The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series in television history, with 16 seasons and 352 episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989 on the Fox Network. Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is one of the main characters in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Marge Simpson Marjorie Marge Bouvier Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Maggie Simpson Margaret Maggie Simpson is a fictional character featured in the animated cartoon television series The Simpsons. ... Santas Little Helper is a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons. ... Bart Simpson Bartholomew Bart Jo-Jo Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is a fictional character featured in the television animated series The Simpsons. ... Snowball II (a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons) was the Simpson familys cat. ... Lisa Simpson Lisa Marie Simpson (voiced by Yeardley Smith) is a fictional character on the animated television series The Simpsons. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954) (name rhymes with raining, SAMPA [grEniN]) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the television series Futurama and The Simpsons, where he currently serves as creative consultant. ... Dan Castellaneta Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born September 10, 1958) is an American actor who is most known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the television series The Simpsons and Genie in Disneys Aladdin television series. ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1951 births | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actor. ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1964 births | Cinema actors | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... External links HarryShearer. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of years in television. Events April 18 or 19 - Dragon Ball Z premieres on Japanese television. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of years in television. Events April 18 or 19 - Dragon Ball Z premieres on Japanese television. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ...

Highly satirical, the show lampoons many aspects of the human condition, but primarily parodies the "Middle American" lifestyle its titular family exhibits and more generally American culture, society and even television itself. In a recent Channel 4 program, the 100 Greatest Cartoons, it was voted into first place. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless... Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

Setting, characters and plot

The characters were originally created by Matt Groening as part of a series of original animated segments for The Tracey Ullman Show. Over the course of the series Groening has used many of the themes present in his long-running comic strip series, Life in Hell. (For instance, the idea of creative school children as constantly being persecuted and suppressed by totalitarian grown-ups stems from the strip.) Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954) (name rhymes with raining, SAMPA [grEniN]) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the television series Futurama and The Simpsons, where he currently serves as creative consultant. ... The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly television variety show, hosted by comedienne Tracey Ullman. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Life in Hell is a weekly comic strip by Matt Groening. ...

The Simpsons is set in the fictional United States town of Springfield. Throughout the show's history fans have tried to determine where Springfield is by taking the town's characteristics, surrounding geography and nearby landmarks as clues. However, both the town itself and its location are fictional. Nearly every state and region in the U.S. has been both suggested and ruled out by conflicting "evidence" of a location for Springfield, so that the town could theoretically be anywhere. For example, in the episode "Behind the Laughter" the Simpsons are described as "[a] northern Kentucky family". In a later airing the location was changed to "southern Missouri." Creator Matt Groening has stated that Springfield has much in common with Portland, Oregon, the town he grew up in (see Matt Groening's Portland (http://www.portlandtribune.com/simpsons/)), and the name "Springfield" was chosen because virtually every state has a town or city with that name. (See Where Is The Simpsons' Springfield? (http://www.snpp.com/guides/springfield.list.html) for more information on this issue.) The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... Springfield is the fictional city where the TV series The Simpsons is set, founded by Jebediah Springfield, located near Shelbyville. ... Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th)  - Land 102,989 km²  - Water 1,760 km² (1. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... Mayor Tom Potter County Multnomah County Population (2003) 538,544 Time zone Pacific (UTC−8) Portland is the largest city in Oregon, and county seat of Multnomah County. ...

Animation scholars and fans have noted the series uses the medium of animation to its advantage, allowing the show to take place in many settings (indoors and outdoors) and feature a far greater cast of characters than a live-action sitcom. The cost of allowing an episode of The Simpsons take place in the mountains, Europe, the city park, or a cruise ship on the ocean (all of which simply use drawn and painted backgrounds) is hardly more than placing the family in the standard "family comedy setting" of a living room, a kitchen, and one or two related settings (the workplace and a favorite social hangout) (which is also no more than drawn and painted backgrounds). This allows for far more flexibility in plot development than a typical live-action sitcom set sound stages. Animation refers to the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... A sound stage is a hangar-like structure, building or room, that is soundproof for the production of theatrical motion pictures and television, usually inside a movie studio. ...

The Simpsons sports a huge array of secondary characters.

The show's basic premise centers on the antics of the family: Homer and Marge, and their children Bart, Lisa and Maggie as well as their pets Santa's Little Helper – the dog – and Snowball II – the cat. (Snowball I was run over and killed earlier in Simpsons history. In a later episode, Snowball II is killed, along with replacements Snowball III and Coltrane. Snowball IV survives and is renamed Snowball II to save money on dishes.) Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is one of the main characters in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Marge Simpson Marjorie Marge Bouvier Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Bart Simpson Bartholomew Bart Jo-Jo Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is a fictional character featured in the television animated series The Simpsons. ... Lisa Simpson Lisa Marie Simpson (voiced by Yeardley Smith) is a fictional character on the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Maggie Simpson Margaret Maggie Simpson is a fictional character featured in the animated cartoon television series The Simpsons. ... Santas Little Helper is a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons. ... Snowball II (a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons) was the Simpson familys cat. ... Snowball (a fictional character in the television series The Simpsons) was the Simpsons pet cat, replaced by Snowball II after her death. ...

