Deborah Kaplan is currently available. Hair High (2004) as Dill A critic of most of what is on television, Mr. Groening sees the popularity of "The Simpsons" as a challenge to the writers and producers who have been inundating America with successive waves of innocuous situation comedies. [58], Although The Tracey Ullman Show was not a big hit,[59] the popularity of the shorts led to a half-hour spin-off in 1989. [108] In 2007, he was ranked fourth (and highest American by birth) in a list of the "top 100 living geniuses", published by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. He also invited the off-the-wall submissions of campus cartoonists, finding himself inspired by the original works of fellow undergrad Lynda Barry. In the 10 years since the debut of "The Simpsons," however, Groening had gone from semifamous alternative cartoonist to iconic powerhouse. The comic strip Life in Hell was a huge success. After graduation, Matt Groening moved to Los Angeles, in 1977, with the aim of becoming a writer. The PJs (1999-2001) In conversations over two days and several venues -- at a party at his friend Frank Zappa's house, over lunch at the Fox commissary and in his office -- he revealed a deep association with the adolescents who form the core audience of "The Simpsons." A thousand years in the future -- a wry, bleak version of a future where suicide booths and celebrity heads preserved in jars are part of the landscape -- work is still hell. [107] He received a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. He winds up working for an intergalactic delivery service, with a crew of misfits including Leela, the ship's one-eyed alien captain and Bender, a corrupt, vice-addled, disgruntled robot. Matt Groening created a dysfunctional family and The Simpsons aired on the show for the first time in 1987. Contents 1 Children 2 Siblings 3 Residences 4 Footnotes (including sources) Children Siblings Residences 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. From his office on the Fox lot Mr. Groening cheerfully presides over this merchandising mania. Agustina is an Argentinian artist. [72] Groening described trying to get the show on the air as "by far the worst experience of [his] grown-up life. In the mid-1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip named Life in Hell, whi . 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"Bart is like what would happen if Eddie Haskell got his own show," he said. The final strip of the comic strip "Life in Hell" was published on June 16, 2012. "Do people who don't have cockroaches and can afford their rent, are they happier?" Over lunch on the 20th Century Fox lot, he tried to dispel a lot of misconceptions about "The Simpsons," about television and about comedy in general. [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". He was also given the responsibility of handling the papers music column for a short period. Then, no sooner had they ordered 13 episodes than the doubts set in. [69], In 1995, Groening got into a major disagreement with Brooks and other Simpsons producers over "A Star Is Burns", a crossover episode with The Critic, an animated show also produced by Brooks and staffed with many former Simpsons crew members. In 1987, producers of the soon-to-be-launched sketch comedy program The Tracey Ullman Show, headed by the legendary James L. Brooks, contacted Groening about developing short animated cartoons to air between skits. In 1973, he moved to LA and sold his comic strip Life in Hell to the LA weekly. "Technically, I'm an agnostic, but I definitely believe in hell especially after watching the . His son Leroy."' In 1984, Groening and his wife Deborah Caplan published his first "Life in Hell" book, called Love in Hell, and eventually set up a distribution company, Life in Hell Co., which handled the syndication and merchandise for all of Groening's projects. From this and other joyless jobs, "Life in Hell" was born. "But I don't consider 'The Simpsons' a compromise in any way. [92] In May 2013, Picasso gave birth to Nathaniel Philip Picasso Groening, named after writer Nathanael West. Quote Of The Day | Top 100 Quotes, See the events in life of Matt Groening in Chronological Order, (Cartoonist, Writer and Producer Known for His TV Series The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment), https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/matt-groening-netflix-in-talks-report/, http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/01/17/simpsons-creator-matt-groening-in-talks-with-netflix-for-new-animated-series/, http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/matt-groening-netflix-comedy-talks/, http://www.shannonmcclean.com/new-pagemosaics/. The world is full of literalists (Elmer Fudds, Mr. Groening would say). [60] Groening said his goal in creating the show was to offer the audience an alternative to what he called "the mainstream trash" that they were watching. 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. Groening named the cartoon family named after his own siblings and parents, albeit with a "Bart" in lieu of a character named after himself. In Groening's version, the boy dies from his head injury and returns as a ghost every Halloween, a morbid tale that surprisingly became the winning entry. 