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  'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening says 'let's keep doing it'
Groening's reasoning is sound: The show, which returns Sunday night, is fun to make, fun to watch, just earned its 23rd Emmy and is finally jumping to the big screen with a summer 2007 movie about Bart and the rest of Springfield's first family.
In an episode in which Lisa helps Moe the bartender become a poet, she encounters Gore Vidal and Tom Wolfe, voiced by the literary giants themselves.
In a Sept. 17 episode with the White Stripes rock band, Bart is injured by a tiger that Lisa rescued and organizes a benefit concert to help pay for an operation on his drumming arm.
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 ipedia.com: The Simpsons Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lisa embracing or advocating the merits of a particular political cause or group.
For each episode, the sequence includes four variations: Bart writes something different on the chalkboard; Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone; Homer screams in a differing way, and the attempt of the family to sit on the couch goes awry in an often surreal manner.
Groening named many of the characters in the show after his own family members, and some after streets in Portland, Oregon, where he grew up.
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 Matt Groening
Matt Groening (rhymes with complaining, not moaning) is the creator of The Simpsons and the syndicated comic strip Life in Hell.
When he was 12, Groening took a Gideon Bible from a hotel and marked up all of the dirty bits.
Groening moved to Los Angeles following graduation, first working as a chauffeur and would-be biographer to an old rich man, then working at an alternative paper.
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 Lisa Marie Presley News
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Riley Keough, daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough is dating Ashlee Simpson's ex, Ryan Cabrera.
Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and the granddaughter of Priscilla Presley, has fallen for a rock star.
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 Matt Groening- Biography
Groening began his doodling career at an early age - in fact, it was the first day of school.
The Simpson family, comprised of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, are named after, but not based on, Groening's family.
Bart, on the other hand, is an anagram of the word "brat", however, Groening insists that Bart is not a portrayal of himself.
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 The Simpsons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The show's basic premise centers around the antics of the Simpson family, which consists of Homer and Marge Simpson, and their three children, Bart, Lisa and Maggie (in decreasing order of age), as well as their pets Santa's Little Helper the dog and Snowball II the cat.
For each episode, the sequence includes three variations: Bart writes something different on the chalkboard ; Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone ; and the attempt of the family to sit on the couch goes awry in an often surreal manner.
Groening named many of the characters in the show after his own family members, and some after streets in Portland, Oregon, where he grew up.[http://www.portlandtribune.com/simpsons/]
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 WVAH Fox 11: The Simpsons' Lisa Simpson
Lisa Simpson takes after both her parents: she has Marge's common sense, hard work ethic and sympathy for others; she has Homer's last name.
Lisa's enormous intelligence and moral authority place her in a unique position in the Simpson family -- and, for that matter, Springfield at large.
For the record, Lisa says she watches TV only for "The MacNeil-Lehrer Report" -- particularly since it expanded to one hour -- and any Masterpiece Theatre serialization of wordy British novels.
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 Entertainment | The real people behind Homer Simpson and family | Seattle Times Newspaper
Meanwhile, Homer Groening, who died in 1996, was a jock with a quiet disposition and an English degree from Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore. He was a decorated World War II pilot who became a renowned ad man, cartoonist and writer.
Lisa recalls her father racing to the family home from a camping trip to watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
Lisa and Patty say family members turn to one another to sort through the surrealism.
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 Matt Groening at Hollywood.com
Born on Feb. 15, 1954, Groening moved from his hometown of Portland, OR to Los Angeles in 1977 with the intent of becoming a writer.
Groening himself confessed that he was surprised by the show’s massive popularity, which continued throughout the 1990s and into the next century.
In the mid-‘90s, Groening attempted to create several spin-off projects, including several live-action features and series based on “Simpsons”-related characters, but none came to fruition.
www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Matt_Groening/189573   (1427 words)

