The document provides background information on Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons. It discusses how he created The Simpsons in just 15 minutes and how it began as shorts before becoming its own TV show in 1989. It also summarizes the premise and format of The Simpsons, describing the Simpson family and how the show satirizes American culture, society and politics through the family's experiences in Springfield.

1. By Freddy S. Lozano

2. The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for
the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of working-class
life epitomized by The Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa,
and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and
parodies American culture, society, television, and the human condition.

3. MATTHEW ABRAHAM “MATT” GROENING
• He was born on February 15th, 1954 in Portland, Oregon,
U.S.
• He is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, animator,
and voice actor.
• He is the creator of the comic strip “Life in Hell” (1977 –
2012) and the televisión series “The Simpsons” (1989 –
present) and “Futurama” (1999 – 2003, 2008 – 2013).
• Groening has won 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, ten for The
Simpsons and two for Futurama as well as a British Comedy
Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004.
In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben
Award for his work on Life in Hell. He received a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, 2012.

4. Matt created The Simpsons in
just fifteen minutes, perhaps
without thinking they would
become one of the most
celebrated families in the world.
The Simpsons began to be
emitted initially on April 19th,
1987 in a species of shorts that
only lasted two minutes. From
1989 they began to have their
own space.

5. The Simpsons uses the standard setup of a situational comedy, or sitcom, as its
premise. The series centers on a family and their life in a typical American town,
serving as a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle.
By having Homer work in a nuclear power plant, the show can comment on the state
of the environment. Through Bart and Lisa's days at Springfield Elementary School, the
show's writers illustrate pressing or controversial issues in the field of education. The
town features a vast array of media channels, which enables the producers to make
jokes about themselves and the entertainment industry.
The show portrays government and large corporations as callous entities that take
advantage of the common worker. In The Simpsons, politicians are corrupt, ministers
such as Reverend Lovejoy are indifferent to churchgoers, and the local police force is
incompetent. Religion also figures as a recurring theme. In times of crisis, the family
often turns to God, and the show has dealt with most of the major religions.

6. Springfield is a fictional area and its name is inspired by the street where the creator's
home was located. Although The Simpson family is not based on the Matt Groening’s
family, their names are: Matt's father and son are called Homer, his mother's name is
Margaret, and the names of his little sisters are Lisa and Maggie. Bart is the modification of
the word "brat", which in Spanish means “mocoso". Other characters such as Chief
Wiggum, are inspired by names of some streets where Groening grew up.

7. The Simpsons are a family who live in a fictional
"Middle American" town of Springfield.Homer,
the father, works as a safety inspector at
the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position
at odds with his careless, buffoonish
personality. He is married to Marge Simpson,
a stereotypical American housewife and
mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-
year-old troublemaker; Lisa, a precocious eight-
year-old activist; and Maggie, the baby of the
family who rarely speaks, but communicates by
sucking on a pacifier. The family owns a
dog, Santa's Little Helper, and a cat, Snowball
V, renamed Snowball II in "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-
Bot". Both pets have had starring roles in
several episodes.

8. The Simpsons received widespread critical acclaim
throughout its first nine or ten seasons, which are
generally considered its "Golden Age". Time named
it the 20th century's best television series, and Erik
Adams of The A.V. Club named it "television's
crowning achievement regardless of format". On
January 14, 2000, the Simpson family was awarded a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It has won
dozens of awards since it debuted as a series,
including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Annie
Awards, and a Peabody Award. Homer's
exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted
into the English language, while The Simpsons has
influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
Despite this, the show has also been criticized for
what many perceive as a decline in quality over the
years.

9. MATT GROENING REVEALED HOW THE
SIMPSONS CAN PREDICT FUTURE EVENTS
What prophecies have made The Simpsons famous?
• The attack on the Twin Towers of the year 2001.
• The plane crash of the Chapecoense football team.
• The injury of a French athlete at the Rio Olympic
Games.
• The election of Donald Trump as President of the
United States.
• Neymar's World Cup injury.
Matt replied:
"Do you think it's a coincidence or do we really have magic in our studio? It's not all it seems ..."
“Do you remember that episode of 2000 in which we put Donald Trump as president? We really did it because
it was a rather ridiculous hypothetical situation, but it did come true! ", He said to BBC News.