Groening's Quick Creation of Simpsons

When producers of The Tracey Ullman Show asked Matt Groening to adapt his comic Life in Hell for TV in 1985, he worried he'd lose ownership rights and damage the strip if the show flopped. Instead, he quickly sketched out a new dysfunctional family-the Simpsons-which became one of the most successful TV series of all time.

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