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."). "If there's a message that runs through the show," he told The New York Times in 2001, well after he had become wealthy and influential beyond his wildest dreams, "it's that maybe the authorities don't have your best interests at heart. ), to his selection of Danny Elfman to compose the iconic theme song, to his insistence on the cartoon adhering to the normal laws of physics despite the liberties taken with continuity. Let us look in detail into Groenings family tree. After attending Evergreen College in Olympia, Wash., Mr. Groening moved to Los Angeles to become a writer, but he didn't really have any idea how to get started. They had 2 children. View Matt Groening results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. MATT GROENING would like to tell you a few things about his family: His father, Homer, is not bald. Brooks contacted him in 1985 about adapting Life in Hell for animated sequences for the Fox variety shows The Tracey Ullman Show. [103] He also donated to the now-defunct Hollywood Women's Political Committee, which supported and campaigned for the Democratic Party. (2005). And I always say, 'Whatever offends you the most.' After spending a few years researching science fiction, Groening got together with Simpsons writer and producer David X. Cohen (known as David S. Cohen at the time) in 1997 and developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000. But he realized that Fox would own whatever characters went on the air. In the early days of "The Simpsons," Mr. Groening used to preside over all aspects of production, from scripts to story boards to voice-overs to animation. [41] The entire Simpson family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette. In 1987, Groening married fellow Weekly staffer Deborah Caplan. The show centers on Fry, a pizza-delivery man who is accidentally frozen in a cryogenics lab and defrosted 1,000 years later. By his own description, Mr. Groening behaved as a child much as Bart Simpson would if only he had more scholastic aptitude. [89] In May 2010, he curated another edition of All Tomorrow's Parties in Minehead, England. He also plays the drums in the all-author rock and roll band The Rock Bottom Remainders (although he is listed as the cowbell player), whose other members include Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Stephen King, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Sam Barry and Greg Iles. 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. 6) Are you trapped in a loveless cubicle? But that's not my point of view.". Deborah Caplan-Matt Groening: 68: Aquarius: Cartoonist: American: Children Name Gender Born Age Other Parent; Homer: Male: 1991: 31 years old: Matt Groening: Abe: Male: 1993: 29 years old: Matt Groening: Discussions Have your say Be the first to make a comment >> Recommended Recommended. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. "He was a deviant.". [35][40] In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation on an undefined future project,[9] which would turn out to be developing a series of short animated skits, called "bumpers," for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Ian Maxtone-Graham, another writer on the show, has said in an interview, "I would rather make George Meyer laugh than get an Emmy." Illustrated commentary for ", Groening, Matt. 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. Netflix has also renewed the series for twenty additional episodes, which are expected to start in ten-episode batches in 2020 and 2021. Matt has a son with his wife, Argentinian artist Agustina Picasso, and two children with his former wife, Deborah Caplan. [64], Like the main family members, several characters from the show have names that were inspired by people, locations or films. Deborah Caplan (m.1986, d.1999) Agustina Picasso (m.2011) Children: Abe Groening, Homer Groening, Nathaniel Philip Picasso Groening, India Mia Groening, Venus Ruth Groening, Luna Margaret Groening, Sol . They had 2 children. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1977-2012) and the television series The Simpsons (1989-present), Futurama (1999-2003, 2008-2013, 2023-onwards [2] ), and Disenchantment (2018-2022). By high school, Groening had learned to channel his subversive leanings in a manner that engaged his classmates. "I judge my life by how miserable it used to be," Groening told an interviewer last year, speaking of his early days as a lowly alternative cartoonist. "I wanted to write something they couldn't teach in high school because it had too much foul language," he said. In 1994, Matt Groening started the comic book publishing company named Bongo Comics. Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986. Comedian, screenwriter, and television producer Groening is the multitalented creator of The Simpsons, the longest-running entertainment series in 2009 on primetime television. He went through what he described as "a series of lousy jobs," including being an extra in the television movie When Every Day Was the Fourth of July,[25] busing tables,[26] washing dishes at a nursing home, clerking at the Hollywood Licorice Pizza record store, landscaping in a sewage treatment plant,[27] and chauffeuring and ghostwriting for a retired Western director. Reply. [53] While designing Lisa, Groening "couldn't be bothered to even think about girls' hair styles". In 2011, Groening married Argentine artist Agustina Picasso after a four-year relationship, and became stepfather to her daughter Camila Costantini. 