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 <blockquote>''"With its angular melodies, quick change rhythms, and eccentric arrangements, [[Hot Rats]] basically invented that peculiar musical genre known as fusion."''</blockquote>
 <div align="right">— [[Matt Groening]], Introduction to Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (Guitar TAB).</div>
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 On April 25, 1986 Groening was a guest in Roger Steffens' radio show "The Sound of the Sixties", where he talked about his love for Zappa and played several of his personal favorite tracks live on the air. Halfway the show Zappa personally called in to have a chat. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLkmJUdvfg</ref>
-By the 1990s, Groening regularly visited Zappa and his family. Zappa was a fan of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and wanted to be a special guest voice on the show, but became to ill to record his part. In April 1992 Groening and Don Menn interviewed Zappa in ''[[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)]]''.
+By the 1990s, Groening regularly visited Zappa and his family. Zappa was a fan of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and wanted to be a special guest voice on the show, but became to ill to record his part. In April 1992 Groening and [[Don Menn]] interviewed Zappa in ''[[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)]]''.
 Groening also appeared in several 1990s documentaries starring Zappa, including ''[[Peefeeyatko]]'' (1991), ''[[The Revenge Of The Dead Indians]]'' (1992), the ''[[BBC Television Tribute]]'' (1993) and ''[[The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart]]'' (1997).

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 ==Biography==
-After graduating from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington Groening moved to [[Los Angeles]] intending to become a writer. He started to send cartoons to his friends expressing his dislike of life in L.A. and frustration with the progress of his career.  He called them ''[[Life In Hell]]''. They soon became popular and Groening found himself making hundreds of copies of each one.  He found a job with a weekly paper, the Los Angeles Reader, as an editor/delivery man. The paper started to publish his weekly cartoons.
+After graduating from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington Groening moved to [[Los Angeles]] intending to become a writer. He started to send cartoons to his friends expressing his dislike of life in L.A. and frustration with the progress of his career.  He called them ''[[Life in Hell]]''. They soon became popular and Groening found himself making hundreds of copies of each one.  He found a job with a weekly paper, the Los Angeles Reader, as an editor/delivery man. The paper started to publish his weekly cartoons.
 [[File:Bart-512x288.jpg|thumb|right|Bart Simpson]]
 In 1985 producer James L. Brooks, who was an admirer of Groening's comic strip, approached him to adapt ''Life In Hell'' into a series of animated shorts, to be broadcast during ''The [[Tracey Ullman]] Show''. Moments before the meeting, Groening changed his mind and hurriedly sketched a family consisting of one father, one mother, two girls and one boy. To save time he named all of them after his own family, except Bart which was an anagram of the word ''"brat"''. Under the name ''[[The Simpsons]]'' the cartoon segments quickly caught on and in 1989 received their own spin-off TV series, which became a global phenomenon, popular among general audiences as well as appreciated for its intellectual, satirical edge. During the ''Tracey Ullman'' era and the first three seasons of the sitcom, the show was animated by [[Gabor Csupo]]'s studio.
 In 1999 Groening created a new animated TV series, ''Futurama'', satirizing science fiction. It remained more of a cult show, though has received similar appreciation. In 2018, Groening launched ''Disenchantment'' (2018-2023), which spoofs fantasy literature.
 ==Frank Zappa and Matt Groening==

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-__NOTOC__
+[[File:Matt Groening.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Matt Groening.]]
-[[Image:Zappa_by_Groening.jpg|frame|FZ in the style of Matt Groening. (Fan art, not an official Groening drawing)]]
+'''Matt Groening''' (Portland, Oregon, February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist and animator, best known as the creator of ''[[Life in Hell|Life in Hell]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]"'', ''[[wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]]'' and ''Disenchantment''.
-'''Matt Groening''' (Portland, Oregon, February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist and animator, best known as the creator of "[[wikipedia:Life in Hell|Life in Hell]]", "[[The Simpsons]]" and "[[wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]]".
