Did you know that James L. Brooks, who:

created the "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Taxi"...

won an Oscar for the first movie he ever directed, "Terms of Endearment"...

was instrumental in the careers of Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson...

produced numerous successful films, including "Big"...

was responsible for the development of "The Simpsons" and "The Critic"...

directed Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt to the rare Best Actor/Actress sweep for "As Good as It Gets"...

started out in showbiz as a writer on that all-time classic, "My Mother the Car"?

Well, we all gotta begin somewhere...