Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening, cartoonist, screenwriter and producer was
born in Portland, Oregon, the middle of five children. He attended Ainsworth
Elementary School and Lincoln High School. From 1972 to 1977, Groening
attended Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington. Groening is the
creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television
series, The Simpsons and Futurama. Groening has won 11 Primetime
Emmy Awards, ten for The Simpsons and one for Futurama.

Actor Ted Danson is best known as bartender Sam Malone on the
CBS-TV sitcom Cheers (1982 – 1993). He has been nominated for
fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards during his career. Ted is listed
in second place on TV Guides list of the Top 25 TV Stars.