"the character Bongo from ""Life in Hell"") 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. According to Groening, the goal with Bongo is to ""[try] to bring humor into the fairly grim comic book market."" He also formed Zongo Comics in 1995, an imprint of Bongo that published comics for more mature readers, which included three issues of Mary Fleener's ""Fleener"" and seven issues of his close friend Gary Panter's ""Jimbo"""
"a show that, according to director David Silverman, ""is hilarious because it's just bad."" As a child, Groening really liked the 1961 Disney film ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"", and it was one of the reasons to why he got into cartooning. In the film, the puppies watch television, and the idea that it is possible to have a cartoon within a cartoon thrilled Groening. From that idea he got the inspiration for ""The Itchy & Scratchy Show"". David Silverman states that Itchy and Scratchy cartoons are ""an ironic commentary on cartoon mayhem in the sense that it's taken to"
"the top 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time. The television network Fox expressed a strong desire in the mid-1990s for Matt Groening to create a new series, and he began conceiving ""Futurama"" during this period. In 1996, he enlisted David X. Cohen, then a writer and producer for ""The Simpsons"", to assist in developing the show. The two spent time researching science fiction books, television shows, and films. When they pitched the series to Fox in April 1998, Groening and Cohen had composed many characters and story lines; Groening claimed they had gone ""overboard"" in their discussions. Groening described"
"number three in Ireland, eight in New Zealand, 14 in Norway, 23 in the United Kingdom, and 53 in Sweden. In addition to appearing in ""The Simpsons Movie"", the members of the punk rock band Green Day recorded their own version of the ""Simpsons"" theme for the film. It was released as a single in July 2007 and became a top-twenty hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Simpsons discography ""The Simpsons"" is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening that has aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company since December 1989. It is a satirical parody of"
"given high praise to Lat, and his admirers further abroad include North American cartoonists Matt Groening and Eddie Campbell. Groening, creator of ""The Simpsons"", gave a testimonial for the United States version of ""The Kampung Boy"", praising Lat's signature work as ""one of the all-time great cartoon books"". Sergio Aragonés, the creator of ""Groo the Wanderer"", is another of Lat's American fans. After visiting Malaysia in 1987, Aragonés used the experience to create a story for Groo in which the bumbling swordsman chances on the isle of Felicidad, whose inhabitants and natural habitat were modelled after those of the Southeast"
"producer James L. Brooks was working on the television variety show ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", he decided that he wanted to include short animated wraparounds before and after the commercial breaks. Having seen one of cartoonist Matt Groening's ""Life in Hell"" comic strips, Brooks asked Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts, which Groening initially intended to present as his ""Life in Hell"" series. Groening later realized that animating ""Life in Hell"" would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work. He therefore chose another approach while waiting in the lobby of Brooks's office"
"to the next. Nobody had ever really done this before."" Estin was given with a drawing of ""Life in Hell"" by Matt Groening from Richard Sakai. ""It was very different. It was smart. It was unusual. It was drawn poorly, which I thought added the charm [...] I said, 'What if we have this guy do these little cartoons in between the scenes? Is that possible? Does anybody like that idea?' They all said they liked the idea. This is how Matt ended up being our guy."" James L. Brooks was also familiar with Groening's work. Polly Platt, producer of"
"the chalkboard gag and couch gag. Matt Groening developed the lengthy sequence in order to cut down on the animation necessary for each episode, but devised the two gags as compensation for the repeated material each week. Groening, who had not paid much attention to television since his own childhood, was unaware that title sequences of such length were uncommon by that time. As the finished episodes became longer, the production team were reluctant to cut the stories in order to allow for the long title sequence, so shorter versions of it were developed. In some of the episodes the"
