"The Simpsons" (1989) TV series 1989-????

Creator:

Matt Groening

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21

Release Date:

17 December 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Tagline:

On Your Marks, Get Set, D'Oh!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear Power | Dysfunctional Family | Principal | Tavern | Beer

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 101 wins & 122 nominations

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / ... (448 episodes, 1989-2009)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / ... (448 episodes, 1989-2009)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / ... (448 episodes, 1989-2009)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson / ... (448 episodes, 1989-2009)
Harry Shearer	...	Ned Flanders / ... (448 episodes, 1989-2009)
Hank Azaria	...	Chief Wiggum / ... (439 episodes, 1989-2009)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / ... (372 episodes, 1989-2009)
Tress MacNeille	...	Agnes Skinner / ... (323 episodes, 1990-2009)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Additional Voices / ... (220 episodes, 1998-2009)
Maggie Roswell	...	Maude Flanders / ... (171 episodes, 1990-2009)
Marcia Wallace	...	Edna Krabappel / ... (158 episodes, 1990-2009)
Russi Taylor	...	Martin Prince / ... (147 episodes, 1990-2009)

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

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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

Trivia:

Bender, the robot in "Futurama" (1999), made an appearance in the episodes "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" (DABF20) and "Missionary: Impossible" (BABF11) with other Fox Network characters. He made a speaking appearance in "Future-Drama" (GABF12).

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: ... almost everything. This is a comedy animation series, and while efforts are certainly made to create a vaguely consistent setting in which mostly consistent characters live and work, the emphasis is clearly on laughs. Individual episodes must be consistent within themselves, but rigid continuity between episodes is unnecessary. Indeed, additional humor has been wrung, during the life of the show, from the very fact that the episodes are inconsistent with each other. No further "In one episode they say... but then in another episode they say..." goofs can be accepted.

Quotes:

Fidel Castro: Ahhh, the Americans aren't *so* bad, they named a street after me in San Francisco.
[Aide whispers in his ear]
Fidel Castro: It's full of *what*?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Vanilla Sky (2001)

Soundtrack:

'The Itchy & Scratchy Show' Theme

I defy anyone who doesn't love this.

Well, almost twelve years on and I'm still hooked. The Simpsons is just classic. I remember seeing an the first series years ago and being completely transfixed. The whole dysfunctional family set-up had been done before with Roseanne and Married...With Children, but The Simpsons stood out as being special. I don't know whether it's because it's an animated show or whether it's the faultless scripts or the fantastic vocal cast or the wealth of characters, I just know I love it. Every episode is memorable, even below-quality episode still wipes the floor with most of the sitcom's on television today. The Simpsons has a become a part of modern culture, and I sincerely hope it can keep on going for a long time yet. I'm not sure how I'd react if it went off the air. Long may they grace our TV screens and long may I laze around watching endless repeats of it.