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Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening ( /ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1978–present) as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons (1989–present) and Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–present)
Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers. Life in Hell caught the attention of James L. Brooks. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, The Simpsons, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat. The shorts would be spun off into their own series: The Simpsons, which has since aired 508 episodes. 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. After four years on the air, the show was canceled by Fox in 2003, but Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes from four direct-to-DVD movies in 2008. Then, in June 2009, Comedy Central ordered 26 new episodes of Futurama, to be aired over two seasons.
Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, and Database.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).
After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987 Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995.
Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009,The Ricky Gervais Show.
He has won multiple awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.
My Wasted Life - Matt Groening part 1
My Wasted Life - Matt Groening part 2
My Wasted Life - Matt Groening part 3
Matt Groening in their creations (All Cameo and Appearances)
Matt Groening drawing Simpsons and Futurama
'The Simpsons' Creator Matt Groening -- Smithers Was Black By Mistake ... Doh!
The Simpsons Comic Con 2015 Panel - Season 27, Matt Groening, Nancy Cartwright, Guillermo del Toro
Matt Groening (The Simpsons) @ TS, 1991
Matt Groening on How The Simpsons Theme Was Influenced by Carl Stalling and Other Great Composers
CQC - Entrevista a Matt Groening
Futurama - Welcome to the World of Tomorrow
Ricky Gervais asks Matt Groening (The Simpsons) to draw a picture for Karl Pilkington
Matt Groening drawing Homer Simpson, eyes closed
MATT GROENING vs EDMUND FONG DRAW OFF at Comic Con 2013
Actors: Maurice LaMarche (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Hugh M. Hefner (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Jeremy Bulloch (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), J.J. Abrams (actor), Paul Dini (actor), Sid Caesar (actor), Ray Harryhausen (actor), Bruce Campbell (actor), Matt Groening (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Mark Hamill (actor), Stan Lee (actor),
Plot: A host of real-life celebrities - including Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, and Kevin Smith - journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture of craziness that he's totally unprepared for!
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Plot: There are thirteen episodes, all of which include violence, language, and sex: Episode 1: The animal babies recite the alphabet in a whole new way. Episode 2: Various "magic" tricks are performed. Episode 3: Show and tell day turns hectic when stranger and stranger things are brought in. Episode 4: The babies play superhero, but Puppy turns villain when Cat takes his idea. Episode 5: The gang meets Cat's cousin, and they all go to play Dungeons and Dragons in his basement. Episode 6: Puppy has various troubles trying to make the Thanksgiving dinner. Episode 7: A spoof on A Christmas Story, where Cat longs for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Episode 8: On Valentine's Day, the gang goes to a club to pick up women, but Puppy has a breakdown. Episode 10: The animal babies go on Cat's stepfather's computer to look for porn, but are sucked into the virtual reality. Episode 11: The gang forms a band to make it into "The Battle for Boozefest," which Puppy thinks is solely for sex. Episode 12: The babies discover an alien-leprechaun plan to assimilate people's souls and turn them into gold. Episode 13: The gang (with Cat's cousin again) tries to reenact the original Star Wars, but Puppy continuously gets the story wrong. Episode 14: Now all grown up, the "babies" search for a way to become young again.
Keywords: absurdism, animal, bunny, cat, cousin-cousin-relationship, crude-humor, death, donkey, drugs, gore