Homer, a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, is a generally well-meaning buffoon whose short attention span often draws him into outrageous schemes and adventures. Marge was once intelligent and sophisticated, but has come to conform with the stereotype of housewife/mother. Bart, the oldest sibling, is a troublemaker and classroom terror ("a vile burlesque of irrepressible youth" is how Lisa once described him) who thinks of himself as a rebel while Lisa is a brainy student, vegetarian, Buddhist and jazz music fan who dreams of a better future (she is referred to as "the future of the family"). Maggie is an eternal baby. Despite the fact that numerous years (and birthdays) clearly pass (for example, many Christmas episodes), the Simpsons do not appear to age. Some characters' ages have fluctuated throughout the years; this is most likely due to simple oversight on the part of the writers. In the television cartoon series The Simpsons, the city of Springfield is a company town and the company in question is the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. ... Buffoon is a somewhat derogatory term for a humourous character who provides amusement principally by stupidity rather than talent. ... DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... In modern usage, a stereotype is a simplified mental picture of an individual or group of people who share a certain characteristic (or stereotypical) qualities. ... A stereotypical housewife A homemaker is a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and home. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A human infant The word Infant derives from the Latin in-fans, meaning unable to speak. ...

The show also has a vast array of quirky supporting characters, including co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, and local celebrities. Many of these characters have developed a vast cult following of their own. For a comprehensive list, see characters from The Simpsons. These are characters from the animated TV series The Simpsons. ...

Authority, especially in undeserving hands, is a constant target of the show's often sharp satire. This probably explains the often strong negative reaction to the show from social conservatives. This negative reaction was most pronounced during the early seasons of the show. Nearly every authority figure in the show is portrayed unflatteringly: Homer is thoughtless and irresponsible, the antithesis of the ideal 1950s TV father though he always comes through for his family in the end. Springfield police chief Clancy Wiggum (voiced by Hank Azaria in an Edward G. Robinson-influenced tone) is obese, stupid, lazy, corrupt and not overly concerned with constitutional rights (not to mention that he somewhat resembles a pig). Mayor Quimby – who sounds like John F. Kennedy – is a corrupt, spend-thrift womanizer. Seymour Skinner (who sounds like Charles Kuralt), the principal of Springfield Elementary School, is an uptight, humorless bachelor who lives with his domineering mother. He has frequent flashbacks to his capture and imprisonment by the Viet Cong, and he is repeatedly likened to Norman Bates in Psycho. Reverend Lovejoy, the pastor of the local church, is judgemental and moralistic (but only regarding other people). While most of these characters are more incompetent than truly evil there is one true sadist: Montgomery Burns, owner of the Springfield Nuclear Plant and Homer Simpson's boss; he is often compared to Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... For the band, see The Police. ... In the television series, The Simpsons, the Wiggum family consist of Clancy (father and police officer), Sarah (mother), and Ralph (child). ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1964 births | Cinema actors | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... Edward G. Robinson (December 12, 1893 - January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and film. ... Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby Joseph Joe Quimby, Jr. ... Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... In the television series The Simpsons, the Springfield Elementary School is the school which Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson and their fellow students attend. ... Charles Kuralt (10 September 1934 – 4 July 1997) was an award-winning American journalist. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... External link Horror Asylum: Norman Bates Categories: Movie stubs | Fictional serial killers ... This article is about the novel and the movies based on it. ... This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions. ... This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ... Mr. ... Citizen Kane is the first feature film directed by Orson Welles (he had directed two short films previously), and is loosely based on the life of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and the reclusive aerospace and movie mogul Howard Hughes. ...

In a somewhat ironic twist, during the more recent years of Simpsons production, some social conservatives have come to embrace the show. One of the main explanations of this shift is that the Simpsons portrays a traditional nuclear family among a lineup of television sitcoms that now portray less traditional families. The show has toyed with the possibility of extramarital affairs, such as when Homer falls for a female nuclear technician who shares his love of donuts, or when Marge's ex-boyfriend Arty Ziff tries to rekindle their old romance. Nevertheless, these affairs never occur, and by the end of every episode, Homer and Marge's marriage is strongly affirmed. Social conservatives and some evangelical Christians have also pointed to the positive role-model of devout christian Ned Flanders. In several episodes, God actually intervenes to protect the Flanders family, invoking such protestant concepts as Predestination. As compared with the Simpsons family, the Flanders family is relatively well-off and less dysfunctional, fulfilling certain theory expressed by sociologist Max Weber in his seminal work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Ned Flanders In the animated cartoon series The Simpsons, the Flanders are a family consisting of Ned, Maude and their two sons Rod and Todd. ... Predestination is a religious idea, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed. ... Maximilian Weber (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered the founder of the modern study of sociology and public administration. ... The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a book written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and sociologist in 1904 and 1905 that began as a series of essays. ...

The show also routinely mocks and satirizes show business conventions and personalities. Krusty the Clown has an enthusiastic following among Springfield's kids, but offstage he is a jaded, cynical hack, in poor health from a long history of overindulgence and substance abuse. He will endorse any product for a price. Kent Brockman is a self-important, spoiled TV news anchorman with little regard for journalistic ethics possibly thanks to the fact that he won the lottery in one episode. Viewers also learn that Brockman went by 'Kenny Brockelstein' in the 1960s, but that he anglicized by the time the Simpsons episodes of the 1990s take place. Krusty the Clown, or Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski (full name: Herschel Pinkes Remochel Krustofski), is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...

The plots of most episodes focus on the adventures of one particular family member, frequently Homer. However the plots have never been very predictable or constant and tend to be very character-driven. Recurring themes in episodes include:

• Homer gets a new job or attempts to make money in a get-rich-quick scheme.
• Marge attempts to escape the monotony of keeping house by finding employment or taking up a hobby.
• Bart causes a large problem and attempts to fix it.
• Lisa embraces or advocates the merits of a particular political cause or group.
• The entire family goes on vacation. (They have visited every continent on Earth with the exception of Antarctica.)

