Matt Groening

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The show was created by Matt Groening, who conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. He named the characters after his own family members, substituting "Bart" for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. In 1989, the shorts were spun off into the series The Simpsons which debuted on December 17, 1989. Since then, the series has aired 441 episodes, 20 seasons and The Simpsons Movie was released in 2007.

The show was controversial from its beginning. Bart always seemed to get into trouble quite a lot butt never got punished for it, this led to parents and politician to perceive Bart as a bad role model for younger people. Numerous state schools banned all aspects to do with Simpsons.. In the October 1990, Barbara Bush called The Simpsons "the dumbest thing [she] had ever seen". In January 1992, then-current President George H. W. Bush made a speech during his re-election in which he said: "We are going to make American family, a bit more like the Walton's, and not like the Simpsons. The writers rushed out a reply in the form of a short piece which aired three days later before a rerun of "Stark Raving Dad" in which Bart replied, "Hey, we're just like the Walton's. We're hoping for an end to the Depression, too."

Much of the cast have been involved in pay disputes with 20th century fox. By 1998, the cast said they were going to strike unless they increased their wages. Fox Company come to a deal and an increase was agreed, it went from $30,000 to $125,000 every Simpsons episode. The shows popularity increased and with it, sales of merchandise continued to boost its revenue through syndication and simpsons DVD sales, the main cast stopped appearing for script readings in April 2004. After this they asked for a pay rise to $360,000 per simpsons episode, or $8 million over a 22- Simpson episode season. On May 2, 2004, the actors reached an agreement with Fox. There was another dispute in 2008, and the actors' salary was raised to $400,000 per simpsons episode. At the end of 2007 the writers of The Simpsons went on strike together with the Writers Guild of America. The broadcasting of The Simpsons was not be affected by the strike. Since it takes a long time to produce an episode of an animated show, the simpsons episodes are ready up to a year in advance.

In the simpsons Season 14, production switched from traditional cel animation to digital ink and paint. The first simpsons episode to experiment with digital coloring was "Radioactive Man" in 1995. Animators used digital ink and paint during production of the Simpsons Season 12 episode "Tennis the Menace", but Gracie Films delayed the regular use of digital ink and paint until two seasons later. On July 27, 2007, The Simpsons Movie was released. Attempts to make a film version of the Simpsons failed due to inadequate time due to script length and production crew members. Eventually, producers James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, and Richard Sakai began development of the film in 2001. Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including 7-Eleven, which transformed selected stores into Kwik-E-Marts. The film was a huge box office success, and was credited with great reviews.

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It is easy to dress up in Marge Simpson Costumes

October 2009, and it's announced that Marge Simpson will include as the centerfold of Playboy. Yes, *that* Marge Simpson, the beautiful Simpsons Family personality, the housewife, the mummy of 3 will appear in the centrefold of Playboy mag. In 50 years, Marge will be the 1st cartoon personality to be on the centerfold. Marjorie'Marge' Simpson ( ne Bouvier ) is a fictional main character in the animated TV series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. Marge was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based primarily on Life in Hell but instead made a decision to create a new set of characters.
Marge is the well-intentioned and intensely patient ma of the Simpson family. She is frequently portrayed as a stereotypical television mum and is usually included on catalogues of top'TV moms'. She has appeared in other media in relation to The Simpsons-including computer games, The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Ride, commercials, and comic books-and galvanized a whole line of merchandise.
Marge's particular blue beehive hairstyle was electrified by a mixture of The Bride of Frankenstein and the style that Margaret Groening wore in the 1960s. Julie Kavner, who was an affiliate of the first cast of The Tracey Ullman Show, was asked to voice Marge so that more voice actors would not be needed. Kavner has won many awards for voicing Marge, including a Primetime Emmy Award for superb Voice-Over Performance in 1992.

Marge is generally a stereotypical situation comedy mum, and she also plays the'long-suffering wife' who puts up with the escapades of her youngsters and her oafish partner. Marge regularly offers a grounding opinion for Homer and their marriage has often been wobbly. One of the first such episodes to depict this is'Secrets of a Successful Marriage' ( season 5, 1994 ), where Homer starts teaching an adult education class on how to build a successful wedding. He's at first unsuccessful, but gains the interest of the class when he starts giving away family secrets, plenty of which concern Marge. The day after, Homer is grimy and disheveled, and begs Marge to take him back, pronouncing the most important thing he can offer her that no-one else can is'complete and complete dependence.' initially, Marge does not see that as a benefit, but at last admits that he'really [does] make a gal feel needed.'

There are some great and straightforward methods to get dressed up as Marge Simpson for this Halloween. Get some blue bee hive hair wig, a green strapless dress and a big pearl necklace and you are set. Alternatively, you could dress in a trustafarian bunny outfit and add the blue beehive hair wig for fun. You should buy Marge Simpson Costumes here.

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Essay on Matt Groening?

I'm writing an essay on the life and works of Matt Groening, better know as the creater of "The Simpsons", "Futurama", and the famous comic strip "Life in Hell". I'm having a hard time finding references that arent internet sources.

There is a book about him called "Matt Groening". I haven't read it so I'm not sure how informative it is (it is designed for ages 9-12). Anywho, you can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Inventors-Creators-Matt-Groening/dp/0737731583/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210324705&sr=8-4

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