Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986. 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. During this time he was the editor of college paper The Cooper Point Journal. Groening and Deborah Caplan married in 1986 and had two sons, Homer (who goes by Will) and Abe. Groening is estimated to be worth US$ 500 million. Matt Groening received the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program for The Simpsons in the years 1998, 2000 and 2001. You know, "Meet George Jetson. 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. Groening has received 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, 11 for The Simpsons and 2 for Futurama, and a British Comedy Award due to outstanding contribution to comedy in 2004. "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. [79] On July 25, 2017, the series, Disenchantment, was ordered by Netflix. It's my foundation,"[37] the June 16, 2012 strip marked Life in Hell's conclusion. He also enjoyed a happy home life, with his dad, Homer, mom, Margaret, and four siblings, including younger sisters Lisa and Maggie. Groening worked at the Reader for six years, as a typesetter, editor, paste-up artist and rock critic. [73][29], Since no new Futurama projects were in production, the movie Into the Wild Green Yonder was designed to stand as the Futurama series finale. "I don't consider anything beneath me. The couple has two sons, Homer and Abe. His favorite artist is Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention and his favorite album is Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart (which was produced by Zappa). His other role model was cartoonist, Charles Monroe Schulz, who was known for his comic creation Peanuts. [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. They had 2 children. [51] At the time Groening was primarily drawing in black and "not thinking that [Bart] would eventually be drawn in color" gave him spikes that appear to be an extension of his head. And the idea of creating a show on his own appealed to him. Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986. 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) . The duo left the newspaper company and Matt Groening founded the Acme Features Syndicate that distributed Life in Hell. In 1994, Matt Groening started the comic book publishing company named Bongo Comics. A self-published anthology of "Love Is Hell" led to a deal with Pantheon Books, and eventually Caplan began running Life In Hell Inc. The daily task of writing the show is left to a team of writers, whom he calls his "Harvard-grad-brainiac-bastard-eggheads." I Know That Voice (2013) "And to be honest, the whole 'Simpsons' project was a project to see how far I could go in the mainstream. In 1984, certain relationship themed strips from his work were published by co- worker Deborah Caplan, as a book titled Love in Hell. (Statements like these, of course, set off fits of right-wing apoplexy, much to the amusement and delight of everyone else. [15] At the end of its run, Life in Hell was carried in 250 weekly newspapers and has been anthologized in a series of books, including School is Hell, Childhood is Hell, The Big Book of Hell, and The Huge Book of Hell. His spirit of solidarity with children extends to his own sons, Homer, 3, and Abe, 1, toward whom, he confesses, he is "indulgent and spoiling. "He was a deviant.". Anyone can read what you share. Matt Groening and Deborah Caplan married in 1986 and have two children: Homer (who goes by the name of Will) and Abe. He still draws the ear as a 'G' when he draws pictures of Homer for fans. "I wanted to write something they couldn't teach in high school because it had too much foul language," he said. He married Deborah Caplan 1986 . Groening and Deborah divorced in 1999. Ten years later, at the age of 46, Groening is responsible for a comic strip syndicated in 250 newspapers, more than 25 books, two prime-time animated series and untold containers full of valuable merchandise. However, he began doing a series of odd jobs while at the city. I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! [64], Like the main family members, several characters from the show have names that were inspired by people, locations or films. 2) Disappointed? [48] When Groening originally designed Homer, he put his own initials into the character's hairline and ear: the hairline resembled an 'M', and the right ear resembled a 'G'. Executive producer and show runner Mike Scully once told the New Yorker, "People are always asking why 'The Simpsons' is still so good after all these years, and, at the risk of pissing off all the other writers, I think I'd have to say that the main reason is probably George." He first sold his comic to magazine Wet, in 1978. The final strip of the comic strip "Life in Hell" was published on June 16, 2012. [30] Groening distributed the comic book in the book corner of Licorice Pizza, a record store in which he worked. [34], Life in Hell became popular almost immediately. Groenings estimated net worth is $600 million. Groening was born on February 15, 1954,[3][4] in Portland, Oregon,[5] 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). Deborah Kaplan Entertainment - Director Why Famous: is an American screenwriter and film director Age: N/A Deborah Kaplan's Relationships (2) Matt Groening