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Matthew Abram Groening (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ n ɪ ŋ / GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator.He is best known as the creator of the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), [1] and Disenchantment (2018–2023), and the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012).
The Simpsons Movie reunites several of the veterans responsible for the golden age of the series, including creator Matt Groening, director David Silverman (Monsters, Inc.), and contributing writers James L. Brooks, Al Jean, John Swartzwelder, David Mirkin, Ian-Maxtone-Graham, among others—eleven writers, four consultants." [6]
Matt Groening (born 1954): American creator of animated TV series The Simpsons and Futurama, and the comic Life in Hell [132] Bob Guccione (1930–2010): American founder and publisher of Penthouse magazine [133] Archived 13 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
However, both MacFarlane and Simpsons creator Matt Groening have said that there is no serious feud between the two of them and their shows. [77] [78] At San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, 2010, The Simpsons writer Matt Selman jokingly referred to MacFarlane, stating, "Come on, Seth MacFarlane does one show three times." Selman later backed away ...
By the time they pitched the series to Fox in April 1998, Groening and Cohen had composed many characters and storylines; Groening claimed they had "gone overboard" in their discussions. [12] Groening described trying to get the show on the air as "by far the worst experience of [his] grown-up life". [13] The show premiered on March 28, 1999.
In "the only great opera written by a Jew about a Jew", [24] Eléazar is the Jewish father-figure of Rachel, the "Jewess" of the title, whom he had saved from the ruins of an estate when she was a baby and raised as his daughter. The opera became popular in France at a time when the theme of "The Jewess" and Jewish singers were popular.
Robotology is a play on the name Scientology, [2] and series creator Matt Groening has said that he received a call from the Church of Scientology concerned about the use of a similar name. [3] The symbol of Robotology is based on the electronic symbol for a resistor used in electrical circuit diagrams. [4]
In 1992, Matt Groening and James L. Brooks began planning a live-action spin-off from The Simpsons that revolved around Krusty and would star Dan Castellaneta as Krusty. [43] [44] They pitched the series in 1994. Groening and Michael Weithorn [45] wrote a pilot script in which Krusty moved to Los Angeles and hosted his own talk