There are several types of scenes that recur often and have become conventions of the show's storytelling style. Examples of these stock scenes include: Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is one of the main characters in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Get-rich-quick schemes promise high rates of return for a small investment. ... Marge Simpson Marjorie Marge Bouvier Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Bart Simpson Bartholomew Bart Jo-Jo Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is a fictional character featured in the television animated series The Simpsons. ... Lisa Simpson Lisa Marie Simpson (voiced by Yeardley Smith) is a fictional character on the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous mass of land on the planet Earth. ... World map showing location of Antarctica A satellite composite image of Antarctica For the Kim Stanley Robinson novel see Antarctica (novel) Antarctica (from Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ...

• A scene at the very beginning of the show in which the family goes somewhere together, like a cartoon festival or a cider mill. After a few minutes there, the main plot begins.
• A scene, often near the middle of the show, in which Homer and Marge are in bed together discussing the events of the story so far.
• A scene in which the family is eating dinner together and talking about the events of the plot. Conceptually this is very similar to the "Homer and Marge in bed" scenes, but including Bart and Lisa.
• A scene in the morning in which Marge is preparing breakfast, and the kids and Homer are eating before going to work or school as they talk about what they are going to do. This is often near the start of the episode.
• A scene in which Homer is at Moe's Tavern escaping the hassles of work and family to be with his friends.
• A scene in which one or more Simpsons are watching a TV program, which the viewer watches along with them.
• A crowd scene, in which the entire town of Springfield convenes to witness some notable event, protest something, attend a civic meeting, or even start a riot. Many recurring minor characters appear and speak.
• TV anchorman Kent Brockman reporting on the events of the plot.
• Scenes that cut from the main action to show what a secondary character, like Krusty or Mr. Burns, is doing at the time.
• A fantasy in which one of the Simpsons imagines how something might turn out.

See also: List of The Simpsons episodes by theme Anchorman may refer to: News anchor, someone who works in radio who hosts a regular news program Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 American comedy movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions. ... Many Simpsons episodes have plots that revolve around recurring themes. ...

See also: The Springfield Connection (http://www.springfieldconnection.net)

Series history

The crudely drawn Simpson family on The Tracey Ullman Show.

The Simpson family first appeared in animated form as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, the first short "Good Night" airing on April 19, 1987. Matt Groening admits the reason why they were so crudely drawn in the beginning was because he could not draw well and the animators did nothing more than just trace over his drawings. The shorts were never aired by the BBC in the UK, though some of them, including "Good Night," were included in a Simpsons anniversary episode. The Simpsons was converted, by a team of production companies that included what is now the Klasky-Csupo animation house, into a series for the Fox Network in 1989 and has run as a weekly show on that network ever since. The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly television variety show, hosted by comedienne Tracey Ullman. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... See also: 1986 in television, other events of 1987, 1988 in television and the list of years in television. Events January 22 - R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a televised press conference. ... ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. ... Klasky Csupo Inc. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... See also: 1988 in television, other events of 1989, 1990 in television and the list of years in television. Events April 18 or 19 - Dragon Ball Z premieres on Japanese television. ...

The Simpsons was the first true TV series hit for Fox; it was the first Fox show to appear in the top twenty highest-rated shows of the time. It also sparked controversy, as Bart Simpson was portrayed as a rebellious troublemaker who caused trouble and got away with it. Parents' groups and conservative spokespersons felt that a cartoon character like Bart Simpson provided a poor role model for children. When a Simpsons T-shirt was marketed featuring Bart and the logo "Underachiever ('And proud of it, man!')" Simpsons T-shirts and other merchandise was banned from public schools in several areas of the United States. Moral example is trust in the moral core of another, a role model, without the obvious mediation of any theory or language. ... In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

Bart appears on the cover of a 1990 TIME issue.

The outcry against Bart was reflected in the second season opener, featuring an episode called Bart Gets an F where Bart's school wants to make him repeat the fourth grade. In this episode, the school counselor quotes the controversial T-shirt by stating, "He is an underachiever... and proud of it." TIME Magazines Best of 1990 This image is a book cover. ... TIME Magazines Best of 1990 This image is a book cover. ... Bart Simpson Bartholomew Bart Jo-Jo Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is a fictional character featured in the television animated series The Simpsons. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

In September 1990, Barbara Bush said in an interview for People magazine that The Simpsons was the dumbest thing she had ever seen. Later, an episode had George and Barbara Bush move to Springfield and leave after George gets involved in a feud with the Simpson family (in a style reminiscent of Dennis the Menace and Mr. Wilson). Mr. and Mrs. Bush were both portrayed by voice actors. One of the Simpsons DVD sets includes a special feature that presents an exchange of letters between the First Lady and show staff. See also: 1989 in television, other events of 1990, 1991 in television and the list of years in television. Events January 2 - All My Children airs its 20th anniversary special. ... This article concerns the wife of George H.W. Bush. ... People, a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted on February 27, 1974. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born June... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

The writers have shown a love for cameo appearances by celebrities and extended pastiches of contemporary and classic movies, as well as subtle visual jokes. Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ... The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic genre. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

On February 9, 1997 The Simpsons surpassed The Flintstones as the longest-running prime time animated series in America; and in January 2003, it was announced that the show had been renewed by Fox through 2005 – meaning it has replaced The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952 to 1966) as longest-running sitcom (animated or live-action) ever in the United States. In 2004, the series was renewed through its 19th season and if it survives until 2009, it will tie (or will have beaten if The Tracey Ullman Show shorts are counted) Gunsmoke's record as the longest-running prime time series (of any genre) in US television history. Some take the view that The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet should continue to be counted as the longest-running sitcom as The Simpsons is animated not live-action although this view is declining as more authorities unambiguously credit The Simpsons as television's longest-running sitcom. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... See also: 1996 in television, other events of 1997, 1998 in television and the list of years in television. Events January 3 - NBCs The Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time. ... The cast of The Flintstones, from left to right: Betty, Barney, Fred, Wilma and Dino. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was an American radio and television series. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... -1... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television western drama program. ...

