Posted on 03/09/2015 12:42:27 PM PDT by Borges
Sam Simon, a creative force behind The Simpsons who left the show after its fourth season in a lucrative arrangement that allowed him to spend much of the rest of his life giving his money away, has died. He was 59.
His death was announced on Monday by the Sam Simon Foundation, the organization through which he donated his money. The announcement did not say where or when he died or specify the cause, although Mr. Simon learned he had cancer in late 2012.
The cartoonist Matt Groening, recruited by the producer James L. Brooks, invented the Simpson family for a series of short animated segments first seen in 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show. Mr. Groening even named some of the characters after members of his own family, including Homer and Marge, the parents.
But although Mr. Groening is the person most closely associated with The Simpsons, Mr. Simon who had published cartoons while he was a student at Stanford, worked on the cartoon show Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and been a writer and producer for the sitcoms Cheers and Taxi played a crucial role as The Simpsons evolved into a half-hour series, which would eventually become the longest-running sitcom in television history.
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They should rename him Sam Simon Simpson.
[ The Simpsons is an oddity. Very anti republican most of the time with some very conservative themes occasionally.
I liked the episode where Superintendent Chalmers took Bart and the other boys under his wing for some Male centric learning and they were actually learning history. ]
I liked the one where they said “The Democrats are back in power” and they showed an actual revolving door at the prison with snake and sideshow bob walk through it.
Or Abe Simpson saying he thought the democrats were back in power and giving away free money.
SKINNER!!!!
There was a simpsons episode where the family did a KOTH opening sequence.
Sometimes it seemed that way.
I’ll watch some every now and then.
I gave up on Family Guy and American Dad years ago.
Doh!
No No!
Fred is much smarter than Homer.
Fred actually was good at his job too.
But, you just got to love Homer.
Oh yeah I hope they do that
Bart: “Didn’t you wonder why you were getting checks for doing
absolutely nothing?”
Grampa: “I figured because the democrats were in power again.”
Monty Burns: “I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.”
Also, who can forget this opening?
Thanks for the memories, Sam. Rest in Peace...........................
Or when Sideshow Bob was being sent to prison, he threatened, "You can't keep me in prison forever! One day the democrats will be back in power, and I'll be free!"
(The next year Clinton was elected, so they did another episode where he gets out of jail)
Groening takes credit, but he’s a hack. He’s also a leftist who applauded when Nixon died. Real class act.
He’s had just about nothing to do with the show. He’s more of a mascot.
That gal died a long time ago. Brittany Murphy. Suicide.
I think the guy was collecting $10 million a year after he left. Every year.
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