MyBeau99
03-16-2007, 02:06 PM
"Homer was first conceived by Matt Groening in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening was going to try to pitch his comic strip Life in Hell. However, he realized that doing so would force him to give up the rights, so he created a family of characters in literally fifteen minutes. He named the characters after various members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer made his debut with the rest of the Simpsons clan on April 19, 1987 in the Tracey Ullman short "Good Night".In the Ullman Shorts, as well as the first season of the show, Homer's voice was based on Walter Matthau but Dan Castellaneta found it hard to have a complete emotional range and around the season 2 episode "Blood Feud", his voice began to evolve into what it is today. His hair and ear, when viewed from the side, looks like Matt Groening's initials, M.G."
So The Simpsons debuted on my birthday... April 19th.... I knew I liked that show for a reason. lol.
By the way... is anyone else on the board a fan of the show "Lost"?
Here's a good link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6867118/
So The Simpsons debuted on my birthday... April 19th.... I knew I liked that show for a reason. lol.
By the way... is anyone else on the board a fan of the show "Lost"?
Here's a good link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6867118/