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. Life in Hell caught the attention of American producer James L. Brooks. He married Deborah Caplan 1986 . Groening went to Ainsworth Elementary School and Lincoln High School. He ran for student body president on the Teens for Decency ticket, with the tongue-in-cheek slogan, "If you're against decency, then what are you for?" In the following week's column, he would confess to fabricating everything in the previous column and swear that everything in the new column was true. 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.". Eventually, he was finally asked to give up the "music" column. 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. He made a name exploring his own alienation and a fortune exposing the absurdities and hypocrisies of our culture, and nowadays, Groening is as powerful an insider as they come. [45] Groening also has an older brother and sister, Mark and Patty, and in a 1995 interview Groening divulged that Mark "is the actual inspiration for Bart. [15] He befriended fellow cartoonist Lynda Barry after discovering that she had written a fan letter to Joseph Heller, one of Groening's favorite authors, and had received a reply. When Billie Met Lisa (2022), Disenchantment (2018-present) [27] He showed his cartoons to the editor, James Vowell, who was impressed and eventually gave him a spot in the paper. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/matthew-abram-groening-2308.php, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 21st Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities, 21st Century American Film & Theater Personalities, Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour), Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less). They had two sons together, Homer and Abe. Deborah Caplan and Matt Groening are divorced after a marriage of 13 years. Matt Groening sa constellation est Verseau et . 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. creator, Craig Bartlett, who was married to Groening's sister, Lisa, until they divorced in 2015. He notes with a chuckle that he has just received the lastest shipment of Simpsoniana: Bart golf balls. 5) Are you worried you might have accidentally minimized your potential? [86] He guest-edited Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing 2003[87] and curated a US All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in 2003. He works as a cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. At 39, Mr. Groening still observes many of the customs of the youthful counterculture where he got his start: his hair is longish, his attire runs toward T-shirts and sneakers, and instead of business cards he hands out his phone number on little bits of torn paper. Now I'm deliriously happy all the time.". Brooks selected his longtime colleague Sam Simon to help Groening develop the animated series, and The Simpsons dynasty began on December 17, 1989, when the first episode aired. Clerks: The Animated Series (2000-2002) He is a cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. Matt is stepfather to Agustinas daughter, Camille. In 1988, James L. Brooks, looking for a filler in the television show, The Tracey Ullman Show (1987), turned towards a framed "Life in Hell" strip on his wall and contacted Groening. "Teachers, principals, clergymen, politicians -- for the Simpsons, they're all goofballs, and I think that's a great message for kids." He married Agustina Picasso 2011 . For a man who has become famous on the strength of his dark musings, starting with "Life in Hell," his weekly comic strip, Mr. Groening (it rhymes with complaining, his publicist says) comes off in person as surprisingly benign: big, bearish and still a bit astonished to find his jokes getting so out of hand. 8) Does this fill you with shame and guilt and cheese puffs? She died of heart failure on January 24, 2013. 2) Disappointed? platform, and regretted his victory immediately. Groening stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (approx:1.7 m). Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. He casts himself as the avenging underdog tilting at windmills, but, in the end, he always returns the conquering hero. The Simpsons Backgroung and creation She was Groening's long-time girlfriend before she married him in 2011. In 2008, Matt Groening won the Annie Award in the Writing in a Feature Production for comedy film The Simpsons movie. However, Matt and Deborah divorced in 1999. Its shorts were spun off into their own series, The Simpsons, which has since aired 727 episodes. James L. Brooks negotiated a provision in the contract with the Fox network that prevented Fox from interfering with the show's content. 