Grr, argh. Sit, Ubu, sit. I made this! What’s the story behind the production company tags added onto our favourite TV shows?
Closing logos have evolved into a TV production company’s tiny stamp of individuality. They’re a single snippet of screen time not at the mercy of network notes, audience feedback or sponsorship concerns.
A closing tag doesn’t need to sell a show, tell a story, or lasso an audience back for the next episode. It’s simply a signature, a few seconds entirely belonging to the creatives, to do with what they will.
As such, closing logos are as self-indulgent or esoteric as the production company wills them. They’re perhaps the only place in television production where in-jokes, family photos, personal homages (or extended rants in the case of one comedy producer) and kid-drawn scribbles usually found taped to the fridge door are entirely welcome.
Closing logos have evolved into a TV production company’s tiny stamp of individuality. They’re a single snippet of screen time not at the mercy of network notes, audience feedback or sponsorship concerns.
A closing tag doesn’t need to sell a show, tell a story, or lasso an audience back for the next episode. It’s simply a signature, a few seconds entirely belonging to the creatives, to do with what they will.
As such, closing logos are as self-indulgent or esoteric as the production company wills them. They’re perhaps the only place in television production where in-jokes, family photos, personal homages (or extended rants in the case of one comedy producer) and kid-drawn scribbles usually found taped to the fridge door are entirely welcome.
- 8/10/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Margaret "Marge" Groening, the mother of "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and inspiration for the show's blue-haired matriarch, has died in her sleep at age 94, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The obituary first appeared in The Oregonian newspaper.
Groening was born Margaret Wiggum, and married her high school classmate Homer Groening, whom she reportedly chose "because he made her laugh the most," similar to the beloved couple at the center of "The Simpsons." She taught high school English before becoming a mother, while husband Homer was a cartoonist and filmmaker, as well as a World War II veteran, who died in 1996.
Son Matt clearly drew inspiration for the wildly successful franchise from not just his parents, but from brother Matt and sisters Lisa, Maggie and Patty, who died in January 2013.
In an interview with the Smithsonian Magazine on the origin of the series, Matt Groening admitted that when he came up...
Groening was born Margaret Wiggum, and married her high school classmate Homer Groening, whom she reportedly chose "because he made her laugh the most," similar to the beloved couple at the center of "The Simpsons." She taught high school English before becoming a mother, while husband Homer was a cartoonist and filmmaker, as well as a World War II veteran, who died in 1996.
Son Matt clearly drew inspiration for the wildly successful franchise from not just his parents, but from brother Matt and sisters Lisa, Maggie and Patty, who died in January 2013.
In an interview with the Smithsonian Magazine on the origin of the series, Matt Groening admitted that when he came up...
- 5/7/2013
- by Laura Prudom
- Huffington Post
Margaret Groening, the mother of cartoonist and TV producer Matt Groening, has died at the age of 94. As the show creator's real mother, Groening was the inspiration for Marge Simpson on her son's biggest show, "The Simpsons."
Born in 1919 to Matt and Ingeborg Wiggum, Margaret Groening grew up in Washington state before marrying her college boyfriend, Homer Groening, and settling in Oregon to raise a family. Matt Groening famously used the names of his parents -- as well as two of his sisters, Lisa and Maggie -- when creating "The Simpsons." Some of the basics of the animated characters were said to derive from the real Groening family. Two other siblings, Patty and Mark, were left out of the show's central family in favor of Bart (derived from "brat").
While Homer died in 1996, Margaret is survived by her brother, Arnold, as well as four of her five children (eldest daughter...
Born in 1919 to Matt and Ingeborg Wiggum, Margaret Groening grew up in Washington state before marrying her college boyfriend, Homer Groening, and settling in Oregon to raise a family. Matt Groening famously used the names of his parents -- as well as two of his sisters, Lisa and Maggie -- when creating "The Simpsons." Some of the basics of the animated characters were said to derive from the real Groening family. Two other siblings, Patty and Mark, were left out of the show's central family in favor of Bart (derived from "brat").
While Homer died in 1996, Margaret is survived by her brother, Arnold, as well as four of her five children (eldest daughter...
- 5/6/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Filed under: Video, Cinematical
Die-hard 'Simpsons' fans surely know that creator Matt Groening named his animated creations after members of his own family, but do they know that his father, Homer, was a humorist and filmmaker? Thanks to the blisteringly amazing power of the internet, they can learn that fact right now by watching his 1969 short film, 'Basic Brown, Basic Blue,' a funny pseudo-documentary that's more than a little bizarre:
"Ever wonder how Matt Groening of 'The Simpsons' got his quirky sense of humor? Probably from his filmmaker dad, Homer Groening, who passed away in 1996. Although known for his documentaries, Homer Groening directed and narrated this film, ostensibly about color, but filled with an ongoing series of bikini-clad bathing beauties. The film is perhaps best viewed as a graphic artifact that will interest media historians seeking additional insight into the elements that influenced the cartoonist."
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Die-hard 'Simpsons' fans surely know that creator Matt Groening named his animated creations after members of his own family, but do they know that his father, Homer, was a humorist and filmmaker? Thanks to the blisteringly amazing power of the internet, they can learn that fact right now by watching his 1969 short film, 'Basic Brown, Basic Blue,' a funny pseudo-documentary that's more than a little bizarre:
"Ever wonder how Matt Groening of 'The Simpsons' got his quirky sense of humor? Probably from his filmmaker dad, Homer Groening, who passed away in 1996. Although known for his documentaries, Homer Groening directed and narrated this film, ostensibly about color, but filled with an ongoing series of bikini-clad bathing beauties. The film is perhaps best viewed as a graphic artifact that will interest media historians seeking additional insight into the elements that influenced the cartoonist."
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- 2/20/2011
- by Jacob Hall
- Moviefone
Filed under: Video, Cinematical
Die-hard 'Simpsons' fans surely know that creator Matt Groening named his animated creations after members of his own family, but do they know that his father, Homer, was a humorist and filmmaker? Thanks to the blisteringly amazing power of the internet, they can learn that fact right now by watching his 1969 short film, 'Basic Brown, Basic Blue,' a funny pseudo-documentary that's more than a little bizarre:
"Ever wonder how Matt Groening of 'The Simpsons' got his quirky sense of humor? Probably from his filmmaker dad, Homer Groening, who passed away in 1996. Although known for his documentaries, Homer Groening directed and narrated this film, ostensibly about color, but filled with an ongoing series of bikini-clad bathing beauties. The film is perhaps best viewed as a graphic artifact that will interest media historians seeking additional insight into the elements that influenced the cartoonist."
Continue Reading...
Die-hard 'Simpsons' fans surely know that creator Matt Groening named his animated creations after members of his own family, but do they know that his father, Homer, was a humorist and filmmaker? Thanks to the blisteringly amazing power of the internet, they can learn that fact right now by watching his 1969 short film, 'Basic Brown, Basic Blue,' a funny pseudo-documentary that's more than a little bizarre:
"Ever wonder how Matt Groening of 'The Simpsons' got his quirky sense of humor? Probably from his filmmaker dad, Homer Groening, who passed away in 1996. Although known for his documentaries, Homer Groening directed and narrated this film, ostensibly about color, but filled with an ongoing series of bikini-clad bathing beauties. The film is perhaps best viewed as a graphic artifact that will interest media historians seeking additional insight into the elements that influenced the cartoonist."
Continue Reading...
- 2/20/2011
- by Jacob Hall
- Cinematical
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