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TIL: The Pronunciation of Matt Groening's Name is "Gray-ning." I have always heard and pronounced it as "Grow-ning," but then I was watching an interview with Phil LaMarr, and he pronounced it "Gray-ning." I looked it up, and sure enough, that's how it's pronounced.

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