I Didn't Do It: How The Simpsons Affects Kids


The Simpsons is one of Americas most popular television shows. It ranks
as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age.
However, the ideals that The Simpsons conveys are not always wholesome,
sometimes not even in good taste. It is inevitable that The Simpsons is
affecting children.
Matt Groening took up drawing to escape from his troubles in 1977. At
the time, Groening was working for the L.A. Reader, a free weekly newspaper. He
began working on Life in Hell, a humorous comic strip consisting of people with
rabbit ears. The L.A. Reader picked up a copy of his comic strip and liked what
they saw. Life in Hell gradually became a common comic strip in many free
weeklies and college newspapers across the country. It even developed a cult
status. (Varhola, 1)
Life in Hell drew the attention of James L. Brooks, producer of works
such as Taxi, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Terms of......

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