+==Biography==
 [[File:Bart-512x288.jpg|thumb|right|Bart Simpson]]
-==Biography==
+In 1985 producer James L. Brooks, who was an admirer of Groening's comic strip, approached him to adapt ''Life In Hell'' into a series of animated shorts, to be broadcast during ''The [[Tracey Ullman]] Show''. Moments before the meeting, Groening changed his mind and hurriedly sketched a family consisting of one father, one mother, two girls and one boy. To save time he named all of them after his own family, except Bart which was an anagram of the word ''"brat"''. Under the name ''[[The Simpsons]]'' the cartoon segments quickly caught on and in 1989 received their own spin-off TV series, which became a global phenomenon, popular among general audiences as well as appreciated for its intellectual, satirical edge. During the ''Tracey Ullman'' era and the first three seasons of the sitcom, the show was animated by [[Gabor Csupo]]'s studio.
-In 1999 Groening created a new animated TV series, ''Futurama'', which is a satire of science fiction. It remained more of a cult show, though has received similar appreciation.
+In 1999 Groening created a new animated TV series, ''Futurama'', satirizing science fiction. It remained more of a cult show, though has received similar appreciation. In 2018, Groening launched ''Disenchantment'' (2018-2023), which spoofs fantasy literature.
 ==Frank Zappa and Matt Groening==
-Groening has been a Zappa fan since he was thirteen years old, when he discovered ''[[Freak Out!]]'' in a store. He considers Zappa his idol. He frequently references Zappa's albums in his comic strip ''Life in Hell'', including this example here: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031032151/http://www.zappa.hu/downloads/other/comics/life%20is%20hell.jpg the Zappa Allegiance Pledge].<ref>http://www.united-mutations.com/123/big_note_files20031005.htm</ref> He is an equally big fan of [[Captain Beefheart]].
+Groening has been a Zappa fan since he was thirteen years old, when he discovered ''[[Freak Out!]]'' in a store. He considers Zappa his idol. He frequently references Zappa's albums in his comic strip ''Life in Hell'', including this example here: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031032151/http://www.zappa.hu/downloads/other/comics/life%20is%20hell.jpg the Zappa Allegiance Pledge].<ref>http://www.united-mutations.com/123/big_note_files20031005.htm</ref> He is an equally big fan of [[Captain Beefheart]]. In 1975, he hitchhiked to L.A. to see the ''[[Bongo Fury]]'' tour and to attend [[75/09/17-18 Los Angeles CA US Royce Hall, UCLA|Zappa's concert at the Royce Hall, UCLA.]]
 On April 25, 1986 Groening was a guest in Roger Steffens' radio show "The Sound of the Sixties", where he talked about his love for Zappa and played several of his personal favorite tracks live on the air. Halfway the show Zappa personally called in to have a chat. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLkmJUdvfg</ref>
-By the 1990s Groening regularly visited Zappa and his family. Zappa was a fan of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and wanted to be a special guest voice on the show, but became to ill to record his part. In April 1992 Groening and Don Menn interviewed Zappa in [[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)]].
+By the 1990s, Groening regularly visited Zappa and his family. Zappa was a fan of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and wanted to be a special guest voice on the show, but became to ill to record his part. In April 1992 Groening and Don Menn interviewed Zappa in ''[[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)]]''.
-Groening also appeared in several 1990s documentaries starring Zappa, including ''[[Peefeeyatko]]'', ''[[The Revenge Of The Dead Indians]]'', the ''[[BBC Television Tribute]]'' and ''[[The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart]]''.
+Groening also appeared in several 1990s documentaries starring Zappa, including ''[[Peefeeyatko]]'' (1991), ''[[The Revenge Of The Dead Indians]]'' (1992), the ''[[BBC Television Tribute]]'' (1993) and ''[[The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart]]'' (1997).
-He is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
+Groening is one of the people receiving thanks for their ''"very special but no less significant contributions"'' in ''[[The Yellow Shark]]'' liner notes. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_Yellow_Shark.html#Acknowledgements</ref> He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
 Groening wrote [https://www.afka.net/Articles/1993-12_New_Yorker.htm "Idol"] for the December 20, 1993 issue of ''The New Yorker'' as a tribute to Frank. (The issue also included [[Václav Havel]]'s tribute, "Revolutionary.")
