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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Developed by Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon, the series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Set in the fictional town of Springfield, it caricatures society, Western culture, television, and the human condition.
The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After three seasons, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 772 episodes of the show have been broadcast. It is the longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, both in seasons and individual episodes. A feature-length film, The Simpsons Movie, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27, 2007, to critical and commercial success, with a sequel in development as of 2018. The series has also spawned numerous comic book series, video games, books, and other related media, as well as a billion-dollar merchandising industry. The Simpsons is a joint production by Gracie Films and 20th Television. (Full article...)
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Hartman became well-known in the late 1980s when he joined the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and stayed on the show for eight seasons. Called "the Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989. In 1995, after scrapping plans for his own variety show, he starred as Bill McNeal in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio. He also had frequent roles on The Simpsons, and appeared in the films Houseguest, Sgt. Bilko, Jingle All the Way, and Small Soldiers. He was shot dead by his wife Brynn while he slept in his Encino, California home in 1998. In the weeks following his death, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes.
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- The Principal and the Pauper
- The Psychology of The Simpsons
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- 'Round Springfield
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- The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
- Secrets of a Successful Marriage
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- Simpsons Tall Tales
- The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
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- Yeardley Smith
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- So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
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- The Springfield Connection
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- Tales from the Public Domain
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- The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
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- There's No Disgrace Like Home
- There's Something About Marrying
- They Saved Lisa's Brain
- Think of the children
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- This Little Wiggy
- Three Men and a Comic Book
- A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again
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- The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
- El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
- Viva Ned Flanders
- The War of the Simpsons
- The Way We Was
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- Josh Weinstein
- Whacking Day
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- Who Shot Mr. Burns?
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- Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
- Good Night (The Simpsons)
- History of The Simpsons
- I Am Not Homer
- In the Name of the Grandfather
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- Al Jean
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- Leaving Springfield
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- J. Michael Mendel
- Million Dollar Maybe
- Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
- Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
- My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy
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