In its 1998 issue celebrating the greatest achievements in arts and entertainment of the 20th Century, TIME magazine named The Simpsons the century's best television series. In that same issue, Bart Simpson was named to the Time 100, the publication's list of the century's 100 most influential people. He was the only fictional character on the list. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... The List of TIME Magazines 100 most influential people of the 20th century (called the TIME 100 for short) is a list of the 20th centurys most influential politicians, artists, innovators, scientists and icons, compiled by TIME Magazine. ...

The Simpsons' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Since the series originated as part of The Tracey Ullman Show, it is also considered the longest running and most successful spinoff of all time. A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce...

Over the years, virtually every Simpsons character has appeared on a magazine cover, ranging from TIME to Christianity Today and even Airliners. (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ... Airliners Magazine is a magazine that is dedicated to the airline industry. ...

The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 21 Emmy Awards, 22 Annie Awards, a Peabody and numerous others. On January 14, 2000 the Simpsons were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. An Emmy Award. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television within the United States. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1999 in television, other events of 2000, 2001 in television and the list of years in television. Events January - Talk show host David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, following an angiogram that revealed that one of his arteries was seriously constricted. ... A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce...

The voice actors have been involved in much-publicized pay disputes with Fox on more than one occasion. In 1998, the voice actors stopped working, forcing 20th Century Fox TV to increase their salary from $30,000 per episode to $125,000. The actors were supported in their action by series creator Matt Groening. [1]  (http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening99e.html) As the revenue generated by the show continued to increase through syndication and DVD sales, six actors (playing over 50 characters) – Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer – stopped showing up for script readings in April 2004 after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with Fox. They asked for $360,000 per episode, or $8 million for a 22-episode season. On May 2, 2004, the actors resolved their dispute with Fox after having their demands met. The universally-reported claim that this dispute was in fact a full-blown strike is denied by Harry Shearer. [2]  (http://www.metronews.ca/column_tube_talk.asp?id=2347&cid=650) A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, stop motion, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials. ... See also: 1997 in television, other events of 1998, 1999 in television and the list of years in television. Events April 9 - The Price is Right airs its 5,000th episode on CBS. May 11 - ZDTV, a technology based cable channel is launched in the United States. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the Big Ten movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. ... Dan Castellaneta Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born September 10, 1958) is an American actor who is most known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the television series The Simpsons and Genie in Disneys Aladdin television series. ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1951 births | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actor. ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1964 births | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1964 births | Cinema actors | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... External links HarryShearer. ... See also: 2003 in television, other events of 2004, 2005 in television and the list of years in television. Events February 9 - Kerry McFadden wins ITVs Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. March 28 - Maori Television starts broadcasting in New Zealand. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ...

Origin of the names

Many of the characters in the Simpsons take their names from important people and places in Groening's life:

• Lisa – Lisa Groening (Matt Groening's sister)
• Marge – Margaret Groening (his mother)
• Homer – Homer Groening (his father and one of his sons)
• Maggie – Maggie Groening (one of his sisters)
• Bart – an anagram for "brat", a reference to Groening himself
• Abraham – picked at random by writers for The Simpsons, but coincidentally was the name of Matt Groening's grandfather
• 742 SW Evergreen Terrace in Portland, Oregon is the address of the place where Matt Groening grew up.
• Chief Wiggum – Groening's college love's last name was "Wiggum"
• Miss Hoover (Lisa's teacher) – one of his primary school teachers
• Moe – Matt Groening's former drug rehab counselor
• Apu (Kwik-E-Mart owner) – reference to one of his favorite movies
• Ned Flanders – In northwest Portland, Oregon, Groening's hometown, there is a NE Flanders St.
• Reverend Lovejoy - NW Lovejoy Street, another Portland street name
• Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby - NW Quimby Street, another Portland street name, and corrupt former Portland Police Bureau Chief Diamond Joe Purcell.
• C. Montgomery Burns - an abbreviated Portland street called West and East Burnside Street, as well as Portland's Montgomery Park neighborhood.

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• Seymour Skinner – behavioral psychologist B. F. Skinner, especially considering his Psychoesque relationship with his mother, or a reference to "see more skin"
• Maude, Rod and Todd Flanders – they all rhyme with "God" (Maude being pronounced 'Mod' in certain North American accents).
• Kang and Kodos (aliens) – In the original Star Trek, Kang is a Klingon, and Kodos ("The Executioner") is a human villain.
• Barney Gumble (Homer's drinking buddy) – Barney Rubble from The Flintstones.
• Troy McClure (actor) – B-movie actors Troy Donohue and Doug McClure.
• Dr. Nick Riviera (enterprising physician) – Elvis Presley's physician, George C. Nichopoulos, was called Dr. Nick.
• Milhouse Van Houten – notorious 1960's figures Richard Milhous Nixon and Manson Family member and convicted murderer Leslie Van Houten (or, far more likely, Van Houten Avenue in Portland, Oregon).
• Jacqueline Bouvier: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
• Patty and Selma: "Female" olympic gold medal winning track & field athlete Stella Walsh who, following her death, was found to be genetically a man from the autopsy.

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Opening sequence

A typical chalkboard gag.

