‘Simpsons’ writer reveals answers to show’s biggest mysteries
about 7 years in NY Post
In the late 1980s, cartoonist Matt Groening was called into the Fox Network’s “Tracey Ullman Show” for a meeting. The sketch comedy show was using one-minute animated clips between sketches and were unhappy with their current lot. Groening had been drawing a cartoon called “Life in Hell” since 1977 that was a popular draw in...