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.

 
Marcia Wallace has turned 68 today. She was Carol Kester, the
Receptionist on the 1970’s sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show”.
She’s presently the voice of Edna Krabappel on the animated
series “The Simpsons”. Marcia won an Emmy for outstanding
Voice-Over performance in 1992.