Arts - Other Why Famous: The Simpsons and Futurama The early iteration of The Simpsons was a crude, Neanderthal version of the family that would become ubiquitous in pop culture; both Bart and Lisa were troublemakers, and Homer was a barely controlled cauldron of rage. . His first cousin, Laurie Monnes Anderson, was a member of the Oregon State Senate, representing eastern Multnomah County. Eventually, he was finally asked to give up the "music" column. The comic strip Life in Hell was a huge success. [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. Yet Groening's DNA is all over the show, from the characters named after the streets of his hometown (Flanders, Lovejoy, etc. Deborah is a publisher. [30] The strip, titled "Forbidden Words," appeared in the September/October issue of that year. There is not much information about Mark. The show went on to become the longest running US primetime TV series and earn multiple awards. They divorced in 1999 and Groening . Again, to his surprise, he won. [80] He described the fantasy-oriented series as originating in a sketchbook full of "fantastic creatures we couldn't do on The Simpsons". [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. The strip continued to be published in the LA Weekly until 2009, when they were unable to pay Matt Groening anymore. "), to the narrow mentality of newspaper editors (even "alternative" newpaper editors "hated" his approach to obscure rock criticism) to the "timidness" of network executives trying to subject him to "corporate deflavorizer," to his famous battles with network censors, Groening's life reads like a series of epic adventures more Quixotic than Homeric in their details. The Longest Daycare (2012) 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. Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) (2015) But the short clips were a hit with fans, and producers began exploring a standalone series as Tracey Ullman floundered in the ratings. [55] Groening storyboarded and scripted every short (now known as The Simpsons shorts), which were then animated by a team including David Silverman and Wes Archer, both of whom would later become directors on the series. 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. But when pressed, he concedes that he is not sure what makes his critique of Middle America so appealing to Middle Americans. Clerks: The Animated Series (2000-2002) In order to avoid insulting another family member by making him the namesake of a Simpsons character, he left Homer's father unnamed. [29][68] Groening has also pitched "Young Homer" and a spin-off about the non-Simpsons citizens of Springfield. 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. In fact, to prove that he didn't mean anything by naming a fat, incompetent slob like Homer Simpson after his father, he named his first son Homer, too. Brooks contacted him in 1985 about adapting Life in Hell for animated sequences for the Fox variety shows The Tracey Ullman Show. [53] While designing Lisa, Groening "couldn't be bothered to even think about girls' hair styles". 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?" ", See the article in its original context from. [78], On February 9, 2022, the series was revived at Hulu, set for a 2023 release. By then, however, "Life in Hell" was running in several other alternative weeklies, and soon the L.A. Weekly brought him on board. I said, 'It's not going to be like "Blade Runner."' "I'm a fan of counterculture -- of which there is very little right now," he told Fortune magazine. On the radio, a drunken DJ wept a final farewell to his job. Groening is a guy who lunches with Rupert Murdoch and finds him congenial. After four years the show was cancelled, however, it maintained a strong fan following. The show premiered under the Fox Broadcasting Company banner, in 1999. The shorts were spun off into their own series, The Simpsons, which has since aired 742 episodes. After four years on the air, the show was canceled by Fox. "Do people who don't have cockroaches and can afford their rent, are they happier?" If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, you are probably a fan of Matt Groening. By installment No. 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. He is starting to think about other projects, like developing a show starring the Simpsons' favorite entertainer, Krusty, the dissolute clown. "I never saw anything as crude as my stuff getting published," he has said. When Comedy Central committed to sixteen new episodes, it was decided that four straight-to-DVD films Bender's Big Score (2007), The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008), Bender's Game (2008) and Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) would be produced. And they said, 'Don't make it like "Blade Runner"!' 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 . In 1972, he enrolled at the Evergreen State College in Olympia and studied there for five years. When he was asked by producer James L. Brooks to create animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show, Groening came up with The Simpsons. "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. 