Grampa Simpson
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Abraham Jay "Abe" Simpson II, better known as Grampa Simpson, or simply Grampa, is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He made his first appearance in 1988
Dan Castellaneta voices Grampa and several other recurring characters
Writer David Mirkin thinks that what makes Grampa funny is that the "boring" and "tedious" things he says are "actually funny" in the context of the boredom and the tedium.
Homer Simpson
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Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. Part of the titular family, Homer made his television debut in the short "Good Night"
Grampa Simpson
…short on The Tracey Ullman Show, before the debut of the television show in 1989. Grampa Simpson is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who also voices his son, Homer Simpson. He is the paternal grandfather of Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson. In the 1,000th issue of Entertainment Weekly, Grampa was selected as the "Grandpa for…
Matt Groening (pictured in 2009) conceived Homer in 1987.
Some argued that under Mike Scully's (pictured) tenure as executive producer, Homer exhibited a more aggressive "jerkass" attitude.
The first sketch of Homer strangling Bart, drawn in 1988