-Groening furthermore designed the album cover to ''[[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]].'' He contributed an essay to ''[[Bill Gubbins|The Hot Rats Book]]'' (2019).
+Groening additionally designed the album cover to ''[[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]].'' He contributed an essay to ''[[Bill Gubbins|The Hot Rats Book]]'' (2019).
 ==Quotes about Zappa==
-<blockquote>"Americans are really suspicious of anything cerebral, and [[Biography|Zappa]] didn't disguise his intelligence well enough. In addition to being a man of wide-ranging talent, one amazing thing that always struck me about Frank was his melodic dimension ... [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] was my Elvis. His example encouraged me, made me feel it OK to go my own way, to not do things the way the authorities told me to. One of the things that impressed me was that he didn't allow anything to be beyond him, high culture or low culture. As soon as Bart Simpson is able to shave, he'll have a moustache and goatee just like Frank Zappa."</blockquote>
+<blockquote>''"Americans are really suspicious of anything cerebral, and [[Biography|Zappa]] didn't disguise his intelligence well enough. In addition to being a man of wide-ranging talent, one amazing thing that always struck me about Frank was his melodic dimension ... [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] was my Elvis. His example encouraged me, made me feel it OK to go my own way, to not do things the way the authorities told me to. One of the things that impressed me was that he didn't allow anything to be beyond him, high culture or low culture. As soon as Bart Simpson is able to shave, he'll have a moustache and goatee just like Frank Zappa."''</blockquote>
 <div align="right">— [[Matt Groening]] in ''"Guitar Players Presents"'', 1992.</div>
-<blockquote>"American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. [[wikipedia:Mark Twain|Mark Twain]] had a great moustache, [[wikipedia:Charlie Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin]], [[wikipedia:Ben Turpin|Ben Turpin]] ... but Zappa, he's got the best moustache in American history. Got the moustache, right, and he's got that little thing on his chin, I think it's called an imperial, that is, like, the coolest thing. That's like one of the great icons of the twentieth century."</blockquote>
+<blockquote>''"American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. [[wikipedia:Mark Twain|Mark Twain]] had a great moustache, [[wikipedia:Charlie Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin]], [[wikipedia:Ben Turpin|Ben Turpin]] ... but Zappa, he's got the best moustache in American history. Got the moustache, right, and he's got that little thing on his chin, I think it's called an imperial, that is, like, the coolest thing. That's like one of the great icons of the twentieth century."''</blockquote>
 <div align="right">— [[Matt Groening]], BBC Television Zappa Tribute.</div>
-<blockquote>"The amazing thing about [[Freak Out!]] was that there was nothing quite like it in rock 'n roll at the time. It was really simultaneously crude and ugly, and incredibly sophisticated. The Beatles were funny, but there was nothing with the kind of sneer that you could feel in the music of Frank Zappa."</blockquote>
+<blockquote>''"The amazing thing about [[Freak Out!]] was that there was nothing quite like it in rock 'n roll at the time. It was really simultaneously crude and ugly, and incredibly sophisticated. The Beatles were funny, but there was nothing with the kind of sneer that you could feel in the music of Frank Zappa."''</blockquote>
 <div align="right">— [[Matt Groening]], BBC Television Zappa Tribute.</div>
-<blockquote>"With its angular melodies, quick change rhythms, and eccentric arrangements, [[Hot Rats]] basically invented that peculiar musical genre known as fusion."</blockquote>
+<blockquote>''"With its angular melodies, quick change rhythms, and eccentric arrangements, [[Hot Rats]] basically invented that peculiar musical genre known as fusion."''</blockquote>
 <div align="right">— [[Matt Groening]], Introduction to Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (Guitar TAB).</div>
 ==Referenced By==
 *On the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15195254/ June 24, 2000] episode of ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217203/reference ECW Hardcore TV]'', a fan in the crowd stood up and held a sign reading, "Zappa Is My [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]]".
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-*[http://www.united-mutations.com/g/matt_groening.htm|United Mutations page]
+*[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia biography]
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