ocr: "The Simpsons" came to life twenty years ago, when Matt Groening was asked to provide animated segments for the comedy series "The Tracy Ullman Show," airing on the Fox network. Groening didn't want to give up rights to his popular "Life in Hell" cartoons, SO he created, on the spot, the Simpson family characters. "The Simpsons" has been a ratings and critical hit from its inception in 1988 as a weekly half-hour series, becoming a pop culture phenomenon. The rest is television - and now movie - history. For Groening, THE SIMPSONS MOVIE presents the chance for the filmmakers and audience to exp ...