  
 the simpsons - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Bart, the oldest sibling, is a troublemaker and classroom terror ("a vile burlesque of irrepressible youth" is how Lisa once described him) who thinks of himself as a rebel while Lisa is a brainy student and jazz music fan who dreams of a better future (she is referred to as "the future of the family").
In 1998, the voice actors stopped working, forcing 20th Century Fox TV to increase their current salary of $30,000 per episode to $125,000.
The sequence then introduces Lisa (who leaves a band recital) and Homer (who is leaving the power plant), where the family is on their way to their house at 742 Evergreen Terrace (the address varied in the beginning, but the writers now use 742 Evergreen Terrace exclusively).
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 The Simpsons Park › Foire Aux Questions
Matt Groening a aussi écrit tous les scénarios des épisodes du Tracey Ullman Show ainsi que quatre scénarios de la série actuelle (Bart a perdu la tête, Une soirée d'enfer, Imprésario de mon cœur, Vingt deux courts métrages sur Springfield).
Aurélia Bruno, la comédienne qui double depuis le début de la série Lisa et Milhouse, a été remplacée pour raison de maternité par Annabelle Roux sur trois épisodes de la saison 7 (Un super big Homer, La mère d'Homer et Marge et son petit voleur).
Bart a 10 ans, Lisa 8 ans et Maggie 1 an.
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 DVD Talk Review: The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season
After that, Lisa creates a miniature world when bacteria on her recently lost tooth starts to grow — too bad for her new friends that Bart is around.
Lisa sees him goofing off with Willy out the window one day and starts to fall for Nelson and before you know it, she's got a crush on the big lug.
Lisa realizes that the education she'd get there is way better than anything she'd get at Springfield Elementary and she enrolls too only to become the butt of everyone's joke when she has trouble with the physical activity involved in becoming a cadet.
www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/review.php?ID=23292   (3742 words)

  
 The Simpsons Park » La Série › Matt Groening
Matthew Abram Groening est né le 15 février 1954 à; Portland en Oregon.
Suite à cet essai, la Fox a commandé à Matt Groening une série de 22 minutes à partir des personnages qu'il avait créé.
En 1997, enthousiasmé par le succès des Simpson, Matt Groening travaille sur le projet d'une nouvelle série, Futurama, en collaboration avec David S. Cohen, passionné de science-fiction et diplômé en science informatique, qui a également travaillé sur la série "Beavis and Butt-Head", avant de devenir scénariste des Simpson en 1991.
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 Neatorama » Blog Archive » Origin of The Simpsons’ Names.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lisa Marie Simpson – Lisa Groening (Matt Groening’s sister) and Lisa Marie Presley
Homer – Homer Groening (Matt Groening’s father and one of his sons)
Maggie – Maggie Groening (one of Matt Groening’s sisters)
www.neatorama.com /2006/12/20/origin-of-the-simpsons-names   (225 words)

  
 The Simpsons Folder : Production   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lisa and Maggie Simpson were named for Groening’s sisters, while Bart’s aunt, Patty Bouvier, has the same first name as another Groening sister.
One of Groening’s high school films was called “Drugs: Killers or Dillers?” In its climactic scene, the filmmakers dangled an old wheelchair off the Vista Bridge in an apparent metaphor for what happens when kids take drugs.
Groening remembered how Lawrence Shlim, a childhood friend, saw what was then the Montgomery Ward sign from his bedroom window at night and thought that¹s where his prayers were heading.
www.simpsonsfolder.com /production/index.html   (5076 words)

  
 The Lisa Book by Matt Groening   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lisa Simpson is a role model for the 21st century!
Discover Lisa's lifelong ambitions, gather smart-alecky answers to environmental insensitive questions, uncover "the Truth" by logging on to her Internet blog, and follow along as she solves a real mystery.
From the benefits of being Teacher's Pet to the secret correspondences of Commander in Chief Lisa's presidential administration, you will explore the inner workings of one of America's most progressive eight-year-old minds.
www.harpercollins.com /books/9780060748234/The_Lisa_Book/index.aspx   (394 words)

  
 Groening ancestry
News from Agape Press - By Chad Groening April 29 2004 AgapePress Long time residents of a Michigan community are About one third of the population is Muslim only 23 percent of residents specified Polish ancestry
The Simpsons Archive The Simpsons as Quality Television - The Simpsons displayed a unique wit and sense of humor based on the comic art of Matt Groening Quality television generally is produced by people of quality aesthetic ancestry who have honed
Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment - Groening is of Dutch ancestry so it apos s not surprising that he used the Protestant numbering Here are the most commonly encountered Judaic Protestant and Catholic numberings
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 JillMarie Wiles - Auctioneer, Speaker, Philanthropist
Portland, Oregon — When the Lincoln High School Booster Club asked alumni to support their annual fundraising auction, they were surprised to find TVs most famous family, The Simpsons, eager to help.
Matt Groening, artist and "The Simpsons" creator, donated a framed poster of all the characters who have appeared on the show.
The poster was made into a one-of-a-kind with a personalized drawing of Bart & Lisa Simpson.
www.jillmariewiles.com /news_040101.asp   (207 words)

  
 Matt Groening Trivia - Matt Groening Facts - Matt Groening Notes
Groening took revenge in 1996 with the episode "Two Bad Neighbors" (season 7, episode 13).
He has 2 sons- Homer Groening (born in 1991) and Abe Groening (born in 1993).
Groening provided the voice for "Arturo" in the holiday movie Olive the Other Reindeer.
www.tv.com /matt-groening/person/3371/trivia.html   (516 words)

