article_snippet: However, Sam Simon did not shrink from the realities of Sam Simon condition, nor fail to inject some trademark humor. '
article_snippet: Sam Simon had been married to actress Jennifer Tilly in the 1980s.
article_snippet: They divorced in 1991 and remained close up until Sam Simon's passing.
article_snippet: Sam Simon created the hit cartoon alongside Matt Groening in 1991.
article_snippet: Sam Simon grew up comfortably in Beverly Hills, where Sam Simon father was in the garment industry, not showbiz.
article_snippet: After turning Sam Simon drawing talent into a job at an animation studio that made cartoons for kids, Sam Simon submitted a script, on spec, to the ABC comedy Taxi.
article_snippet: Sam Simon script was bought and produced, and Sam Simon, in Sam Simon 20s, was hired as a staff writer and soon rose to be the showrunner.
article_snippet: From there Sam Simon joined a new NBC sitcom called Cheers, where Sam Simon was staff writer for its ascendant first three seasons.
article_snippet: In 1987 Sam Simon became a writer and executive producer on the Sam Simon comedy series The Tracey Ullman Show, teamed alongside James L. Brooks, the comedy legend with whom Sam Simon had worked on Cheers and Taxi, and, of course, cartoonist Matt Groening.
article_snippet: Although Sam Simon remained the least-known of the three creators, by many accounts Sam Simon was the most hands-on. '
article_snippet: No one's smarter than Sam Simon is.'