* 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.

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.

In Newbery Honor book The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare, Matt traps what he believes to be a fisher.

Natasha crosses Daredevil's ( Matt Murdock ) path again when he attempts to slay an infant he believes to be the Anti-Christ.

Erica subsequently believes Matt dishonored his vow and was unfaithful to her, but Matt wins Erica back by reminding her of the special moments they shared during their relationship.

Matt Quinn, the developer of the original Australian DRE system, believes that in the future there should be a, " There's no reason voters should trust a system that doesn't have it, and they shouldn't be asked to.

Llanddewi Brefi was made famous by the BBC television series Little Britain, where the character Da < u > ff </ u > y < u > d </ u > Thomas ( a variation of the original Welsh name Da < u > f </ u > y < u > dd </ u >; played by Matt Lucas ) lives in the fictional village of Llan < u > d </ u > ewi Bre < u > ff </ u > i. Daffyd is a ridiculously obtuse character who believes himself to be " the only gay in the village ", and accuses his fellow citizens of homophobia despite their efforts to show acceptance of his sexual orientation and often quite obvious similar leanings.

He is also one of the only people who believes what Matt says about Tom.

When Matt introduces Will to his friend Mandy she believes she must be his girlfriend because the astral drop saw them hugging.

He tells her that Matt believes he is a bad person, and that she is the only way to prove him wrong.

As Maya believes him, it would not appear to be a lie when she tells Matt.

The only original cast retained for the U. S. version series were Matt Frewer ( Max Headroom / Edison Carter ) and Amanda Pays ( Theora Jones ); a third original cast member, W. Morgan Sheppard, joined the series as " Blank Reg " in later episodes.

In addition to his singing career, Travis pursued an acting career, appearing in numerous films and television series, including The Rainmaker ( 1997 ) with Matt Damon, Black Dog ( 1998 ) with Patrick Swayze, Texas Rangers ( 2001 ) with James Van Der Beek, and seven episodes of the Touched by an Angel television series.

Although early film episodes showed her descending from her second-floor rooms in the saloon with Matt, or showed her or one of her girls leading a cowboy up to those same rooms, these scenes disappeared later on, and viewers were guided to see Miss Kitty just as a kindhearted businesswoman.

* In the Heat of the Night ( 1988 – 1995 ) Numerous episodes ( credited as Matt Harris )

* Hansel and Gretel were featured in episodes of Sesame Street with Hansel performed by Peter Linz in Episode 4093, Heather Asch in Episode 4010, and by Matt Vogel in Episode 4025 while Gretel was performed by Noel MacNeal in Episode 4093 and by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph in Episode 4125.

Bender ( being the show's breakout character ) has made several cameos in different episodes of The Simpsons, another series by Matt Groening.

* Telly Savalas in episodes 2. 20 " The Antidote ", 3. 5 " The Matt Bass Scheme " and 4. 14 " The Speculator "

Matt Groening has stated he is a fan of Howser, and has featured him in two episodes of The Simpsons: " There's Something About Marrying ", where a character named Howell Huser fell off a turnip truck, and " O Brother, Where Bart Thou?

Two series of six episodes each were made, and most of the original Big Night Out format was abandoned, although various actors returned in new roles, including Caroline Aherne and Charlie Higson ( The Fast Show ) and Matt Lucas ( Little Britain ).

This episode is one of four featured in the Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection, marking it as one of Matt Groening's favorite episodes from the series.

The show was promoted heavily during NBC's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and garnered above average ratings for the network, but the show received a negative response from TV critics, who considered it to be little more than a gimmick and a shill for other NBC and DreamWorks properties ( two early episodes extensively featured The Today Shows Matt Lauer and another featured Donkey-voiced by Eddie Murphy-from the DreamWorks movie Shrek and Shrek 2 ).

While Marshal Matt Dillon had a total of five helpers over two decades, Festus held the role the longest ( 11 years ), in 239 episodes, and was the most colorful.

Other musical Matt rarities can be found on two Gimme A Break episodes ( Nell's Secret Admirer ; Johnny B. Goode & The Window ; Part 1 ; Rock & Roll Music ), two Brotherly Love episodes ( A Roman Holiday ; Silent Night, Art Attack ; Pigeon On Your Car ) and his last musical moment on Boy Meets World ( As Time Goes By ; This Dame ).

Nearly five years later, Cohen would team with Matt Groening to develop Futurama, where he would serve as writer or co-writer of six episodes and executive producer and head writer of the series ' entire run.

Initial signs pointed to a reunion of 3-Minute Warning, with the former team of Matt Anoa ' i ( Rosey ) and Fatu ( Jamal ) wrestling in dark matches together before episodes of Raw.

" Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz of The Star-Ledger listed " Like Father, Like Clown " as one of the ten episodes of The Simpsons that shows the " comic and emotional scope of the show.

His second recurring role in a TV series was also his longest, appearing as Matt Reardon in 128 episodes of the CBS soap opera Guiding Light from 1997 to 2000 and 2005 to 2009, when the series was canceled.

She has also had guest roles in The Bill once in 2005, where she appeared as the girlfriend of man whowas holding his dad and three officers hostage at St Hugh's and the second time in 2007 when she appeared in three episodes as Nina Lloyd, the ex partner of CPs solicitor Matt Hinkley who had driven her to a metal breakdown.

Although Sam was mentioned occasionally following his departure — most notably calling Josh to tell him to " roll with the punches " after the latter unwittingly caused the defection of a Democratic Senator — he was not seen in the series until the last episodes of the seventh and final season, following the election of Congressman Matt Santos to the Presidency.

However it is through working against the bill that Josh realizes how politically savvy Congressman Matt Santos is which leads to Josh picking him as his " fantasy candidate " for the Presidency several episodes later.

Around 1999 Matt Maiellaro and longtime friend Barry Mills formed the rock band Donnell Hubbard, whose music was later used in a few episodes of Sealab 2021 ( notably the song " Fishin ' Hole ").

Matt has gone on to write and direct episodes of the shows Yo Gabba Gabba!