The Simpsons opening sequence is one of the show's most memorable trademarks. Almost every episode opens with a title shot coming through the cumulus clouds and into the school where Bart is writing sentences on the class chalkboard, presumably set as a punishment by one of his teachers for some mischievous deed or wayward comment; Marge and Maggie are shown checking out at the supermarket with Maggie travelling across the scanner, ringing up at $847.63, the then-annual cost of raising a baby (although the titles for the episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" has the register saying "NRA4EVER"). The sequence then introduces Lisa (who leaves a band rehearsal) and Homer (who is leaving the power plant), where the family is on their way to their house at 742 Evergreen Terrace (the address varied in the beginning, but the writers now use 742 Evergreen Terrace exclusively). The members of the family weave dangerously through traffic and in between fellow (and, from the second season onward, familiar) Springfield denizens, all miraculously reaching home at the exact same time. Upon entering, they all speed towards the family room couch where, in comedic parallel with the audience, they settle to watch their "must-see" TV show. During the intro of most episodes of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson writes a unique phrase on the chalkboard. ... Cumulus can also refer to Cumulus Media (also known as Cumulus Broadcasting) A cumulus cloud is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower. ... A chalkboard, with multiple colors of chalk A blackboard, also called a chalkboard, is a surface on which markings made with chalk are visible. ...

For each episode, the sequence includes four variations: Bart writes something different on the chalkboard, Lisa plays a different solo on her saxophone, Homer screams in a different way (only done in the first couple of seasons), and the family attempts to sit on the couch as something goes awry in an often surreal manner. Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ...

A frequently used couch gag.

In the syndicated version, part or all of the opening sequence is usually cut in order to include more commercials in the show's allotted timeslot. On the FOX animated television series The Simpsons, the opening credits sequence features a visual joke usually involving the Simpson familys living room couch. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast television programs to multiple television stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ...

The "couch gag" sequence is frequently used to help show staff make the show longer or shorter, depending on the length of the episode itself. Most couch gags last only about five seconds, but the longest one on record lasted 46 seconds. On the FOX animated television series The Simpsons, the opening credits sequence features a visual joke usually involving the Simpson familys living room couch. ...

The first season opening sequence featured a number of differences from the later seasons, including a shot of Lisa riding her bike on the way home and Bart's way home consisting of snatching a bus stop sign, forcing several dazed Springfieldians to chase the bus, rather than just riding past a number of well-known characters.

The series' distinctive theme tune was composed by musician Danny Elfman. The current arrangement is orchestrated by Alf Clausen. A composer is a person who writes music. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Daniel Robert Danny Elfman (born May 29, 1953, in Amarillo, Texas) is a pop musician, composer and writer of film soundtracks. ...

See also: Bart chalkboard gags During the intro of most episodes of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson writes a unique phrase on the chalkboard. ...

Halloween episodes

See main article: List of The Simpsons episodes This is an episode list of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ...

An annual tradition is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic. Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. These Halloween segments have parodied many classic horror and science fiction films; often one of the segments spoofs an episode of The Twilight Zone. A jack-o-lantern Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... In the context of fiction, the canon of a fictional universe comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ... Note, this page is about the television series and its two revivals. ...

Episodes spoofed:

• Nightmare at 20,000 feet
• To Serve Man
• It's a Good Life
• Little Girl Lost

Bart introducing a segment of "Treehouse of Horror IV" in the manner of Rod Serling's Night Gallery.

The tradition began in the second season episode "Treehouse of Horror", with Bart and Lisa telling scary stories to each other in their treehouse while Homer secretly listened in. Neither Bart nor Lisa was scared, but Homer was terrified. Rod Serling hosting The Twilight Zone Edwin Rodman Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was a screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction TV series, The Twilight Zone. ... Night Gallery was Rod Serlings follow-up to The Twilight Zone in the late 1960s, early 1970s. ... A treehouse is a structure built in a tree. ...

In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the Treehouse title; for several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In Treehouse of Horror II the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Mad Matt Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode except I, XII and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons. Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens Kang and Kodos, introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." Specifically in a proscenium theater, the term fourth wall applies to the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a theater through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. ... The existence of alien beings (intelligent extraterrestrial life) has been one of the enduring themes of science fiction. ...

In a section of Treehouse of Horror VI called Homer³ , Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company. This was one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, along with a live action cameo by Regis and Kathie Lee in Treehouse of Horror IX, a couple of claymation scenes in 'Tis The Fifteenth Season featuring The California Prunes and Jimmy Stewart, and a live action couch gag consisting of a sketchbook being flipped by a hand to make the characters run towards the couch and sit down. Another recent episode featured a CGI trailer for a comedy about humanoid playing cards. 3-D or 3D abbreviates three dimensional and is often related to a stereoscopic display that exploits binocular vision. ... Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... Categories: TV Spin-offs | Television talk shows | Television stubs ... Claymation is a moviemaking technique created by taking pictures of a clay object. ... Jimmy Stewart, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American film actor beloved for his persona as an average guy who faces adversity and tries to do the right thing, an image which was largely reflected in his own personality. ...

In the future

Various episodes show the future of the characters' lives as it will be. This is done by a variety of means, including science and fortune tellers. It is possible that the future is not really going to happen the way it is shown, as the predictors of it are generally somewhat muddled people to begin with. Note also that not all of these things take place at the same point in the future. Categories: Stub ...

The following things will happen in the future (or, possibly, they won't):

• The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant has additional reactors added. In the near future ("8 years from Tuesday"), the total number is three; farther out a fourth is put in.
• Waylon Smithers, with the help of chemical injections every ten minutes, goes straight.
• Montomery Burns never actually dies. He is eventually put in cryogenic stasis and thawed out when necessary.
• Maggie never actually gets the chance to talk.
• Homer buys the first hovercar ever made.
• Marge and Homer get separated, but get back together. Marge dates Krusty in between.
• Homer buys a house on the ocean floor.
• Moe clones himself.
• Later on, the clone is not mentioned, but Moe loses an eye.
• Cletus becomes Vice President of the United States.
• Saudi-Israelia becomes the 51st state.
• Homer's hair continues to fall out.
• World War III takes place.
• Lisa goes to Yale which is then owned by McDonald's.
• Bart becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
• Lisa eventually becomes President of the United States.
• Homer has an electric prostate put in.
• Dr Frink commits suicide by hanging himself.
• Nelson gets Sherri & Terri pregnant and they both have twins.
• Kang & Kodos invade earth.
• Ned Flanders kills Homer in revenge.
• Lenny gets a pet dog that has super powers.

