The Simpsons (franchise) In 2008, $750 million worth of "The Simpsons" merchandise was purchased worldwide. Peter Byrne, Fox executive vice-president of licensing and merchandising, called "The Simpsons" "without doubt the biggest licensing entity that Fox has had, full stop, I would say from either TV or film." Matt Groening conceived of the idea for the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. Brooks, the producer of the sketch comedy program "The Tracey Ullman Show", wanted to use a series of animated cartoons as bumpers between sketches. Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended
Monchhichis (TV series) Monchhichis (TV series) Monchhichis is an American cartoon series based on the stuffed toy line of dolls, released by the Japanese company Sekiguchi Corporation. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, it premiered on ABC on September 10, 1983 as part of "The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show", replacing "Pac-Man" (which by then, had been given its own half-hour time slot) from the previous season. The series aired as part of a package show with "The Little Rascals" and "Richie Rich" through the end of 1983, but as early as January 7, 1984, because of lower-than-anticipated ratings, the package show was split up into two