* 1954 – Matt Groening, American cartoonist

Matthew Abram " Matt " Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954 ) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer.

* 2002: Matt Groening, Life in Hell

Other members include Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount, Jr., Matt Groening, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Sam Barry, and Greg Iles.

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

Marge was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks ' office.

Matt Groening first conceived Marge and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks ' office.

Matt Groening believes that episodes featuring Marge are among the most difficult episodes to write.

One of these performances was featured as part of the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival curated by Matt Groening in May 2010 in Minehead, England.

" The show's creator Matt Groening has called Smith very similar to Lisa: " Yeardley has strong moral views about her character.

Series creator Matt Groening is a fan of the band and they appeared on the show at his personal request.

Cartoonist and writer Matt Groening tells of listening to Trout Mask Replica at the age of 15 and thinking " that it was the worst thing I'd ever heard.

Homer was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks ' office.

Matt Groening has stated that he decided to have Homer work at the power plant because of the potential for Homer to create havoc.

Matt Groening conceived Homer and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks ' office.

Matt Groening strongly disliked them and they were eventually dropped.

The stamps, designed by Matt Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7, 2009.

Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed her while waiting to meet James L. Brooks.

Matt Groening first conceived Lisa and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks's office.

" Matt Groening has described Smith as being very similar to Lisa: " Yeardley has strong moral views about her character.

Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, wanted to have a character that was " really cranky " and old, and who complained a lot and invented stories to tell to children, so he created Grampa.

Matt Groening has claimed that Hans Moleman was inspired by Tex Avery's Droopy, who shares many of Moleman's deadpan and unassuming mannerisms.

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening told TV Guide that " He was just written as a mad scientist character until Hank did the voice, and suddenly he became this nutty professor persona.

Krusty was created by cartoonist Matt Groening and partially inspired by Rusty Nails, a television clown from Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon.

The character was partially inspired by TV clown " Rusty Nails " whom both The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and director Brad Bird watched as children while growing up in Portland, Oregon.

Over the last four years the Falcons, under General Manager Thomas Dimitroff, Head Coach Mike Smith, and Quarterback Matt Ryan, have been one of the best franchises in the NFC.

Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.

Either way, the show captured the imaginations of many young television viewers in the United States and abroad and is often considered a classic piece of 1990s youth culture and Generation X. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, cite the show as an influence and compared it to the blues, and met Mike Judge before the show aired.

At the concert he paired with host Matt Lauer, and entertainers including Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kanye West, Mike Myers, and John Goodman.

In December the Astros traded OF Luke Scott, RHP Matt Albers, RHP Dennis Sarfate, LHP Troy Patton, and minor-league 3B Mike Costanzo, to the Baltimore Orioles for SS Miguel Tejada.

These actors include Alan Cumming, Mike Judge, Matt O ' Leary, Emily Osment and Tony Shalhoub.

On the last day of the university's spring semester, guitarist Joe Matt called the band's leader and told him that he, drummer Gratzer, and bassist Mike Blair had decided to leave the band and start a new one with Doughty.

The first line up consisted of Doughty on keyboards, Gratzer on drums and vocals, Joe Matt on guitar and vocals, and Mike Blair on bass and vocals.

For the album's first single, " Experimental Film ", TMBG teamed up with Homestar Runner creators Matt and Mike Chapman to create an animated music video.

This " slap " bass style was later used by such artists as Les Claypool ( of Primus ), Bootsy Collins, Louis Johnson, Mark King, Flea, Tim Commerford ( of Rage Against The Machine ), Peter Hook, Mike Mills of R. E. M., Victor Wooten, Jonas Hellborg, Kim Clarke of Defunkt, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, John Norwood Fisher, P-Nut, Danny McCormack, Matt Noveskey, Dirk Lance, and Pino Palladino.

1986 saw the release of their third album, True Confessions ( UK No. 46, US No. 15 ) on which some production duties were taken up by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman ( SAW ).

The municipality is part of the Sixth Congressional District ( represented by Rep. Jim Gerlach ), the 70th and 150th State House Districts ( represented by Rep. Matt Bradford and Rep. Mike Vereb ) and the 17th State Senate District ( represented by Sen. Daylin Leach ).

The songs were recorded in Matt Wallace's parent's garage, where Wallace had set up and been running a recording studio while the band was still recording under the name Sharp Young Men, with M Morris, Billy Gould, Mike Bordin and Wade Worthington.

This version, released in 1989 was produced by British songwriting and production team formed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman.

Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomer Mike McCready were also a part of the project.

As a competitor in college athletics, UCF has many notable student athletes, coaches and staff members, such as NFL players Matt Prater, Daunte Culpepper, Kevin Smith, Brandon Marshall, Asante Samuel, Atari Bigby, Mike Sims-Walker, and Josh Robinson, MLS goalkeeper Sean Johnson, NBA starting guard Jermaine Taylor, NASCAR driver Aric Almirola, Olympic beach volleyball player Phil Dalhausser and soccer star Michelle Akers.

The first lineup of the band consisted of Slash, two of his Guns N ' Roses band mates — drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Gilby Clarke — as well as Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez and former Jellyfish live guitarist Eric Dover on lead vocals.

Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano have both independently recorded split records, Skiba with Kevin Seconds on Asian Man Records and Andriano with Mike Felumlee on Double Zero Records, as well as jointly performing backing vocal duties on the album This is Unity Music by Common Rider.

The line-up included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar, Jeff Ament on bass guitar ( both ex-members of Mother Love Bone ), Mike McCready on lead guitar, Matt Cameron on drums and Eddie Vedder providing lead and backing vocals.

" The band's lineup was completed by the addition of Soundgarden ( and later Pearl Jam ) drummer Matt Cameron and future Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready.

In May 2003 he played in an only twice-performing project called Yellow Matter Custard, a Beatles cover band consisting also of Mike Portnoy ( ex-Dream Theater ), Neal Morse ( ex-Spock's Beard ), and Matt Bissonette.

Don Matthews took over the head coaching reins, and the new Vice-President and General Manager, Mike McCarthy, rebuilt the franchise around star pivot Matt Dunigan.

* The Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod baseball league has been home to many current and former major league baseball stars, such as Mike Aviles, Sean Casey, Chris Dickerson, Bobby Keilty, Aaron Rowand, Gaby Sanchez, Brian Bannister, Matt Herges, Mike Meyers, Billy Wagner and Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn and his son Tony Gwynn Jr.

The team opted to go with former Jacksonville starter Matt Robinson as Walton's replacement, rather than seeking a more proven USFL QB without a home, like Craig Penrose, Alan Risher, or Mike Hohensee, or trading for someone like Oakland's Fred Besana, or even signing an NFL vet.