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Voice actors and their characters

Dan Castellaneta provides the voice of Homer Simpson and many other characters.

• Dan Castellaneta: Homer Jay Simpson, Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Santa's Little Helper, Barney Gumble, Krusty The Clown, Groundskeeper Willy, Mayor Quimby, Gil, Sideshow Mel, Scratchy, Hans Moleman, Scott Christian, Kodos, Arnie Pie, Louie, Bill, Leopold, Luigi, Squeaky-voiced Teen, Crazy Old Man, and others.
• Julie Kavner: Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson , Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Mrs. Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier.
• Nancy Cartwright: Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders, Ralph Wiggum, Kearney, Database, Jimmy, and others.
• Yeardley Smith: Lisa Simpson.
• Hank Azaria: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Clancy Wiggum, Comic Book Guy (Jeff Albertson), Officer Lou, Carl Carlson, Dr. Nick Riviera, Snake, Bumblebee Man, Captain McCallister, Akira, Professor John Frink, Cletus Spuckler (or Delroy), Kirk van Houten, Superintendent Chalmers, Drederick Tatum, and others.
• Harry Shearer: Charles Montgomery Burns, Waylon J. Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Seymour Skinner, Otto Mann, Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Dr. Julius Hibbert, Jasper, Lenny Leonard, Officer Eddie, Rainier Wolfcastle a.k.a. McBain, Itchy, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Kang, Kent Brockman, Herman, and others.
• Marcia Wallace: Mrs. Edna Krabappel.
• Maggie Roswell: Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Elizabeth Hoover, Luann van Houten, and others.
• Pamela Hayden: Milhouse van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo "Corky" Jones, and others.
• Tress MacNeille: Lindsay Naegle, Mrs. Agnes Skinner, Cookie Kwan, Dolph, Brandine Del Roy, Mrs. Glick, Ann Landers, and others.
• Phil Hartman: Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure; (both characters were 'retired' after Hartman's death)
• Doris Grau: Lunchlady Doris; her character also retired after her death.
• Kelsey Grammer: Sideshow Bob
• Jane Kaczmarek: Judge Constance Harm

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Guest celebrities

Many episodes feature celebrity guests contributing their voices to the show, as either themselves or fictional characters. A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ...

See List of celebrities on The Simpsons Many The Simpsons episodes feature celebrity guests contributing their voices to the show, whether as themselves or as fictional characters. ...

Production history

The series has gone through numerous executive producers, also known as showrunners, throughout its run. The showrunner is in charge of every aspect of the show for the season(s) he is currently serving as. Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is difficult to define clearly. ... A show runner is a person who has had proven success in the television industry, and typically has close ties to executives at various major television networks. ...

• Season 1-2: Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon
• Season 3-4: Al Jean and Mike Reiss
• Season 5-6: David Mirkin
• Season 7-8: Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein
• Season 9-12: Mike Scully
• Season 13-present: Al Jean

The Simpsons has been animated by many different studios over the past 18 years, both domestic and overseas. Throughout the run of the animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, the animation was solely produced domestically at Klasky Csupo. Klasky Csupo was also the animation studio during the first three seasons of the half-hour length series, however, due to the increased workload, production was now being subcontracted to overseas studios, usually in Korea, where labor is cheaper. While character and background layout is done by the domestic studio, inbetweening, coloring and filming is done by the overseas studios. Throughout the years, different overseas studios have animated different episodes, even episodes within the same season. Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954) (name rhymes with raining, SAMPA [grEniN]) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the television series Futurama and The Simpsons, where he currently serves as creative consultant. ... James L. Brooks (Born May 9, 1940) is a Hollywood producer, writer, and film director. ... Al Jean is a TV comedy writer most known for his work on The Simpsons. ... David Mirkin is an American actor, television director, writer and producer. ... William Douglas Oakley (April 1, 1964 - February 16, 2004) was a letterer for numerous comic books from Marvel, DC, and other companies. ... Josh Weinstein is an American TV writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. ... Al Jean is a TV comedy writer most known for his work on The Simpsons. ... Klasky Csupo Inc. ... Korea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ...

The overseas animation studios are:
AKOM - 184 episodes

• Exclusively produced the first two seasons of the series.
• Produced various episodes throughout the run of the series.

Anivision - 55 episodes

• Produced animation for episodes from seasons 3-10.

Rough Draft Studios - 107 episodes

• Produced animation for episodes from season four onwards.

U.S. Animation, Inc. - 2 episodes

• Jointly produced "Radioactive Man" with Anivision.
• Produced "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"

Toonzone Entertainment - 2 episodes Radioactive Man, within the world of the animated television series The Simpsons, is a comic book superhero who acquired his powers after surviving an atomic bomb explosion. ...

• Produced "The Fat and the Furriest" and "She Used to Be My Girl".

During season four, Gracie Films made a decision to switch domestic production to DPS Film Roman, which continues to animate the show to this day. The last episode to be animated by Klasky Csupo was "A Streetcar Named Marge". She Used to Be My Girl is an episode from the sixteenth season of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ... DPS Film Roman is an independent animation company based in Los Angeles, California. ...

After season 13, production was switched from traditional cel animation to digital ink and paint. Originally, the switch was intended to happen during season 12 with the episode "Tennis the Menace", but after seeing the results, Gracie Films decided to hold off for two more seasons. Tennis the Menace, however, being already completed, was broadcast this way. Traditional animation, sometimes also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... Traditional animation, sometimes also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... Tennis the Menace is the twelfth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons. ...

