A closer look
Matt Groening created the entire cast of 'The Simpsons' in a matter of minutes while desperately waiting in the lobby of producer James L. Brooks' office, having originally intended to pitch an animated version of his comic strip 'Life in Hell' before quickly realizing he would lose the publishing rights to his beloved characters if he signed the contract; to protect his comic, he frantically sketched out a dysfunctional yellow family and named them after his own parents and siblings right there on the spot, and thirty-five years and roughly a million episodes later, this panicked lobby sketch has outlived most empires and continues to predict global events with terrifying accuracy, proving that procrastination and panic are the true engines of artistic immortality
