"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

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:

Parental Relationship | Blue Hair | Dumb Police | Little Girl | Young Boy

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 97 wins & 101 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. May 16	7:00 PM	Fox	Summer of 4'2''	#7.25
Fri. May 16	11:30 PM	Fox	The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer	#18.1

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / ... (418 episodes, 1989-2008)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / ... (418 episodes, 1989-2008)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / ... (418 episodes, 1989-2008)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson / ... (418 episodes, 1989-2008)
Harry Shearer	...	Ned Flanders / ... (417 episodes, 1989-2008)
Hank Azaria	...	Chief Wiggum / ... (409 episodes, 1989-2008)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / ... (342 episodes, 1989-2008)
Tress MacNeille	...	Agnes Skinner / ... (292 episodes, 1990-2008)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Additional Voices / ... (185 episodes, 1998-2008)

Runtime:

22 min (400 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

Sound Mix:

Dolby (seasons 3- | Stereo (season 1-2)

Certification:

Canada:14A (Manitoba) (DVD) | Australia:M (4 episodes) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | Ireland:12 (DVD rating) (seasons 2, 4, 5, and 6) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (DVD) | Canada:G (Quebec) (DVD) | Ireland:G (Some episodes) | Ireland:PG (DVD rating) (seasons 1, 3, and 7) | China:(Banned) (Banned from Prime Time TV) | Italy:T | Denmark:11 (DVD releases) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 6) (season 10) | 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+ DVD) | Australia:G (Season 1 DVD)

Filming Locations:

Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The main characters were given a yellow coloring to attract the attention of channel hoppers.

Goofs:

Continuity: Louis, Bart's black friend, appears yellow in one frame in "The Crepes Of Wrath" when Principal Skinner is introducing his mother to Bart and his friends.

Quotes:

[Burns learns about the stock market crash of 1929]
Mr. Burns: Oh no. Smithers, why didn't you tell me about this market crash?
Smithers: Well, sir, it happened 25 years before I was born.
Mr. Burns: Oh, that's your excuse for everything.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

'The Itchy & Scratchy Show' Theme

A landmark in TV-show history

i have yet to see something as funny, clever and entertaining as "The Simpsons" on TV. I'm hardly a TV-series buff, I rarely have the patience and interest to follow a show for more than five or six episodes. "The Simpsons" is the one show that I am very sorry to have missed out on until just a couple of years ago. Luckily, Swedish television are rerun experts. It is also the only show that I make sure to follow apart from perhaps "Friends", but in entertainment value, "The Simpsons" is way ahead.

What makes this show so great is its attention to detail, its outrageous dialogue and its completely fearless way of dealing with any issue that crosses the writers' minds. The many characters and their extravaganza makes it an endless well of new angles, new ideas and even more outrageous dialogues. Another very important element is the mocking irony and sarcasm which permeates the entire series. The smarmy and cheesy moments that a great many episodes end up in are extremely clever and becomes an important part of the fun.

What impresses me the most about the series is, however, the enormous amount of detail: the attentive spectator is not just in for the obvious gags - there's always something going on or something to read in the background, which makes a VCR mandatory so you can go back and check that special detail out again. Its a fantastic show, and its a great moment when one can sit down and watch another insane, stupid, disastrous and hilarious episode.