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Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Homer was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip Life in Hell but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpson family got their own series on Fox that debuted December 17, 1989.
Homer and his wife Marge have three children: Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. As the family's provider, he works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Homer embodies several American working class stereotypes: he is crude, overweight, incompetent, clumsy, lazy, a heavy drinker, and ignorant; however, he is essentially a decent man and fiercely devoted to his family. Despite the suburban blue-collar routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences.
In the Western classical tradition, Homer ( /ˈhoʊmər/; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.
When he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus' own time, which would place him at around 850 BC; while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BC. Modern researchers appear to place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BC.
The formative influence played by the Homeric epics in shaping Greek culture was widely recognized, and Homer was described as the teacher of Greece. Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds.
Peter Griffin is a fictional character and protagonist of the animated comedy series Family Guy. He is voiced by cartoonist Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Peter was created and designed by MacFarlane himself. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company based on Larry and Steve, a short made by MacFarlane which featured a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. After the pilot was given the green light, The Griffin family appeared on the episode "Death Has a Shadow".
Peter is married to Lois Pewterschmidt and is the father of Meg, Chris and Stewie; he also has a dog named Brian. He has worked at a toy factory and at Quahog's Brewery. Despite the suburban blue-collar routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences.
Peter's voice was inspired by a janitor that MacFarlane heard at his school. His appearance was a redesign of the protagonist Larry from MacFarlane's previous animated short films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. The Peter Griffin character has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. He has appeared in several pieces of Family Guy merchandise, including toys, t-shirts and a video game, and has made crossover appearances in other shows, including The Simpsons, South Park, American Dad and the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show.
Actors: Dick Clement (actor), John Cleese (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Ed Byrne (actor), Wilfrid Brambell (actor), Todd Bridges (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), David Baddiel (actor), Rowan Atkinson (actor), John Bennett (actor), Tony Blackburn (actor), Sacha Baron Cohen (actor), Ronnie Barker (actor), Tom Bosley (actor), Gary Coleman (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: John Krasinski (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Tony Hawk (actor), Paul Anka (actor), Casey Affleck (actor), Josh Brolin (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Charles Barkley (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Jon Favreau (actor), Brad Garrett (actor), Jack Black (actor), Josh Groban (actor), Neil Patrick Harris (actor), Rob Lowe (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: William Conrad (actor), Andy Devine (actor), David Arquette (actor), Eddie Albert (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), William Boyd (actor), Pat Buttram (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Chuck Connors (actor), Buddy Ebsen (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Julie Kavner (actress), Jenna Elfman (actress), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Nancy Cartwright (actress), Woody Allen (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Harry Shearer (actor), Harry Shearer (actor), Harry Shearer (actor), Dave Foley (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Sylvester Stallone (actor), Julie Kavner (actress),
Plot: Phig takes us on a tour of CyberWorld, a museum of 3-D exhibits. The "exhibits" (i.e., earlier 3-D productions) include the bar sequence from _Antz (1998)_ (qv); the "Homer(3)" segment of _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_, and the shorts Monkey Brain Sushi, Flipbook, Out of the Box, Liberation (a Pet Shop Boys music video), Krakken, and Joe Fly and Sanchez.
Keywords: 3-dimensional, compilation, computer-animation, imax, the-simpsonsActors: Slash (actor), Eddie Murphy (actor), Michael Jackson (actor), John Singleton (actor), Macaulay Culkin (actor), Michael Jackson (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Magic Johnson (actor), James Earl Jones (actor), Michael Jordan (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), John Landis (actor), LL Cool J (actor), Wesley Snipes (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Blair Underwood (actor), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (actor), Martin P. Robinson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Caroll Spinney (actor), Lou Diamond Phillips (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Kadeem Hardison (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Roger Ebert (actor), Ray Charles (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Robin Williams (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Music,Actors: Tim Robbins (actor), Dennis Miller (actor), Louie Anderson (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), George Carlin (actor), Richard Lewis (actor), Bill Cosby (actor), Art Carney (actor), Billy Crystal (actor), Jim Carrey (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Robert Klein (actor), Paul Rodriguez (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Dan Castellaneta (actor), Harry Shearer (actor), Nancy Cartwright (actress), Julie Kavner (actress), Yeardley Smith (actress), James L. Brooks (producer), András Erkel (producer), Matt Groening (producer), Brad Bird (director), Gabor Csupo (producer), Csaba Varga (producer), Marcia Wallace (actress), Sam Simon (producer), Sherry Gunther (producer), Richard Sakai (producer),
Genres: Animation, Music, Short,Actors: Dan Castellaneta (actor), Harry Shearer (actor), Nancy Cartwright (actress), Julie Kavner (actress), Yeardley Smith (actress), Brad Bird (director), Marcia Wallace (actress), Pamela Hayden (actress), Michael Chambers (miscellaneous crew), Bryan Loren (writer), Michael Chambers (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Music, Short,