I te whārangi 19 o Paenga-whāwhā 1987, i karangahia a Matt Groening ki te whakatakoto i tētahi raupapa o ngā pakiwaituhi poto mō Te Tracey Ullman Show, ā, i whakaaro ia ki te whakaatu i tētahi whakarerekētanga o tana Life in Hell comic. I te wā i mōhio ai ia ko te whakaoho i te Life in Hell e hiahia ana ia ki te whakakore i ngā mana whakaputa, ka whakatau a Groening ki te haere ki tētahi atu aronga. I tere tana putanga o tētahi whānau kāore i te pai te mahi, e huaina ana ngā pūāhua i muri i ngā mema o tōna ake whānau. Ki te tama whakakeke, ka whakakapi ia i te "Bart", he anagram o te kupu brat, mō tōna ake ingoa, i te mea i whakatau ia he mea tino mārama ki a ia kia huaina te ingoa o te pūāhua. Ko te tuatahi o Matt Groening he "tribute" ki ngā pūāhua pakiwaituhi poto poto pērā i a Dennis Ullman Show, ā, i whakaaro ia ki te whakatakoto i tētahi āhuatanga o te raupapa pakiwaituhi poto o te Life in Hell e
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