Memes

Several memes (often neologisms) that started on The Simpsons have now become mainstream words or sayings. The most famous of which is Homer's saying: "D'oh!", which is referred to in scripts, as well as three episode names, as "annoyed grunt". D'oh is now listed in the OED, but without the apostrophe. "D'oh" is the accepted spelling, and is certainly the most common; the closed captions for the program (at least in the U.S.), however, spell it "D-OHH". Meme, (rhymes with cream and comes from Greek root with the meaning of memory and its derivative mimeme), is the term given to a unit of information that replicates from brains and inanimate stores of information, such as books and computers, to other brains or stores of information. ... In linguistics, a neologism is a recently coined word, or the act of inventing a word or phrase. ... The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a comprehensive multi-volume dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). ... Closed captioning allows deaf, hard of hearing / hearing_impaired, and other people to read, through captions, a transcript of the audio portion of a video that they cannot hear. ...

"Yoink!"  – said by any character as they steal or take something quickly. See also: The Yoink! List (http://www.snpp.com/guides/yoinks.html)

Groundskeeper Willy's phrase, "cheese-eating surrender monkeys", used to describe the French, was picked up by US politicians and publications in 2003, after European and especially French opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys is an insulting descriptive phrase, referring to the French, which gained brief notoriety among right-wingers in the United States in the run-up to the war in Iraq. ... France - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... This article is about the continent. ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq without the explicit backing of the United...

The expression "excellent" – drawn out as a raspy "eeeexcelllent..." in the style of Montgomery Burns – has also entered popular use.

The show's creators also take pride in having passed on schoolyard rhymes to a new generation of children who otherwise may not have heard them.

See also: Made-up words in The Simpsons Several memes (often neologisms) that started on The Simpsons have now become mainstream words or sayings. ...

Comics

Simpsons comic books

Numerous different Simpsons-related comic book series have been published by Bongo Comics since 1993. The Simpsons comic books. ... The Simpsons comic books. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Bongo Comics is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons creator Matt Groening. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

• Simpsons Comics and Stories (1993)
• Simpsons Comics (1993-present)
• Bartman (1993-1995)
• Itchy and Scratchy Comics (1993-1994)
• Radioactive Man (1994-present)
• Krusty Comics (1995)
• Lisa Comics (1995)
• Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror (1995)
• Bart Simpson Comics (2000-present)
• Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis (2002)

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Music

Music has been a recurring theme in The Simpsons with virtually all members of the cast breaking into song at least once during the course of the series. Perhaps the best known song is "Do the Bartman", released as a single and becoming an international success.

• The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990)
• Songs in the Key of Springfield (1997)
• The Yellow Album (1998)
• Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons (1999)

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DVDs and Videos

Many episodes of the show have been released on DVD and VHS over the years. In particular, these DVDs have been released in North America (Region 1) and Europe (Region 2):
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Simpsons DVDs

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• The Complete First Season (Region 1/Region 2: September 2001)
• The Complete Second Season (Region 1: August 2002/Region 2: July 2002)
• The Complete Third Season (Region 1: August 2003/Region 2: October 2003)
• The Complete Fourth Season (Region 1: June 2004/Region 2: August 2004)
• The Complete Fifth Season (Region 1: December 2004/Region 2: March 2005)
• The Complete Sixth Season (to be released in 2005)

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• The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror (September 2003)
• Christmas with the Simpsons (October 2003)
• The Simpsons Gone Wild (September 2004)
• The Simpsons Christmas 2 (November 2004)
• Bart Wars (due out May 2005)

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• Bart Wars (September 2003)
• Dark Secrets of The Simpsons (September 2003)
• Greatest Hits (September 2003)
• Too Hot for TV (September 2003)
• The Simpsons Go to Hollywood (September 2003)
• Heaven and Hell (August 2004)
• On Your Marks, Get Set, D'Oh! (August 2004)
• Sex, Lies and The Simpsons (August 2004)
• The Simpsons Against the World (August 2004)
• The Simpsons.com (August 2004)
• Crime and Punishment (April 2005)
• The Last Temptation of Homer (April 2005)
• Raiders of the Lost Fridge (April 2005)
• Springfield Murder Mysteries (April 2005)
• Viva Los Simpsons (April 2005)

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Video games

• The Simpsons Pinball - Data East (1990)
• Bart vs. the World - NES and Game Boy
• Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly Game Boy

Simpsons video games through the years.

• The Simpsons: The Arcade Game - Commodore 64 (1991)
• Bart vs. the Space Mutants - NES, Master System, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and PC (1991)
• Bart's House of Weirdness - PC (1992)
• Bart vs. the Juggernauts - Game Boy (1992)
• Krusty's Super Fun House - Sega Genesis and SNES (1993)
• Bart's Nightmare - Sega Genesis and Super NES (1993)
• The Itchy and Scratchy Game - Sega Genesis and Super NES
• Virtual Bart - Sega Genesis and Super NES (1994)
• Bart and the Beanstalk - Game Boy (1994)
• The Simpsons Cartoon Studio - PC (1996)
• Virtual Springfield - PC (1997)
• Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror - Game Boy Color (2001)
• The Simpsons Wrestling - PlayStation (2001)
• The Simpsons Road Rage - PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube (2001)
• Simpsons Skateboarding - PlayStation 2 (2002)
• The Simpsons Road Rage - Game Boy Advance (2003)
• The Simpsons Hit & Run - PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and PC (2003)
• The Simpsons Pinball Party - Stern Pinball (2003)

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Books

• Bart Simpson's Guide to Life
• The Simpsons: Complete Guide To Out Favorite Family!
• The Simpsons: Forever!
• The Simpsons: Beyond Forever
• The Simpsons Guide to Springfield
• The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album
• Planet Springfield
• The Homer Book
• The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer
• The Bart Book
• The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family
• The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Leaders Guide for Group Study

And the next "Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family" will be released on October 31, 2005; it will be called "The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever : A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued Yet Again".