"and has been the focus of several episodes, most of which also spotlight Bart. Krusty was created by cartoonist Matt Groening and partially inspired by Rusty Nails, a television clown from Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon. He was designed to look like Homer Simpson with clown makeup, with the original idea being that Bart worships a television clown who was actually his own father in disguise. His voice is based on Bob Bell, who portrayed WGN-TV's Bozo the Clown. Krusty made his television debut on January 15, 1989 in the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""The Krusty the Clown Show"". Krusty"
"but I can't tell if it's just me"". Comedy Central commissioned an additional 26 new episodes, and began airing them in 2010. The show continued in to 2013, before Comedy Central announced in April 2013 that they would not be renewing it beyond its seventh season. The final episode aired on September 4, 2013. On January 15, 2016, it was announced that Groening was in talks with Netflix to develop a new animated series. On July 25, 2017 the series, ""Disenchantment"", was ordered by Netflix with a two-season order, totalling 20 episodes. In 1994, Groening formed Bongo Comics (named after"
"for the pitch meeting, hurriedly formulating his version of a dysfunctional family that became the Simpsons. He named the characters after his own family members, substituting ""Bart"" for his own name. Bart was modeled after Groening's older brother, Mark, but given a different name which was chosen as an anagram of ""brat"". The stories were written and storyboarded by Matt Groening. The family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead they just traced over his drawings. The animation was produced domestically at Klasky Csupo, with Wesley Archer, David"
"over a decade. In 1987, ""The Simpsons"", an animated short cartoon segment of ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", debuted. Matt Groening's creation gained its own half-hour series in 1989, the first prime-time animated series since ""The Flintstones"". Although 70 percent of the first episode's animation had to be redone, pushing the series premiere back three months, it became one of the first major hit series for the fledgling Fox network. ""The Simpsons"" caused a sensation, entering popular culture and gaining wide acclaim for its satirical handling of American culture, families, society as a whole, and the human condition. The show has"
"(season three, 1991); as Krusty the Clown's assistant in ""Bart Gets Famous"" (season five, 1994); as a doorman in Springfield's burlesque house, the Maison Derrière, in ""Bart After Dark"" (season eight, 1996); and briefly owns his own factory in ""Homer's Enemy"" (season eight, 1997). Matt Groening first conceived of Bart and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986, while waiting in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts for ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", and had intended to present an adaptation of his ""Life in Hell"" comic"
"was announced as the winner's animation appearing on ""the next DVD"", but the creators later said a third season was unlikely, and MTV afterward canceled the show. A return is even more unlikely as the creators of ""Wonder Showzen"" went on to produce the animated series """". It aired in Canada on MTV2, the United Kingdom and Ireland on MTV Two, MTV and TMF, Australia on MTV, Germany and Italy on MTV Entertainment, Latin America on MTV Latin America and in the Baltics on MTV Networks Baltic. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Matt Groening, creator of ""The Simpsons"" and ""Futurama"" said ""Wonder Showzen"
"Over the course of the show, the staff have considered producing several spin-off television series and films, based on ""The Simpsons"". In 1994, Matt Groening pitched a live action spin-off from ""The Simpsons"" that centered on Krusty and would star Dan Castellaneta. He and Michael Weithorn wrote a pilot script where Krusty moved to Los Angeles and got his own talk show. A recurring joke throughout the script was that Krusty lived in a house on wooden stilts which were continuously being gnawed by beavers. Eventually, the contract negotiations fell apart and Groening decided to stop work on the project."
"Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Ratings for the series increased soon after, and DVD sales skyrocketed. ""Family Guy"" was revived and began airing again on Fox on May 1, 2005. ""Family Guy"" has remained a large success for the network. MacFarlane's follow-up series, ""American Dad!"", began airing on February 6, 2005, and despite low ratings, the series was renewed for multiple seasons on the network before being transferred to TBS in 2014. ""Futurama"", the follow-up series from ""The Simpsons"" creator Matt Groening, began in March 1999, and was later cancelled (with its last episode aired on August 10, 2003) thanks to"
"January 12, 1997. ""The Springfield Files"" is a crossover with ""The X-Files"", a science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter, that aired on Fox before concluding in March 2018. ""Simpsorama"" is the sixth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the animated television series ""The Simpsons"", and the 558th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on November 9, 2014. ""Simpsorama"" is a crossover with ""Futurama"", another animated series created by ""The Simpsons"" creator Matt Groening, that had previously aired on Fox and later Comedy Central before concluding in September 2013. ""Mathlete's Feat"""
"Comedy Central between 2010–present, on Four from 2011–2013 and Duke (2017-present). ""Futurama"" currently airs in Ireland on networks 3e, Comedy Central, Pick and Sky1. The series was carried by the following networks in the United Kingdom: Sky1 from 21 September 1999 – present, Channel 4 from September 2000– October 2006, FX UK from 2004–2005, Sky Living from 2005, Sky Two (until 2016), and Pick from 2006–2016. The series is shown on Fox in Latin America and in the Caribbean. Futurama Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures"
"Had a Brain"", ""Bart Simpson's Dracula"" and ""Starship Poopers"". The third, fourth and fifth episodes were each represented by two segments. The most recent episode on the list was ""Treehouse of Horror IX"", which first aired in 1998. ""Treehouse of Horror VII"" is ""Simpsons"" creator Matt Groening's seventh favorite episode, and the line he likes best is ""We have reached the limit of what rectal probing can teach us."" ""King Homer"" of ""Treehouse of Horror III"" is one of Matt Groening's favorite segments. ""Treehouse of Horror III"" is also noted for the moment where Homer shoots Ned Flanders and Bart"
"an Open Fire"", and because it features references to ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". The Disney film thrilled Groening as a child, and was one of the reasons he was first interested in animation and cartooning. In ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"", the puppies watch cartoons on television several times; the idea of a cartoon within a cartoon thrilled Groening, and said that this idea inspired him to create ""The Itchy & Scratchy Show"", a fictional television show within the ""Simpsons"" universe. Mr. Burns says in the episode that the puppy that stands up only on its hind legs reminds"
"and children celebrating their birthdays were entitled to complimentary Pop Shoppe soda. A decades-old rumor claims that Ramblin' Rod inspired Matt Groening to create the character Krusty the Clown, the bitter host of a fictional children's program on ""The Simpsons"". Groening, who grew up in Portland, was likely aware of Anders' show on KPTV. However, in interviews, Groening has mentioned that it was Ramblin' Rod's predecessor on KPTV, a clown named Rusty Nails, who served as a partial inspiration for the Krusty character. In autumn of 2011, the Fizz Soda and Candy Shop, located in Portland, created, and are still"
"the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show, which is how ""Do the Bartman"" came about. Jackson eventually guest-starred in the episode ""Stark Raving Dad"". The album ""The Simpsons Sing the Blues"" peaked at #3 on the ""Billboard"" 200, making it the highest charting ""Simpsons"" album.<ref name=""Billboard""> History of The Simpsons ""The Simpsons"" is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and named them after his"
"damage although the company denied this and claimed any screen damage was 'user related' and denied warranty claims in Australia. Ben & Jerry's created a ""Simpsons""-themed beer and donut-flavored ice cream, entitled ""Duff & D'oh! Nuts"". Many official or unofficial ""Simpsons"" books such as episode guides have been published. The Simpsons (franchise) The Simpsons is an American animated comedy franchise whose eponymous family consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The Simpsons were created by cartoonist Matt Groening for a series of animated shorts that debuted on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" on Fox on April 19, 1987. After a"
"his tone in an interview with Aaron Simpson in 2007 and claimed that ""The Simpsons"" made it easier to do more edgy work: ""Well it started with Bakshi’s """" and Pee Wee Herman. Those were kid shows, but with layers of perversion in them. Then ""The Simpsons"" came along and did edgy material in prime time cartoons."" After the positive response to the opening sequence by Banksy, creator Matt Groening and Jean came to Kricfalusi and asked him if he could do something similar. Originally, they only wanted him to do the storyboards and then let their regular crew animate"
