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With the second season of the animated sitcom THE SIMPSONS, this show really began to come into its own with the animation becoming more fluid and the writing providing more laughs. This incredibly funny second season includes such memorable moments as Homer eating a deadly blowfish and James Earl Jones reading Edgar Allen Poes THE RAVEN. Among the classic episodes included are "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" "Bart Gets Hit By a Car," "Bart the Daredevil," "The Simpsons Halloween Special," and "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment."
This article is about the television show. For the franchise, see The Simpsons (franchise). For other uses, see The Simpsons (disambiguation).
The Simpsons
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The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society and television, and many aspects of the human condition.
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 (1989–1990).
Since its debut on December 17, 1989 the show has broadcast 441 episodes and the twentieth season began airing on September 28, 2008.[1] The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and grossed US$527 million worldwide.
The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazines December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th centurys best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family 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 in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homers annoyed grunt "Doh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.
