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Matt Groening on Reaching 500 Episodes
The Simpsons aired its 500th episode in North America last night. Today, the Los Angeles Times posted a Q&A with Matt Groening on reaching 500 episodes.
Matt Groening Gets a Walk of Fame Star
The 2,459th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame went to none other than animator, cartoonist, writer, and producer Matt Groening. The ceremony in Los Angeles was attended by Simpsons cast members Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Nancy Cartwright.
Matt Groening Sees No End In Sight
As The Simpsons began its eighteenth season last night, fans will be glad to know that creator Matt Groening sees no end in sight for the show. “My attitude at this point is, as long as the people who work on the show are having a good time, let’s keep doing it,” he said. “We’ve always tried to entertain ourselves and figured that the outside world would be entertained if we were making ourselves laugh.”
The key is to keep surprising the audience, which he acknowledged has become tougher because the show has “covered a lot of territory” through the years. “But there’s a really good-natured spirit of competitiveness among the youngest writers on the staff who basically grew up watching the show and have a great memory for everything that’s gone before.”
SOURCE: Associated Press
Groening Talks To A.V. Club
Does Matt Groening really need any introduction? His evolution from cantankerous Los Angeles underground cartoonist to the creator of one of the most beloved and influential comic institutions of the past century is already the stuff of legend. In 1977, Groening began writing the long-running comic strip Life In Hell, a cult favorite about the misadventures of various angst-ridden neurotic rabbits, plus Akbar and Jeff, a pint-sized duo who operate or shill for an endless succession of disreputable businesses.
Groening Snubbed By Gervais
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has confessed he’s hurt British funnyman Ricky Gervais hasn’t picked him for a part on hit comedy show, Extras. Despite hailing his cameo on the cult cartoon series the pinnacle of his comedic career, Gervais has failed to return Groening’s favor and invite him to star in Extras. And Groening, who admits he’s a big fan of the series, can’t help but feel snubbed. He says, “He (Gervais) didn’t ask me. “It would have been perfect for me because I worked as an extra when I first moved to Los Angeles in 1978.” Previous guests on the show include Samuel L. Jackson and Titanic beauty Kate Winslet.
SOURCE: Hollywood.com
Happy Birthday, Matt Groening!
The staff of The Simpsons Channel would like to wish Simpsons creator Matt Groening a happy birthday. The cartoonist who first brought our favorite family to life in a series of Tracey Ullman Shorts in 1987 celebrates his 52nd birthday today. On behalf our visitors, we wish him all the best for today and in the future.
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Matt Groening Praises Ricky Gervais
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said Ricky Gervais did such a good job writing an episode of the hit US comedy show that he wants him to do more. The Office star wrote and appears in the episode, which is due to be screened next month. Groening said Gervais was good enough to be a regular character, according to the UK press. “He caught our tone exactly, and then added his own Ricky Gervais/David Brent patheticness,” Groening said. “Everything you could ever possibly want from Ricky Gervais you get. “It’s possible we’ll collaborate again… he should be a regular character. In fact, he should have his own cartoon series.”
Gervais’ character in The Simpsons is based on David Brent from The Office sitcom. He moves into The Simpson household with Marge as the family take part in an episode of Wife Swap, while Homer moves in with his wife.
SOURCE: BBC News
Groening Tee’s Off With Jacobsen
Golf Digest has interviewed professional golfer and golf course architect Peter Jacobsen, in which a question was asked about a piece of his past which he shared with Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
Jacobsen was asked “Growing up in Portland, one of your classmates was Matt Groening, the creator of “The Simpsons.” What do you remember about him?” to which Jacobsen replied “We went through school together, first grade through 12th. Matt’s nickname was Matt the Brat, which morphed into Bart. His father’s name was Homer, and his mother is Margaret, and that became Marge. He would draw pictures of Bart on the back of his homework, and I would draw golf course layouts on mine. When we see each other, we laugh at how we turned out.” We know, it’s an exciting news week. Here’s some more.
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Groening Ponders Future Of Show
It’s a cliche for reporters to ask the creator of a long-running TV show about his favorite episodes, and the cliched response is for the creator to say that he loves them all and can’t possibly single out one or two. Yet, upon meeting “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening on Monday at a party celebrating the show’s 350th episode, the temptation to ask the favorites question was too hard to resist. Happily, he didn’t give the usual non-answer, rattling off a list of his top secondary characters — Apu, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Ralph Wiggum and Kirk among them — and episodes he loves. “I don’t have a single favorite. There’s a bunch I really like,” Groening says. “I love ‘Bart Sells His Soul.’ I love the one where we had Frank Grimes. And I like an episode we have coming up where Bart converts to Catholicism (which has been rescheduled as the Season Finale on May 15th. Read More >>>
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Matt Groening Turns 51 Today
The staff of The Simpsons Channel would like to wish Simpsons creator Matt Groening a happy birthday. The cartoonist who first brought our favorite family to life in a series of Tracey Ullman Shorts in 1987 celebrates his 51st birthday today. On behalf our visitors, we wish him all the best for today and in the future.
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Groening Says No To Live Action
Talk about contradiction. Today’s report from BBC (a quality, trusted source) overrides anything you read in yesterday’s news post. “Matt Groening, the man behind ‘The Simpsons’ has revealed he’s turned down a proposal to make a feature length episode starring real actors. He reckons fans of the show would hate the idea, but he is pledging to make an animated Simpsons movie. Despite rumours that it’s coming to an end after sixteen years, Matt reckons as long as the creative talent is still flowing, ‘The Simpsons’ could be here to stay for a long time: “At this point I don’t think there’s any end in sight. I once said a few years ago that I thought I was closer to the end than the beginning, meaning that, we’d been on air for ten or twelve years at the time and I thought we’d be on another ten years.” “So I don’t want to give anybody the wrong idea. Of course the show will end eventually, but not for a long, long time.”