  
 Young Independent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Its trademark opening sequence introduces each character’s key trait - Bart being punished, Lisa jamming away free spiritedly on her saxophone, Homer slacking at the power plant, Marge and Baby Maggie checking out of the supermarket, and the family returning home to 742 Evergreen Terrace.
The members of the family all head for the family room couch where, in comedic parallel with the audience, they settle to watch TV at the end of the workday.
Similarly the entire Simpson family’s image as an underachieved clan (with the exception of Lisa) stirred issues of negative imagery and example.
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 Bega: The Simpsons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Matt Groening changed television forever when he brought animation back to primetime with this immortal nuclear family.
The sequence then introduces Lisa and Homer, where the family is on their way to their house at 742 Evergreen Terrace (the address varied in the beginning, but the writers now use 742 Evergreen Terrace exclusively).
In the syndicated version, all or part of the opening sequence is usually not broadcast in order to include more commercials in the show's allotted timeslot.
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 The J-Walk Blog: Names On The Simpsons (Comments)
Lisa Marie Simpson - Lisa Groening (Matt Groening's sister) and Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Groening's husband is Craig Bartlett, creator of the comic-turned-Nicktoon "Hey Arnold!"
Somewhere there exists a film Homer Groening made of Matt, Lisa and Maggie when they were kids.
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 The Simpsons Folder : Special : Simpsons House
Logs in the fireplace are painted bright green, as are the leaves and branches of the fig trees in the living room.
Above the blue piano is the sheet music Lisa uses to play her saxophone.
The conditions of the contest were to take the house of $75,000, so Barbara Howard will be taking the money and staying in her 60-year-old, gray, vinyl-sided farmhouse with two Porches.
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 Matt Groening
Le célèbre Matt Groening s'apelle en fait Matthew Abram Groening et est né à Portland dans l'Orégon aux Etats Unis le 15 février 1954.
Matt s'est mit à dessiner pour distraire les autres personnes puis quand il entra au lycée, en parallèle avec ses études, il commença à dessiner de plus en plus avec les encouragements de Homer Groening (son père) qui était lui même dessinateur.
Matt Groening est le dessinateur, producteur et scénariste des Simpson.
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 Krustylu Studios Forums > Season 8 DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We were all expecting Lisa, and this is where you set your faces to stunned.
May 11, 06, 02:37 PM It would've made sense for Bart and Lisa to be seasons 10 and 8 respectfully.
So that Bart and Lisa have the same season as their age.
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 The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season
Consistently more entertaining is the commentary for “Bartman”, which comes from video director Brad Bird and Groening.
Most of the re-voicers fail to capture the originals well, though most of the Marges come closer than the rest; I guess Julie Kavner’s rasp translates best, though the Spanish one barely bothers with that tone.
However, the German Lisa provides the strongest match of the whole crew, and the Deutschland Burns also sounds pretty good.
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 The Simpsons ...
Yeardley Smith (la voix originale de Lisa Simpson) a annoncé lors d'une interview diffusée sur la chaîne MSNBC que "Un second film devrait voir le jour et que cette fois les fans n'auront pas à attendre à nouveau 18 ans".
Matt Groening, grand admirateur du réalisateur Ricky Gervais souhaiterait que ce dernier écrive un nouvel épisode pour la série.
Une interview de la chaîne MTV de Matt Groening et James L. Brooks nous apprend que le film est né d'un article sur la pollution créée par les élevages de porc.
www.simpsonspark.com   (2308 words)

  
 Memoriam s2005
Born in Hillsboro, Kansas, Monnes was a math teacher for East Gresham Elementary School and Dexter McCarty School.
Monnes' late father, Abe A. Groening, was a professor emeritus at Lewis & Clark.
She was an accomplished musician, learning to play the violin as a child, performing with school orchestras, and traveling throughout the United States with the Granite Youth Orchestra.
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 Amazon.com: The Best of the Simpsons, Boxed Set 4: Video: Dan Castellaneta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lisa Goes to Washington," in which Lisa's shattered faith in democracy is restored.
"Lisa's Pony" is hilarious since it depicts Homer's struggle to balance two jobs at once in order to help support the pony he bought Lisa in order to win her love back.
Lisa Goes To Washington", which is a good episode anytime, and is even better here, un-syndicated.
www.amazon.com /Best-Simpsons-Boxed-Set-4/dp/6305320136   (2193 words)

  
 Famous.y2u.co.uk - The Simpsons - Named After
742 SW Evergreen Terrace in Portland, Oregon is the address of the place where Matt Groening grew up.
Chief Wiggum – Groening's college love's last name and his mother's maiden name was "Wiggum"
Ned Flanders – In northwest Portland, Oregon, Groening's hometown, there is a NW Flanders St.
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