened spirits of the fashionably alienated by dunking Binky, his rabbity, buck-toothed proxy, into a weekly bog of self-pity, anxiety and existential despair. The following year he founded Zongo Comics to target mature comic readers. 1 . What may never happen again is another show that comes along and had the overall importance to a particular company like 'The Simpsons' has had for News Corp.", Groening was outspoken about his criticisms of Fox's business practices and its inexplicably shabby treatment of him and his new show. Groening is the brother-in-law of the creator of Hey Arnold !, Craig Barlett, who is married to his sister Lisa. [18] Groening has credited Barry with being "probably [his] biggest inspiration. As Flaubert might have said, "Binky, c'est tout le monde." Soon, he was driving an 88-year-old movie director around by day and ghost-writing his autobiography by night while living upstairs from a nocturnal rock lover (whose ceiling light he eventually dislodged with a plunging cinderblock). Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Groenings estimated net worth is $600 million. Matt's grandfather Abram was born in Hillsboro, Kansas. Published a month later, the book was an underground success, selling 22,000 copies in its first two printings. Many members of the Simpson family are named for members of his own family: Homer, Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Patty. Groening and Deborah Caplan married in 1986[27] and had two sons together, Homer (who goes by Will) and Abe,[44] both of whom Groening occasionally portrays as rabbits in Life in Hell. [63], The series quickly became a worldwide phenomenon, to the surprise of many. But he realized that Fox would own whatever characters went on the air. I like the idea of trying to be successful on some level, at least reaching an audience enough so that you can sustain it and keep on going." His wife is Agustina Picasso (m. 2011), Deborah Caplan (m. 1986-1999) Matt Groening Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2020-2021. However, Matt and Deborah divorced in 1999. Matt Groening is well known for his cartoon characters, comic strips and animated television series. "Do people who don't have cockroaches and can afford their rent, are they happier?" Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986. You know, "Meet George Jetson. He is a man of above-average stature. In fact, when "Simpsons" writers wax elegaic, they tend to do so about George Meyer, a writer who first became involved with the show late in 1989, a few months before its Fox premiere. Illustrated commentary for ", Groening, Matt. Ten years later, at the age of 46, Groening is responsible for a comic strip syndicated in 250 newspapers, more than 25 books, two prime-time animated series and untold containers full of valuable merchandise. But before delirium set in, Groening spun a lingering bad mood and an "accidental" cartooning career into a billion-dollar print, broadcast, merchandising and licensing empire. [82], In 1994, Groening formed Bongo Comics (named after the character Bongo from Life in Hell[83]) with Steve Vance, Cindy Vance and Bill Morrison, which publishes comic books based on The Simpsons and Futurama (including Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis, a crossover between the two), as well as a few original titles. The two married in 2011 after a four-year relationship. Groening is a 68-year-old who was born on February 15, 1954, in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Groening claimed that he feared viewers would "see it as nothing but a pathetic attempt to advertise The Critic at the expense of The Simpsons," and was concerned about the possible implication that he had created or produced The Critic. Hair High (2004) as Dill A few years earlier they had set up their own syndicate, ACME Features, to distribute the strip. They were created when James L. Brooks, the producer of "The Tracey Ullman Show," asked Mr. Groening to create animated segments for the program. Matt Groening has stated that he was inspired to draw cartoons after watching the animation movie One Hundred and One Dalmatians. 1 program. Matt Groening was born on 15 February 1954, at Portland, in Oregon, USA. Though the Tracy Ullman Show was soon cancelled, The Simpsons had gained popularity and earned its exclusive half an hour spin-off series. These days Mr. Groening, who lives in Venice, Calif., tries to stay home one morning a week to write "Life in Hell." Groening and Deborah divorced in 1999. Clerks: The Animated Series (2000-2002) Were it not for the clueless executives, the inane network decisions, the petty betrayals at the hands of people who benefit from his success, he might have stagnated by now. Twenty-four years ago, Groening was just another unrecognized genius driving to Los Angeles in a crummy car with a coat hanger for a radio antenna. However, the column would rarely actually be about music, as he would often write about his "various enthusiasms, obsessions, pet peeves and problems" instead. Post years of research in science fiction, in 1997, Matt Groening along with producer, David X Cohen, created an animated series project titled Futurama, about life in the year 3000. The number was later limited to nine spikes, all of the same size. Contents 1 Children 2 Siblings 3 Residences 4 Footnotes (including sources) Children Siblings Residences They had 2 children, Homer (31) and Abe (29). [95] In 2020, their daughter Nirvana was born. 6) Are you trapped in a loveless cubicle? [41][42][43] Groening famously named the main Simpson characters after members of his own family: his parents, Homer and Marge (Margaret or Marjorie in full), and his younger sisters, Lisa and Margaret (Maggie). "[19] He first became interested in cartoons after watching the Disney animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians,[20] and he has also cited Robert Crumb, Ernie Bushmiller, Ronald Searle,[21] Monty Python,[22] and Charles M. Schulz as inspirations. [80] He described the fantasy-oriented series as originating in a sketchbook full of "fantastic creatures we couldn't do on The Simpsons". "And to be honest, the whole 'Simpsons' project was a project