Matthew Groening biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Matthew Groening

Author Name:

Matthew Groening

Born As:

Matthew Abram Groening

Other Names:

Born:

15 Feb 1954

Died:





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Cartoonist, animator and satarist                          
Selected Works:

The Simpsons
Futurama
Life in Hell
Bongo Comics                          
Mother Margaret Wiggum
Father Homer Philip Groening,five children, Mark, Patty, Matthew, Lisa and Margaret.
Wife Deborah Caplan married in 1986, two sons, Homer and Abe, Divorced 1999.                          
                          
Groening named The Simpson family members after  his parents and sisters. Bart is an anagram of the word brat, which, so far, has aired 441 episodes in 20 seasons.

Margaret turned into Marge
Homer stayed Homer, and and his younger sisters, Lisa and Margaret, turned into Maggie.

Marge's distinct beehive hairstyle was inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein and the style that Margaret Groening wore during the 1960's.

The name "Wiggum" for police chief Clancy Wiggum is Groening's mother's maiden name.

Flanders, Lovejoy, Powell, Quimby and Kearney were named after streets in Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Sideshow Bob Terwilliger was named after the character Dr. Terwilliker from the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.