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. [104], In an interview with Wired from 1999, he stated that if he was president, his first act would be "campaign finance reform", stating that it is "a real detriment to democracy". creator, Craig Bartlett, who was married to Groening's sister, Lisa, until they divorced in 2015. "[46], Maggie Groening has co-written a few Simpsons books featuring her cartoon namesake. Its first ten episodes premiered on the streaming service in August 2018, with the remaining ten episodes of the initial order scheduled to air in September 2019. His sister Maggie is not mute. The show is watched by more than 60 million people weekly in more than 60 countries around the world -- beating out even the lowest-common-denominator friendly "Baywatch" as the world's most-watched show. 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. 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. [54] When designing Lisa and Maggie, he "just gave them this kind of spiky starfish hair style, not thinking that they would eventually be drawn in color". Groening found out the way everybody else did, by picking up the paper. 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." The world is full of literalists (Elmer Fudds, Mr. Groening would say). Despite his status as an ultimate insider, Groening's writing has always been that of an outsider. The couple divorced in 1999. Matt Groening was born on 15 February 1954, at Portland, in Oregon, USA. If you answered no, you are also probably a fan of Matt Groening. Brooks' and Simon's hand in shaping the show was significant. But for now, at least, it continues to thrive; it is consistently the most-watched show in its time slot, Thursday at 8 P.M., and is Fox's No. Or rather, he is the struggling, penurious pre-"Simpsons" Matt Groening. In the spirit of youthful rebellion, he makes pointed digs at Fox in front of network officials. He gleefully zinged their sensibilities after becoming editor of the school paper, at one point instigating a petition that condemned his satirization of communal life, while also training his ire on mainstream targets like the Washington state legislature. "What's happened is that mainstream culture has gotten so good at marketing pseudo-hipness that it overwhelms other choices that are out there.". He received the Annie Award (for accomplishments in animation) in the Best Animated Television Production category for his series The Simpsons for six years from the year 1992 to 1997. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde magazine Wet in 1978. After that, he married actress Augustina Picasso in 2011, after a four-year relationship. [14] Following his high school graduation in 1972,[15] Groening attended the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Life in Hell caught the attention of American producer James L. Brooks. Groening is married to his wife Agustina Picasso an Argentine artist. Choosing Los Angeles because it was the place where a writer was most likely to be overpaid, Groening answered a "writer/chauffeur wanted" ad in the L.A. Times. Gratuit English at Leicester University of Leicest. Acting out in school, he recalled having to write "I must be quiet in class" 500 times on at least one occasion and having his doodles torn up by teachers. In 1997, Groening and former Simpsons writer David X. Cohen developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000, which premiered in 1999, running for four years on Fox, then picked up by Comedy Central for additional seasons. Matt Groening received the British Comedy Award for his Outstanding contribution to comedy. Deborah Caplan and Matt Groening are divorced after a marriage of 13 years. His Norwegian American mother, Margaret Ruth (ne Wiggum; March 23, 1919 April 22, 2013),[6] was once a teacher, and his Russian Mennonite father, Homer Philip Groening (December 30, 1919 March 15, 1996),[7] was a filmmaker, advertiser, writer and cartoonist. 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. Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986. ), 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. Writer/director Deborah Kaplan met partner, writer/director Harry Elfont, at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' prestigious film school. Groening has said that due to his limited drawing ability, it's unlikely he could get a job as an animator on "The Simpsons" today. In 2008, Matt Groening won the Annie Award in the Writing in a Feature Production for comedy film The Simpsons movie. Reader through an ever-shifting array of responsibilities that included reporter, distribution manager, punk rock critic and assistant editor. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. In 2012, a 3-D short film based on The Simpsons was released with the title The Longest Daycare. Le 15-2-1954 , Matt Groening (surnom: Matthew Abram Groening, Bat Groening, Mad Groening) est n Portland, Oregon, United States. "But I don't consider 'The Simpsons' a compromise in any way. The couple has two sons, Homer and Abe. "The Simpsons" premiered in 1990, and eventually became the most popular, most widely broadcast and one of the longest-running shows in television history. A self-published anthology of. [75] Comedy Central commissioned an additional 26 new episodes, and began airing them in 2010. The company published comics related to The Simpsons and Futurama. Upon seeing his work in the comic strip, producer and writer, James L Brooks, expressed his interest to involve Matt Groening in the creation of an animated series to run on comedy series The Tracy Ullman Show. Has two sons with Deborah Caplan: Homer Groening (born 1991) and Abe Groening (born 1993). She was Groenings long-time girlfriend before she married him in 2011. After graduation, Matt Groening moved to Los Angeles, in 1977, with the aim of becoming a writer. [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. Television and those who watch it are remorselessly lampooned. Groening was one of four children. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not particularly like school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. The PJs (1999-2001) **** The Simpsons Movie (2007) They had 2 children. Chester Bennington American Singer-Songwriter. The show, according to Groening, was "buried." [93] In 2015, Groening's daughters Luna Margaret and India Mia were born. platform, and regretted his victory immediately. Some of the funniest jokes, he says, can only be caught on a still frame. In 1987, Groening married fellow Weekly staffer Deborah Caplan. Mr. Groening has several theories for the success of his unusually caustic brand of humor. And judging from the success of "The Simpsons," what Americans hold most dear is disrespect itself. [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. [26][31], Groening had gained employment at the Los Angeles Reader, a newly formed alternative newspaper, delivering papers,[15] typesetting, editing and answering phones. 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. 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. 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. But while he used to drive a beat-up Dodge Dart, he now drives a sleek new BMW. He hates having to choose among them, he says, because doing one means not doing the others. "The success of the show," he has said, "has gone beyond my wildest dreams and worst nightmares.". "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. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Life in Hell caught the attention of American producer James L. Brooks. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. But the conformity of a suburban existence soon proved dull, even to a young Groening. According to Groening, the goal with Bongo is to "[try] to bring humor into the fairly grim comic book market. ", .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}James Cameron Keeps Smashing His Own Records, The Cocaine Bear Drug Smuggler Was a Real Person, Meet The Last of Us Creator Neil Druckmann, The Last of Us Cast Guide: Actors and Characters, Biography: Jon Stewart (Community Heroes), Biography: You Need to Know: Dorothy Arzner. He is 68 years old. The Simpsons was mostly a satire aimed at politicians, teachers, police and other authorities. "But I thought I would have a little bit more leeway since I made Fox so much money with 'The Simpsons. Groenings Norwegian American mother, Margaret Ruth (ne Wiggum; March 23, 1919 April 22, 2013), worked once as a teacher, and his Russian Mennonite father named Homer Philip Groening (December 30, 1919 March 15, 1996), served as a filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist. It was Mr. Groening's girlfriend, Deborah Caplan (now his wife), who in 1984 gave the comic strip its first lift by forming a small company to publish a collection of his cartoons, "Love Is Hell . Published a month later, the book was an underground success, selling 22,000 copies in its first two printings. 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. MATT GROENING would like to tell you a few things about his family: His father, Homer, is not bald. Menu Log In Sign Up He also invited the off-the-wall submissions of campus cartoonists, finding himself inspired by the original works of fellow undergrad Lynda Barry. "Technically, I'm an agnostic, but I definitely believe in hell especially after watching the . He found some work along those lines, whipping up slogans for horror movies, but also took on a series of jobs that included chauffeur, dishwasher and record store clerk to make a living. He casts himself as the avenging underdog tilting at windmills, but, in the end, he always returns the conquering hero. The couple also welcomes daughters Luna Margaret and India Mia born in 2015. Images of "The Simpsons" have been licensed to sell everything from T-shirts to toys to potato chips to cheese, suggesting that mainstream culture has gotten pretty good at marketing genuine hipness as well. Along with mailing the comics to friends and family back in Portland, he attempted to sell his stapled-together books from his record store. Agustina is an Argentinian artist. "I think Matt likes the fact that this is more his baby," Rich Moore, supervising director of Rough Draft, the company that animates "Futurama," told Spin magazine. Groening's success owes as much to his own work as it does to the work of a slew of others, including co-creators James Brooks and Sam Simon, and "The Simpsons'" writing staff. As a third-grader, he entered a short-story contest set up with the premise that a child walks into his attic, bumps his head and then knows what he wants to become when he grows up. [110], He received the 2,459th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, 2012. 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