My Wasted Life

This is a short film about Matt Groening that anyone can watch and enjoy, even those who aren't fans of "The Simpsons". The funny thing is that while I'm not a big fan of "The Simpsons" myself, I do love "Futurama" and it's great to hear anything from this guy. The best bits are when he talks about how he was influenced by Charles Schulz. Yes, that's only because Charles Schulz is a massive influence on me too. Why am I not watching a documentary on him? Anyway, this was made in 2000, the early days of "Futurama".

It's at this time that Groening was busy with "Futurama" to the point where he was less involved with "The Simpsons" and the show was declining. I remember first coming to this website and reviews of "The Simpsons" were among the first online reviews I ever read. Again, I wasn't even a fan. This documentary itself deals with Groening's early life. He was raised in Oregon and the shows he watched inspired him to be against authority. Since he grew up as a teenager during the Vietnam War, it makes sense he would be anti-authoritarian.

It talks about his first project "Life In Hell", a comic strip. It even talks a bit more about that than "The Simpsons". It's always great to see where such a great cartoonist got his start. Although Matt Groening wanted to take on taboo material, he still really cared about writing characters that loved each other. Being rebellious doesn't mean neglecting your loved ones. I think it's a great lesson he wanted to teach. ****

My wasted life is a documentary about animation god Matt Greoing, Matt thinks back to what happened in his childhood through his early life as a cartoonist. Clips of The Simpsons, Leave it all to Beaver, and Father Knows best and Rocky and Bullwinkle are scene through the feature. Pictures and works of Matt's early start area also seen. As viewer watch they learn what gave Matt the way to success. I loved this film it was fun entertaining and my next favorite part was to see the gaps people can over come with a little hope. People will get to see the amazing rise of cartoonist Matt Groeing you can access the video on YouTube easily by looking up the title of the documentary.

The summary pretty much sums this up. Groening takes a look at his life from his childhood up to the present, mostly at the TV programs he hated as a child (because they were so nice).

The most interesting part is Groening's `Life In Hell' which is a superb comic strip, and what helped him breakthrough to The Simpsons. The program leads up to just after Futurama started and Matt claiming he wants to do a TV series about Rock ‘N' Roll.

An intriguing watch for fans of The Simpsons.