"strip, the Center for Cartoon Studies commissioned a poster that was presented to Groening in honor of his work. The poster contained tribute cartoons by 22 of Groening's cartoonist friends who were influenced by ""Life in Hell"". ""Life in Hell"" caught the eye of Hollywood writer-producer and Gracie Films founder James L. Brooks, who had been shown the strip by fellow producer Polly Platt. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation on an undefined future project, which would turn out to be developing a series of short animated skits, called ""bumpers,"" for the Fox variety"
"History of The Simpsons ""The Simpsons"" is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and named them 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. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called ""The Simpsons"", which debuted on December 17, 1989. The show was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series"
"fledgling Fox network, he decided that he wanted to include small animated sketches before and after the commercial breaks. Having seen one of cartoonist Matt Groening's ""Life in Hell"" comic strips, Brooks asked Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts, which Groening initially intended to present as his ""Life in Hell"" series. Groening later realized that animating ""Life in Hell"" would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work, and passed on the offer. Richard Sakai contacted Groening to see if he had any other characters he would be willing to let Fox merchandise,"
"a documentary about screenwriting in Hollywood. Although Brooks ""never meant"" to return to television, he was helping Tracey Ullman start ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" and when she could not find another producer, he stepped in. On the suggestion of friend and colleague Polly Platt, who gave Brooks the nine panel ""Life in Hell"" cartoon entitled ""The Los Angeles Way of Death"" which hangs outside Brooks' Gracie Films office, Brooks asked ""Life in Hell"" cartoonist Matt Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts to appear on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"". Groening initially intended to present an animated"
"gags, the camera zooms in on Springfield Elementary School, where Bart can be seen writing a message on the chalkboard. This message, which changes from episode to episode, has become known as the ""chalkboard gag"". The other gag is known as a ""couch gag"", in which a twist of events occur when the family meets to sit on their couch and watch television. Groening, who had not paid much attention to television since his own childhood, was unaware that title sequences of such length were uncommon by that time. The episode ""Bart the Genius"" was the first to feature the"
"to create a webpage on GeoCities, which he populated primarily with ""South Park"" animated GIFs. Melvin never read many comics during his childhood, except for ""The Far Side"" by Gary Larson and ""Life in Hell"" by Matt Groening. Instead, he was a big fan of sketch comedy, and pointed at The Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, Upright Citizens Brigade, and ""Mr. Show with Bob and David"" as his comedic inspirations. Melvin has also been influenced by the stand-up comedy of Lewis Black, Mitch Hedberg, David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Demetri Martin, and Sarah Silverman. In collaboration with Rob DenBleyker, Matt"
"""The Tracey Ullman Show"", he decided to include small animated sketches before and after the commercial breaks. Having seen one of cartoonist Matt Groening's ""Life in Hell"" comic strips, Brooks asked Groening to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts. Groening initially intended to present an animated version of his ""Life in Hell"" series. However, Groening later realized that animating ""Life in Hell"" would require the rescinding of publication rights for his life's work. He therefore chose another approach while waiting in the lobby of Brooks's office for the pitch meeting, hurriedly formulating his version of a dysfunctional"
"of characters called ""The Simpsons"", created by Matt Groening. Klasky Csupo produced and animated all 48 shorts, and when it became one of the most popular segments on the show, Fox Television began airing a weekly half-hour series entitled ""The Simpsons"". Klasky Csupo produced every episode for the first three seasons of the series. The studio shared the 1989–1990, and 1990–1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, with Gracie Films. In addition to that, Klasky Csupo produced the hit video ""Do the Bartman"". Klasky Csupo animator and colorist Gyorgyi Peluce conceived the idea of ""The Simpsons"" characters having yellow"
"and received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts for his career achievements and fundraising & volunteer work with the Make a Wish Foundation that helps children with life-threatening illnesses. Matt Gallant Matt Gallant (born June 25, 1964) is an American television host. He was the host of ""The Planet's Funniest Animals"" on Animal Planet, as well as shows on MTV, ESPN2, G4, NFL Network, Fine Living, ABC and DirecTV. Gallant hosted Simon Cowell's ""American Inventor"" in 2007, and currently co-hosts ""The List"" on the Scripps Network. TheListtv.com Born on 25 June 1964 in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Westport, Connecticut."