[35] In November 1984, Deborah Caplan, Groening's then-girlfriend and co-worker at the Reader, offered to publish "Love is Hell", a series of relationship-themed Life in Hell strips, in book form. In 2016, he developed a new series for Netflix, Disenchantment, which began in August 2018. She was Groenings long-time girlfriend before she married him in 2011. 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. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. However, the couple divorced in 1999 after thirteen years of marriage. In 1987, Groening married fellow Weekly staffer Deborah Caplan. However, Matt and Deborah divorced in 1999. Sometime after midnight on the day of his arrival, his car stalled in the fast lane of the Hollywood Freeway in 100 degree heat. platform, and regretted his victory immediately. He is starting to think about other projects, like developing a show starring the Simpsons' favorite entertainer, Krusty, the dissolute clown. He went through what he described as "a series of lousy jobs," including being an extra in the television movie When Every Day Was the Fourth of July,[25] busing tables,[26] washing dishes at a nursing home, clerking at the Hollywood Licorice Pizza record store, landscaping in a sewage treatment plant,[27] and chauffeuring and ghostwriting for a retired Western director. 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 . He donned the role of an executive producer for animated films Futurama: Bender's Game (2007), Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008), Futurama: Bender's Game (2008), and Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009). "And to be honest, the whole 'Simpsons' project was a project to see how far I could go in the mainstream. Matt Groening received the British Comedy Award for his Outstanding contribution to comedy. Though Groening has continued to churn out his comic strip every week, it's been about a decade since he wrote an episode of "The Simpsons." He befriended fellow cartoonist Lynda Barry and, finding no real authority to rebel against, he turned to cartooning in earnest. 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. . 5) Are you worried you might have accidentally minimized your potential? Matt Groening and Deborah Caplan - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos He also co-wrote and produced The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007. "Of course, those are all true. The final strip of the comic strip "Life in Hell" was published on June 16, 2012. Groening decided that this would be too distracting though, and redesigned the ear to look normal. In the early days of "The Simpsons," Mr. Groening used to preside over all aspects of production, from scripts to story boards to voice-overs to animation. [12] Although Groening previously stated, "I'll never give up the comic strip. He made his first professional cartoon sale to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The Simpsons is the longest-running U.S. primetime-television series in history and the longest-running U.S. animated series and sitcom. The team included what is now the Klasky Csupo animation house. 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The world is full of literalists (Elmer Fudds, Mr. Groening would say). All rights reserved. After graduating in 1977, Groening headed to Los Angeles with the idea of pursuing a writing career. Bush family aside, who is not a fan of Matt Groening? He winds up working for an intergalactic delivery service, with a crew of misfits including Leela, the ship's one-eyed alien captain and Bender, a corrupt, vice-addled, disgruntled robot. Groening worked as the editor of the campus newspaper, The Cooper Point Journal, for which Groening also wrote articles and drew cartoons. [85], Groening is known for his eclectic taste in music. Groening said: "Nobody thought The Simpsons was going to be a big hit. (29 October 1987 - 1999) ( divorced) ( 2 children) "But I thought I would have a little bit more leeway since I made Fox so much money with 'The Simpsons. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/matthew-abram-groening-2308.php, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 21st Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities, 21st Century American Film & Theater Personalities, Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour), Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less). But in any case, Groening allowed the series to evolve under the tutelage of his writers, the undisputed champions of television comedy. [97], Matt was the brother-in-law of Hey Arnold!, Dinosaur Train and Ready Jet Go! Deborah Caplan: Net Worth: $600 million: Birth Place: Portland, OR: Nationality: American: Education: Evergreen State College: Father: Homer Philip Groening: Mother: By coincidence, they chose "Abraham", unaware that it was the name of Groening's grandfather. Years later, during the early seasons of The Simpsons, when it came time to give Grampa a first name, Groening says he refused to name him after his own grandfather, Abraham Groening, leaving it to other writers to choose a name. In the following week's column, he would confess to fabricating everything in the previous column and swear that everything in the new column was true. He was also given the responsibility of handling the papers music column for a short period. [58], Although The Tracey Ullman Show was not a big hit,[59] the popularity of the shorts led to a half-hour spin-off in 1989. She joked that "his godfather is SpongeBob's creator Stephen Hillenburg". The Simpsons was mostly a satire aimed at politicians, teachers, police and other authorities. 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. he said in a Mother Jones interview. [41][42][43] Groening famously named the main Simpson characters after members of his own family: his parents, Homer and Marge (Margaret or Marjorie in full), and his younger sisters, Lisa and Margaret (Maggie). In the spirit of youthful rebellion, he makes pointed digs at Fox in front of network officials. [8][9] Homer, born in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada, grew up in a Plautdietsch-speaking family. [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. Where Does Matt Groening Live? In order to avoid insulting another family member by making him the namesake of a Simpsons character, he left Homer's father unnamed. The show, according to Groening, was "buried." The couple divorced in 1999. "That there's no Jim Brooks around. Needless to say, the life-affirming executives at Fox worried that the show was too dark and negative. For a man who has become famous on the strength of his dark musings, starting with "Life in Hell," his weekly comic strip, Mr. Groening (it rhymes with complaining, his publicist says) comes off in person as surprisingly benign: big, bearish and still a bit astonished to find his jokes getting so out of hand. [61] The half-hour series premiered on December 17, 1989, with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", a Christmas special. We're calling everybody's bluff. 2002, 2003 and 2004. It was reported on January 15, 2016, that Groening was in talks with Netflix to develop a new animated series. Deborah Kaplan is currently available. [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. In 1984, certain relationship themed strips from his work were published by co- worker Deborah Caplan, as a book titled Love in Hell. [16] A liberal arts school that he described as "a hippie college, with no grades or required classes, that drew every weirdo in the Northwest". Matt Groening - Address & Phone Number | Whitepages [23] Groening graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1977. A few years earlier they had set up their own syndicate, ACME Features, to distribute the strip.
