The Simpsons Analysis

Register to read the introduction… Groening picked the characters of the Simpsons by using people he grew up with. The parents in the Simpsons are named Homer and Marge, the same name that Groening's parents have. He named Lisa and Maggie after his two younger sisters. Groening thought it would be too obvious if he named the oldest son after himself, so Groening decided to name the last child Bart which is an anagram of brat. Homer's father also received the same name as Groening's grandfather, Abraham. Groening returned to his hometown of Portland Oregon to find some more names for his cartoon. Groening used street names from Portland, such as Flanders, Lovejoy, Quimby, Kearny, and Terwilliger to help him name some of the characters in his cartoon. Today The Simpsons are watched by more than 60 million people weekly, and the …show more content…
Many people feel that Groening thinks up most of the ideas for episodes of The Simpsons. This is actually very false because Matt Groening has only written one episode of the Simpsons series (aside from the Tracy Ullman Show Simpson cartoons). The episode that Groening wrote was called "Colonel Homer." The only episode Matt Groening wrote aired for the time on Thursday March 12, 1992 on FOX. The episode "Colonel Homer" begins with Homer and Marge getting into a fight over a boring movie. As a result of the fight Homer goes to a bar called the Beer N' Brawl. At the bar Homer meets an attractive country singer named Lurleen Lumpkin. Homer becomes Lurleen's manager and travels with her while she sings her country songs. While Homer is traveling his marriage with Marge sours. Lurleen is clearly attracted to Homer and Homer has some feeling for Lurleen but he can't stop thinking about his wife Marge. As a result Homer tells Lurleen to find a new manager and Homer returns home to his loving wife Marge and his