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He named the character after his father, Homer Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpsons received their own series on Fox, which debuted on December 17, 1989. Homer is the patriarch of the Simpson family. He and his wife Marge have three children: Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
Groening conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family: Homer, the overweight father; Marge, the slim mother; Bart, the miscreant oldest child; Lisa, the intelligent middle child; and Maggie, the baby.
Jan 30, 2020 · Groening named the cartoon family named after his own siblings and parents, albeit with a "Bart" in lieu of a character named after himself.
Homer is named after Matt Groening's late father Homer Groening. In a series of interviews in 1990, Groening reportedly stated that he named the character after the Homer Simpson in The Day of the Locust, a 1939 novel by Nathanael West according to Planet Simpson, but neither explanation is considered definitive. Voice
Oct 5, 2022 · The honor was bestowed upon him in recognition of his namesake, Matt Groening's father Homer, being a Winnipegger — though apparently there was some controversy as to whether the elder...
May 30, 2014 · The Simpson family themselves are named after Groening’s own family: His father Homer, his mom Marge, and his sisters Maggie and Lisa. Bart, meant to represent Groening, is an anagram...
May 4, 2022 · One of the most famous examples – possibly the gold standard of Simpsons comedy, which both Brooks and Groening named as among their favourite moments in the series – is when Homer, trying to ...