6, the list of recipients had grown from 20 to 500. With a developing cast of characters that included Binky's girlfriend Sheba, his one-eared son Bongo and the gay entrepreneurs Akbar and Jeff, and recurring components like "The 16 Types of Sisters" and "The 9 Secret Love Techniques That Could Possibly Turn Men Into Putty in Your Hands," the minimally drawn but meticulously written Life in Hell found its niche between the underground comics and mainstream fare. [94] On June 16, 2018, he became the father of twins for a second time when his wife gave birth to Sol Matthew and Venus Ruth, announced via Instagram. They have a son, Nathaniel, and twin daughters, Luna and India. Despite the unprecedented success of "The Simpsons," the process of getting "Futurama" on the air has been described by Groening as "the worst experience of my adult life." (29 October 1987 - 1999) ( divorced) ( 2 children) It may simply be, he speculates, "that people don't get it.". 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. However, the couple divorced in 1999 after thirteen years of marriage. 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. Groening and Deborah Caplan married in 1986 and had two sons, Homer (who goes by Will) and Abe. In 1984, certain relationship themed strips from his work were published by co- worker Deborah Caplan, as a book titled Love in Hell. ------------------------------------------. Furthermore, the once-struggling artist was about to be presented with the business offer that would change his life forever. [10], Matt's grandfather, Abraham Groening, was a professor at Tabor College, a Mennonite Brethren liberal arts college in Hillsboro, Kansas, before moving to Albany College (now known as Lewis and Clark College) in Oregon in 1930. Work is Hell soon followed, also published by Caplan. **** Indeed, the biggest danger the show seems to face is that it will lose its power to surprise. Matt Groening (full Name: Matthew Abram Groening) is a popular American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. This show won many Emmy Awards. Tales of the Rat Fink (2006) as Finkster Groening went on to the liberal Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, where he butted heads with the more extreme countercultural types that populated the campus. Futurama (1999-2013) Growing up in Portland, Ore., he did well in school, but was frequently hauled down to the principal's office for smart-aleck conduct, like drawing cartoons. The couple has two sons, Homer and Abe. According to Groening, the goal with Bongo is to "[try] to bring humor into the fairly grim comic book market. Chester Bennington American Singer-Songwriter. Beginning 1987, he worked in the Traccy Ullman Show for two years as writer and animator. Menu Log In Sign Up [57] Another family member, Grampa Simpson, was introduced in the later shorts. [79] On July 25, 2017, the series, Disenchantment, was ordered by Netflix. Deborah Caplan: Groening has been in a relationship with Deborah Caplan since 2006. He is 68 years old. All Rights Reserved. But the conformity of a suburban existence soon proved dull, even to a young Groening. (2002). Has two sons with Deborah Caplan: Homer Groening (born 1991) and Abe Groening (born 1993). Bob Cesca Show, Bio, Wiki, Age, Married, Salon, Salary, And Net Worth, Mark Blyth Political Scientist, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Books, Podcast, and Net Worth, Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes, List of States in the US, Alphabetical list of States in the U.S., and Abbreviation of States in United States. His first cousin, Laurie Monnes Anderson, was a member of the Oregon State Senate, representing eastern Multnomah County. Matthew Abram Groening ( / ren / GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) [1] is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. "Of course, those are all true. 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). They had 2 children, Homer (32) and Abe (30). In 2011, he married artist Augustina Picasso, with whom he had been in a relationship for four years. Matthew Abraham Groening was born 15 February 1954 in Portland, Oregon, United States to Homer Philip Groening (1919-1996) and Margaret Ruth Wiggum (1919-2013) . And yet he speaks like the kid who just made it big, who still can't believe his luck. Matt Groening has made appearances in films and documentaries, such as, Comic Book: The Movie (2004), The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005), The Seventh Python (2008) and I Know That Voice (2013). Groening decided that this would be too distracting though, and redesigned the ear to look normal. Gratuit English at Leicester University of Leicest. Hold out for as much money as you can get, but make the deal. Eventually, it was moved to Sundays at 8 p.m., but although Fox recently ordered 18 more episodes for next season, Groening, thinking like the businessman that he is, still feels the show could benefit from more aggressive promotion and a better time slot. During this time the show has done for animated cartoons what "thirtysomething" did for yuppies: proved that despite some annoying tendencies, they can be successful in prime time. A self-published anthology of. While at college, he befriended famous cartoonist Lynda Barry, whom he also regards as a great inspiration. Groening and Simon, however, did not get along[59] and were often in conflict over the show;[26] Groening once described their relationship as "very contentious. In a strange coincidence, they discovered that their parents were friends and that they both attended neighboring high schools in Philadelphia. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Matt Groening is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and director. They said, 'Make it like "The Jetsons"! By now, though, the damage, such as it is, has clearly been done: the show has entered the very pop culture it pokes so much fun at. Following this success, came his next work, Work is Hell, also published by Deborah Caplan. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. "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. The company published comics related to The Simpsons and Futurama. Groening is estimated to be worth US$ 500 million. However, the show's collection of memorable supporting characters and winking, multilayered nods to popular culture, arguably owes more to Simon and the original stable of writers than to Groening. But mainly, he is Matt Groening. [102], Groening has made a number of campaign contributions, all towards Democratic Party candidates and organizations. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, he created a new set of characters, the Simpson family. "I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, because this is how everyone is treated [in Hollywood]," he told Mother Jones. [15] Soon afterward, Caplan and Groening left and put together the Life in Hell Co., which handled merchandising for Life in Hell. Perhaps, were he to walk in off the street, he could get a job as a writer on the show. Again, to his surprise, he won. In 2016, Groening developed a new series for Netflix, Disenchantment, which premiered in August 2018. By coincidence, they chose "Abraham", unaware that it was the name of Groening's grandfather. Nowadays, you can't throw a rock at a TV set without hitting an irreverent animated social satire. If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, you are probably a fan of Matt Groening. The pilot episode of "Futurama" was scheduled to air in the coveted slot between "The Simpsons" and "The X-Files" on Sunday night, and was watched by 19 million viewers. Claiming that it was a bit too obvious to name a character after himself, he chose the name "Bart," an anagram of brat. Matt Groening has won 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 23 Annie Awards across various categories. About Matt Groening is a 68 year old American Cartoonist. Many members of the Simpson family are named for members of his own family: Homer, Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Patty. From teachers who forced him to rip up his cartoons in front of the class, to the petty tyranny of bosses ("I was told that I would never get a job in the Pacific Northwest in journalism after my disgraceful stewardship of the Cooper Point Journal," Groening told the graduating class in a commencement address at his alma mater, Evergreen State College. [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. [109], He was awarded the Inkpot Award in 1988. By installment No. They divorced in 1999 and Groening married Argentine artist Agustina Picasso in 2011. [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. They said, 'It doesn't make any difference!'". Every week or so Mr. Groening gets a new offer to develop a movie or a cartoon or a situation comedy. "[46], Maggie Groening has co-written a few Simpsons books featuring her cartoon namesake. Commentary for ", Silverman, David; Reardon, Jim; Groening, Matt. 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). 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. Matt Groening received the British Comedy Award for his Outstanding contribution to comedy. "And to be honest, the whole 'Simpsons' project was a project to see how far I could go in the mainstream. "I feel like it's a tidal wave I'm surfing on," he said. In 2009, the show beat Gunsmoke to become the longest-running entertainment show on primetime TV. He is also a father to five more children. The shorts were spun off into their own series, The Simpsons, which has since aired 742 episodes. "Life in Hell" was also sold in the punk corner of the store, where the punks sometimes ripped them up. SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. The final episode aired on September 4, 2013. "It turns out I was the latest in a long line of writer-chauffeurs," Mr. Groening said. Matt Groening was the writer and executive producer of this project. He also enjoyed a happy home life, with his dad, Homer, mom, Margaret, and four siblings, including younger sisters Lisa and Maggie. His mother, Margaret, though, used to have "huge hair.". Mr. Groening planned to use the figures from "Life in Hell." 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." Or rather, he is the struggling, penurious pre-"Simpsons" Matt Groening. In interview after interview, he has recalled his youthful vow never to forget what childhood was like -- a gauntlet of petty rules and restrictions that exist only to be broken.
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