The Simpsons 

The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

Creators:

James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer

Top Rated TV #113 | Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 177 wins & 334 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / ... 731 episodes, 1989-2022
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / ... 731 episodes, 1989-2022
Harry Shearer	...	Ned Flanders / ... 731 episodes, 1989-2022
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / ... 730 episodes, 1989-2022
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson / ... 729 episodes, 1989-2022
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / ... 720 episodes, 1989-2022
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / ... 652 episodes, 1989-2022
Tress MacNeille	...	Agnes Skinner / ... 604 episodes, 1990-2022

Storyline

This is an animated sitcom about the antics of a dysfunctional family. Homer is the oafish unhealthy beer loving father, Marge is the hardworking homemaker wife, Bart is the perpetual ten-year-old underachiever (and proud of it), Lisa is the unappreciated eight-year-old genius, and Maggie is the cute, pacifier loving silent infant.

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Plot Keywords:

adult animation | cult tv | beer | satire | yellow skin | 

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Taglines:

Putting the Fun back in Dysfunctional!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

To celebrate the Simpsons' tenth anniversary, Entertainment Weekly asked Creator Matt Groening to select his ten favorite episodes of the show. His choices were: 1. The Simpsons: Bart the Daredevil (1990) 2. The Simpsons: Life on the Fast Lane (1990) 3. The Simpsons: Much Apu About Nothing (1996) 4. The Simpsons: A Streetcar Named Marge (1992) 5. The Simpsons: In Marge We Trust (1997) 6. The Simpsons: Homer's Enemy (1997) 7. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VII (1996) 8. The Simpsons: Natural Born Kissers (1998) 9. The Simpsons: Krusty Gets Busted (1990) 10. The Simpsons: There's No Disgrace Like Home (1990)

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Goofs

"In one episode they say this, but then in another episode they say that, and in yet another episode they say the other." As this is an animated comedy series, the emphasis is clearly on laughs rather than complete verisimilitude. Efforts are certainly made to create a vaguely consistent setting in which mostly consistent characters live and work, and many episodes refer to each other, but rigid consistency of every single detail in all episodes is unnecessary. In many episodes, the fact that something is inconsistent is the express point of a gag. Our general rule is that each episode is expected to be consistent within itself, but intra-episode inconsistencies are not being listed. There can be exceptions for unusually noteworthy matters, e.g., inconsistencies repeated in multiple episodes (such as the hair and skin colors of secondary characters, and the layouts of the main landmarks), drastic changes to a character's nature (such as Ralphie's school status, Jasper's abilities, or Milhouse's hair color), or something with an interesting anecdote behind it (such as Smithers' skin color).

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Quotes

Homer: Name me one person who overcame adversity just on his own!
Marge: Balzac!
Homer: No need for pottymouth just because you can't think of anyone.

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Crazy Credits

Many of the episodes include in-jokes during the credits, the Halloween specials change the cast and crews names to sound more morbid (E.g. Grave-Yeardley Smith). Sometimes the end credits theme is variated into something more thematic to the episode or spoofing a famous TV show or movie theme. The Gracie Films logo may have it's music changed to match the episode's theme, and a character may be saying something comical during the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

All audio and visual references to the first name of character Moe Szyslak have been changed to 'Boe' in the Italian version.

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Connections

Featured in Jmenuju Se Martin: Divné fakty o mne (2017)

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Soundtracks

The Simpsons Theme
Written by Danny Elfman

User Reviews

No longer that great

When the animated TV series "The Simpsons" first came out, nobody could image how successful it would become. But they made this a clever TV series: that original family with their silly humor conquered many people. From 1989 until (maybe) almost the end of the 1990's, this was a great TV show. It was very humorous, highly creative and had all the needed ingredients to be a classic.

All of the characters are very peculiar and eccentric: Bart, Lisa, Marge and Homer. On the other hand, Maggie is innocent because she's a baby. Marge has that weird hair and Homer is more than just the silliest of all Simpsons: he's the silliest "family chief" ever!

However, in these last years "The Simpsons" has been notoriously going downhill. It isn't that great anymore. It doesn't have that classic status any longer and its humor has become more irritating. It isn't so funny anymore.

Now is definitely time to put an end to this TV show. They should have done that years ago. The more time they'll take to finally do it, the more they'll ruin it.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

Chinese English Spanish Albanian French Japanese German Russian Hindi Swahili Italian Swedish Turkish Cantonese Mandarin Hebrew Arabic Klingon Bengali Czech

Release Date:

17 December 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Simpsons

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television, Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo (season 1-2) Dolby Digital (season 20-)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD