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Name: Matt Groening
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Date of Birth:
February 15, 1954
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Place of Birth:
Portland, Oregon, USA
Mini-bio:
Matt Groening's animated creations, the Simpson family, first appeared on
The Tracey Ullman Show, which opened on the Fox network in 1987. The new
network took a chance and gave The Simpsons a pri
...( read more)me-time slot in 1989, and
it soon became the network's flagship series. At first the popularity of the
show worried those who considered it a glamorization of a dysfunctional
family (it was even condemned by Barbara Bush, the First Lady of the United
States). But by 2000 the show had become the longest-running animated series
in television history, and was still a critical and popular success.
Groening branched out and started Futurama, another animated series that
began in 1999 and ran for five seasons. Groening still draws "Life in Hell,"
a syndicated weekly cartoon panel.