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"The Simpsons" (1989): Season 21: Episode 6 -- Bart meets his prankster match.
"The Simpsons" (1989): Season 21: Episode 5 -- Marge shows some skin for charity.
"The Simpsons" (1989): Season 21: Episode 4 -- Get spooked with three all-new scary stories.
"The Simpsons" (1989): Season 21: Episode 3 -- Marge protests a violent sport.
"The Simpsons" (1989): Season 21: Episode 2 -- Bart becomes the teacher’s pet.
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Overview

User Rating:
9.2/10   392 votes
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Creator:
Matt Groening
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 full episode list
Release Date:
17 December 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Comedy more
Tagline:
On Your Marks, Get Set, D'Oh! more
Plot:
The satiric adventures of a working class family in the misfit city of Springfield. full summary
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 101 wins & 118 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(568 articles)
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Fox Announces 2009-2010 Midseason Schedule
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User Comments:
It started off fantastic... more (632 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sun. Nov. 298:00 PMFox Rednecks and Broomsticks#21.7
Mon. Nov. 307:00 PMFox Homer's Enemy#8.23more

Cast

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Dan Castellaneta ... Homer Simpson / ... (447 episodes, 1989-2009)
Julie Kavner ... Marge Simpson / ... (447 episodes, 1989-2009)

Nancy Cartwright ... Bart Simpson / ... (447 episodes, 1989-2009)

Yeardley Smith ... Lisa Simpson / ... (447 episodes, 1989-2009)

Harry Shearer ... Ned Flanders / ... (447 episodes, 1989-2009)

Hank Azaria ... Chief Wiggum / ... (438 episodes, 1989-2009)
Pamela Hayden ... Milhouse Van Houten / ... (371 episodes, 1989-2009)
Tress MacNeille ... Agnes Skinner / ... (321 episodes, 1990-2009)
Karl Wiedergott ... Additional Voices / ... (218 episodes, 1998-2009)
Maggie Roswell ... Maude Flanders / ... (170 episodes, 1990-2009)

Marcia Wallace ... Edna Krabappel / ... (157 episodes, 1990-2009)
Russi Taylor ... Martin Prince / ... (146 episodes, 1990-2009)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
22 min (441 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish | Albanian | French | Japanese | German | Russian | Hindi | Swahili | Italian | Swedish | Turkish | Cantonese | Mandarin | Hebrew | Arabic | Klingon | Bengali
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (seasons 3- | Stereo (season 1-2)
Certification:
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (DVD) | Canada:G (Quebec) (DVD) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (DVD) | Denmark:11 (DVD releases) | Ireland:12 (DVD rating) (seasons 2, 4, 5, and 6) | Ireland:PG (DVD rating) (seasons 1, 3, and 7) | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Australia:M (4 episodes) | China:(Banned) (Banned from Prime Time TV) | Ireland:G (Some episodes) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 6) (season 10) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:NC-16 (season 11) | Norway:11 (DVD release) | Australia:M (Season 12 DVD) | Singapore:PG (season 1 -5) (season 7 - 9) (season 12) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 (some episodes) | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-12 (some episodes) | Finland:K-7 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Japan:U | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/12 (some episodes) | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:7 | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:PG | UK:U (some episodes) | USA:TV-G (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG (Season 2-11 DVD) | Australia:G (Season 1 DVD)
Company:
20th Century Fox Television more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Matt Groening has stated that since the fifth season in 1994, the episodes' running time have been shortened by two minutes, which he claims could be just enough time for an entire subplot. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Waylon Smithers makes his first appearance in "Homer's Odyssey", he has orange skin. He has the standard yellow flesh in all subsequent appearances. This was actually a change that the creators made knowingly. Smithers was mistakenly animated with the wrong color and was made an African-American by Gyorgi Peluci, the color stylist. David Silverman has claimed that Smithers was always intended to be "Mr Burns' white sycophant," and the staff thought it "would be a bad idea to have a black sub-servient character" and so switched him to his intended color for his next episode, the fourth episode aired. more
Quotes:
[in Homer's dream]
Bart: He thought that trip to the guillotine factory was just for fun, but it was the perfect place to shoot him.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Office: Drug Testing (#2.20)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
'The Itchy & Scratchy Show' Theme more

FAQ

What happens in the couch scenes at the beginning of each episode?
How can the show get away with so many inconsistencies over the years?
Why are they called "The B-Sharps"?
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User Comments

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171 out of 209 people found the following comment useful.
It started off fantastic..., 1 June 2006
9/10
Author: Arlando909 from United States

No one, not even Matt Groening himself, could've imagined that The Simpsons would become as big as it did. Nor could anyone anticipate it could become so cultural. "D'oh" is in the dictionary, and it has spawned off several catch-phrases and one liners. Truly, The Simpsons is the biggest thing since Seinfeld! The first three seasons showed them as if they were an actual family. Like the kind of family you'd meet on the street (only a lot more dysfunctional). Homer trying to do the fatherly thing in each episode. Marge being the voice of reason all the time. Lisa and Bart with their sibling rivalry. These first three seasons are not usually sighted as being the best, but they are often brought up when one speaks of "The Best Episode Ever!" By Season four, the show took a turn for what may have been the best. It left it's more realistic roots and became more of a satire. With more zany antics and more clever, witty, and often times sophisticated humor, The Simpsons became the most popular family on television. Each episode still contained it's own merits, themes and messages. Seasons 4 to about 10 are often said to be the "Golden Age" of The Simpsons.

However, as the year 2000 came, fans began to see themselves divided. Those who stuck with the show since it came about in 1989 were quick to jump on how the show changed. The humor became more lurid and toilet like, with antics becoming heavily more unrealistic and zany (to the point where some even say it isn't funny... but stupid). Some characters becoming unrealistically stupid, and the show shifting gears from focusing on Bart to Homer... to everyone outside of the Simpson family. The show also began to see more cumbersome and meaningless plots. Plots that didn't focus on current issues, or that didn't seem to be as strong as older episodes. Despite this, new fans seem to have come about to replace then, and the show continues to remain at the top of its game, even today.

I'm sure you all know where I stand on that debate. Nine stars to nine fantastic seasons.

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