to see how far I could go in the mainstream. The /s signifies sarcasm. The show went on to become the longest running US primetime TV series and earn multiple awards. ------------------------------------------. Hold out for as much money as you can get, but make the deal. MATT GROENING would like to tell you a few things about his family: His father, Homer, is not bald. Matt Groening received the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program for The Simpsons in the years 1998, 2000 and 2001. "I never saw anything as crude as my stuff getting published," he has said. ", "I had a real strong sense of drama as a kid," he said, "and I couldn't believe adults didn't remember what it was like to be a kid. "[17] The Simpsons was co-developed by Groening, Brooks, and Sam Simon, a writer-producer with whom Brooks had worked on previous projects. The name "Wiggum" for police chief Chief Wiggum is Groening's mother's maiden name. Matt and Deborah separated in 1999. His sister Maggie is not mute. Matt Groening created the show The Simpsons, and two of the principal characters, a husband and wife, are named Homer and Marge. Matt Groening was the writer and executive producer of this project. The duo left the newspaper company and Matt Groening founded the Acme Features Syndicate that distributed Life in Hell. "I feel like it's a tidal wave I'm surfing on," he said. Deborah is a publisher. On the radio, a drunken DJ wept a final farewell to his job. Following this success, came his next work, Work is Hell, also published by Deborah Caplan. In the mid '80s, renowned producer James L. Brooks approached Groening about using the characters from "Life in Hell" on a new show he was developing for comedian Tracey Ullman. Le fils de pre Homer Philip Groening et mre Margaret Ruth est comdien de stand-up, crivain & caricaturiste, anno 2023 clbre pour The Simpsons & Futurama. While at college, he befriended famous cartoonist Lynda Barry, whom he also regards as a great inspiration. Acting out in school, he recalled having to write "I must be quiet in class" 500 times on at least one occasion and having his doodles torn up by teachers. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. He described life in Los Angeles to his friends in the form of the self-published comic book Life in Hell, which became loosely inspired by the chapter How to Go to Hell in Walter Kaufmanns book Critique of Religion and Philosophy. He married Agustina Picasso 2011 . "The Simpsons" premiered in 1990, and eventually became the most popular, most widely broadcast and one of the longest-running shows in television history. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening created a new set of characters, the Simpson family. [41][44] However, he stresses that aside from some of the sibling rivalry, his family is nothing like the Simpsons. He was also given the responsibility of handling the papers music column for a short period. [53] While designing Lisa, Groening "couldn't be bothered to even think about girls' hair styles". [26][31], Groening had gained employment at the Los Angeles Reader, a newly formed alternative newspaper, delivering papers,[15] typesetting, editing and answering phones. "So much humor is based on 'life is horrible, sex is nasty and you can't trust anyone,' " he said. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, 2012. Matthew Abram Groening ( / ren / GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) [1] is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. Matt Groening sa constellation est Verseau et . [12] Although Groening previously stated, "I'll never give up the comic strip. I may be going to hell, but I did embrace all the stuff -- the T-shirts, the Bart phone, the chess set, all of it.". The book became a success with over 20000 copies being sold in its initial two printings. Abe Groening (born 1993) [66] Despite common fan belief that Sideshow Bob Terwilliger was named after SW Terwilliger Boulevard in Portland, he was actually named after the character Dr. Terwilliker from the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.[67], Although Groening has pitched a number of spin-offs from The Simpsons, those attempts have been unsuccessful. In 1994, Groening and other Simpsons producers pitched a live-action spin-off about Krusty the Clown (with Dan Castellaneta playing the lead role), but were unsuccessful in getting it off the ground. It sneaked up on everybody. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not particularly like school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. In 2013, the couple had a son named . The paper offered him a cartoon strip in 1980, and, surprised, Groening accepted. [35] In November 1984, Deborah Caplan, Groening's then-girlfriend and co-worker at the Reader, offered to publish "Love is Hell", a series of relationship-themed Life in Hell strips, in book form. He wasn't serious. "To many divisions of this company, 'The Simpsons' was the shining light that kept us motivated and believing that our division would grow. He also enjoyed a happy home life, with his dad, Homer, mom, Margaret, and four siblings, including younger sisters Lisa and Maggie. Furthermore, the once-struggling artist was about to be presented with the business offer that would change his life forever. 2. [46] He requested his name be taken off the episode.[70]. [99], Groening is a self-identified agnostic. . George Bush once famously regaled the nation with the suggestion that American families should aspire to be "more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons," prompting Bart to retort, "But we're just like the Waltons -- we're both praying for an end to the depression."). Matt has a son with his wife, Argentinian artist Agustina Picasso, and two children with his former wife, Deborah Caplan. He is starting to think about other projects, like developing a show starring the Simpsons' favorite entertainer, Krusty, the dissolute clown. Groening has received 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, 11 for The Simpsons and 2 for Futurama, and a British Comedy Award due to outstanding contribution to comedy in 2004.
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