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The Simpsons is an American animated series created by Matt Groening. It follows the life of The Simpsons family and the people who live in the city of Springfield. The Simpsons is one of the most enduring and iconic shows ever to air.
Paul McCartney only agreed to appear on the show if Lisa were to remain a vegetarian after the episode. This is one of the few permanent changes from one episode to the rest of the series.
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Harry Shearer | Kent Brockman | 486 eps. |
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Dan Castellaneta | Homer Simpson | 486 eps. |
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Yeardley Smith | Lisa Simpson | 486 eps. |
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Julie Kavner | Marge Simpson | 486 eps. |
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Nancy Cartwright | Bart Simpson | 486 eps. |
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Hank Azaria | Moe Szyslak | 478 eps. |
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Pamela Hayden | Milhouse Van Houten | 83 eps. |
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Tress MacNeille | Kid meeting Bart | 73 eps. |
| Karl Wiedergott | Burt Ward | 64 eps. | |
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Maggie Roswell | Helen Lovejoy | 38 eps. |
| 1 | Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire | 12/17/1989 | |
| 2 | Bart The Genius | 01/14/1990 | |
| 3 | Homer's Odyssey | 01/21/1990 | |
| 4 | There's No Disgrace Like Home | 01/28/1990 | |
| 5 | Bart The General | 02/04/1990 | |
| 6 | Moaning Lisa | 02/11/1990 | |
| 7 | Call Of The Simpsons | 02/18/1990 | |
| 8 | The Telltale Head | 02/25/1990 | |
| 9 | Life in the Fast Lane | 03/18/1990 | |
| 10 | Homer's Night Out | 03/25/1990 | |
| 11 | The Crepes Of Wrath | 04/15/1990 | |
| 12 | Krusty Gets Busted | 04/29/1990 | |
| 13 | Some Enchanted Evening | 05/13/1990 |
Overview
The Simpsons is an American animated television series created by Matt Groening. It is the longest-running American sitcom, cartoon and entertainment series and has won numerous awards.
Characters
The show centers around the dysfunctional Simpson family, made up of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
History
In 1986, Matt Groening had been called to pitch an idea for a series of animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show. Groening originally intended to present his Life in Hell comic strip, but decided against this when he found out he'd lose his publishing rights to the series. Instead, there and then in producer James L. Brooks' lobby, Groening quickly sketched out five characters: The Simpsons. He named them after his own family, replacing his own name with "Bart", an anagram of "brat".
The concept he had created first appeared in animated form on April 19, 1987. Groening had assumed that the animators would clean up his drawings so he submitted crude sketches which the animators simply re-traced. This lead to the poor animation in the original sketches. The shorts lasted for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show before they were turned into the full half-hour show on Fox.
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| Date of 1st Airing | Dec. 17, 1989 |
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| Show Length | 30 |
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