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The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season.
Since its debut on December 17, 1989 and as of July 22, 2016, the show has broadcast 596 episodes, and the twenty-third season started airing on September 25, 2011. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and has grossed approximately US$526.2 million worldwide to date.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 24 Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards, and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the twentieth century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 it was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program and the longest-running American prime-time television series. Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
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Empire State Building illuminated yellow to promote the home video release of The Simpsons Movie.
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“ | Well, I'm going to be a famous jazz musician. I've got it all figured out. I'll be unappreciated in my own country, but my gutsy blues stylings will electrify the French. I'll avoid the horrors of drug abuse, but I do plan to have several torrid love affairs, and I may or may not die young. I haven't decided. | ” |
— Lisa Simpson ("Separate Vocations") |
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"Treehouse of Horror VII" is the first episode of The Simpsons' eighth season and originally aired October 27, 1996. In the seventh annual Treehouse of Horror episode, Bart discovers his long-lost twin, Lisa grows a colony of small beings and Kang & Kodos take over the bodies of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in order to win the 1996 Presidential election. It was written by Ken Keeler, Dan Greaney & David S. Cohen and directed by Mike B. Anderson. Phil Hartman provided the voice of Clinton.
Did you know...
- ...that the title of Dan Castellaneta's album of comedy sketches I Am Not Homer is a parody of Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography I Am Not Spock?
- ...that on May 30, 2003, Homer Simpson was made an honorary citizen of Winnipeg, Canada, in recognition of Matt Groening's father Homer Groening, who is believed to be from the Manitoba capital?
- ...that "Do the Bartman" was co-written and produced by Michael Jackson, even though he received no credit when the song was released?
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- October 25, 2013: Marcia Wallace, who voiced Edna Krabappel, died.
- October 7, 2011: The Simpsons are renewed for two more seasons after the cast agreed to pay cuts. This will bring the show to a total of 25 seasons.
- July 14, 2011: The Simpsons receives three nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, for the episode "Angry Dad: The Movie", voice actor Dan Castellaneta and composer Alf Clausen. Clausen's nomination means he becomes the most nominated musician in Emmy history.
- June 23, 2011: It is confirmed that the show's 23rd season will begin on September 25, 2011.
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