A still from ‘Homer’s Crossing’ Photo: FoxThirty-five years ago, which can’t possibly be true, cartoonist Matt Groening was making the rounds of news outlets in New York, hawking his new, prime-time animated series.
He was fairly well-known already—his comic-strip “Life in Hell” was a mainstay of the alternative weeklies (newspaper-like publications, FYI) and had gotten the attention of producer James L. Brooks , who drafted Mr. Groening to make “bumpers” to fill gaps between skits on “The Tracey Ullman Show.” Now, the cartoon family created by the very likable and unassuming cartoonist would be getting their own half-hour on Fox.
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Matt Groening, hawking, ”, James L, Brooks, Groening, Tracey Ullman
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Fox
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New York