Part one of term paper
Birth and Success of an 'Alternative' Cartoon "" is one of North America's most popular television shows, ranking as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that "" portrays are not always beneficial and sometimes not even in good taste. Thus, it seems inevitable that "" affects children ...

Part two of term paper
... saw. Life in Hell gradually became a common cartoon in many free weeklies and college newspapers all over the country; it developed a cult status. Life in Hell drew the attention of James L. Brooks, producer of works such as "Taxi", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and "Terms of Endearment". Brooks originally wanted Groening to make an animated pilot of Life in Hell, but Groening chose not to do this because he was afraid of loosing royalties from those papers that printed the strip. Therefore, Groeni ...