Movie

Talk about a possible feature-length Simpsons movie has been going on since the early days of the series. The episode Kamp Krusty was originally going to be a movie, but became a regular episode after difficulties were encountered in trying to expand the script to feature-length. Rumors have circulated on the Internet about a movie already being in development, none of which has ever been confirmed. Kamp Krusty is an episode of The Simpsons first broadcast on September 24, 1992 as the debut of the fourth season of the show. ... This article is about the Internet An internet is a more general term for any set of interconnected computer networks that are connected by internetworking Graphic representation of the WWW information network structure around Wikipedia, as represented by hyperlinks The Internet, or simply the Net, is the publicly available worldwide...

In 2004, the producers announced that a theatrical movie is in fact in the very early stages of development, and will not be released until after the series ends. With the series being renewed for nineteen seasons, an estimated premier date was set for the summer of 2008. However, this has yet to be confirmed by 20th Century Fox. Just like the series, the movie will be animated (Matt Groening recently turned down a proposal to make a live action film based on the characters, as this would likely ruin the franchise and anger fans) and will star the six main voice actors: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, and most likely Marcia Wallace, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, and Tress MacNeille. It is speculated that there will also be guest stars appearing in large roles or cameos. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 is a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation is one of the Big Ten movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... Dan Castellaneta Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born September 10, 1958) is an American actor who is most known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the television series The Simpsons and Genie in Disneys Aladdin television series. ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1951 births | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress and voice actor. ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1964 births | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... Categories: Television biographical stubs | 1964 births | Cinema actors | Simpsons cast members | American actors | Voice actors ... External links HarryShearer. ... Marcia Wallace (born November 1, 1942) is an actress from Creston, Iowa. ... Maggie Roswell is an actress best known for her voice work on The Simpsons depicting the characters of Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten among others. ... Categories: People stubs | Voice actors ... Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actor who is best known for providing various voices on the animated television shows The Simpsons and Futurama. ... Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ...

Academia

Serious academic work has been done on the show. Among the publications that deal with it are:

• Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation by Chris Turner ISBN 0679313184
• Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series) by John Alberti ISBN 0814328490
• The Simpsons And Society: An Analysis Of Our Favorite Family And Its Influence In Contemporary Society by Steven Keslowitz ISBN 1587362538
• The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Leaders Guide for Group Study by Mark I. Pinsky, Samuel F. Parvin ISBN 066422590X
• The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer by William Irwin (Editor), Mark T. Conard (Editor), Aeon Skoble (Editor) ISBN 0812694333
• The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family by Mark I. Pinsky ISBN 0664224199
• The Gospel According to Bart: Examining the Religious Elements of The Simpsons by Beth L. Keller

Related topics

• Duff Beer
• Flying Hellfish squad
• Truck-o-Saurus
• Characters from The Simpsons
• List of Songs featured in The Simpsons
• The Simpsons episode list
• The Simpsons episodes by theme
• SNUH (Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding, and Helping)
• Animation
• The Simpsons family tree
• References to Star Trek in The Simpsons
• Futurama
• Trivia about The Simpsons
• List of TV Channels that air The Simpsons

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External links

• The Simpsons Official Website (http://www.thesimpsons.com/)
• The Simpsons (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Simpsons (http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/page.cgi?g=20th_Century_Fox/Television/The_Simpsons/index.html) at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Simpsons (http://www.tvtome.com/Simpsons) at TV Tome
• The Simpsons (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/) on BBC.co.uk
• The Simpsons (http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/S/simpsons/) on Channel 4

• Simpsons News Sites:
  • The Simpsons Channel (http://www.simpsonschannel.com/)

• Fan Sites:
  • The Simpsons Archive (http://www.snpp.com/)
  • Destination: Springfield (http://www.homerize.com/)
  • Springfield Weekly (http://www.duffgardens.net/)
  • Behind the Laughter (http://www.blockoland.com/)
  • Simpson Crazy (http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/)
  • Cape Feare (http://www.capefeare.com/)
  • Simpsons Central (http://www.simpsonscentral.com/)
  • Last Exit To Springfield (http://www.lardlad.com/)
  • The Simpsons Folder (http://www.simpsonsfolder.com/)
  • Go Simpsonic (http://www.dashdingo.com/)
  • The Simpsons Gallery (http://www.duffzone.co.uk/)
  • A Hitchhiker's Guide To Springfield (http://www.roundspringfield.com/)
  • Springfield University (http://www.springfield-u.com/)
  • Springfield Weekly (http://www.duffgardens.net/)
  • The Otto Show (http://www.geocities.com/lgss122000/info.html)
  • The Springfield Connection (http://www.springfieldconnection.net/)
  • Guide To Springfield USA (http://www.csupomona.edu/~jelerma/springfield/)
  • The Definitive Frink (http://www.internerd.com/frinky/)
  • The Simpsons Cards (http://www.cards.simpsonscity.com/)

• Discussion forums:
  • alt.tv.simpsons  (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.tv.simpsons) Usenet discussion group
  • The No Homers Club (http://www.nohomers.net/) discussion forums
  • The Springfield Message Board (http://www.maggied.com/) discussion forums
  • Toon Love (http://www.toonforums.net/forums/) discussion forums
  • The Simpsons City (http://www.simpsonscity.com/) discussion forums