"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

Color:

Color

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:

In the episode "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie", Dustin Hoffman and Michael Jackson are said to have made pseudonymous appearances in a movie. This was a inside jab at the fact that both 'Michael Jackson' (I) and Dustin Hoffman had provided voices during the first few seasons of The Simpsons, but neither was credited under his real name.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Homer visits the Twin Towers and is forced to scale both towers in search of a working bathroom, for one frame neither tower has the radio antenna on top.

Quotes:

Kent Brockman: Springfield has been overrun by a strange and almost certainly evil sect, calling themselves The Movementarians. In exchange for your home and all your belongings, the Leader of this way out... and wrong religion, the Leader claims he'll take believeres to the planet, Blisstonia. Excuse my editorial laugh.
[laughs]
Kent Brockman: But...
[pauses]
Kent Brockman: Ladies and gentlemen, I just learned of a new change in management. Welcome, Movementarians. I love you, perfect Leader... and new CEO of KBBL Broadcasting.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Heppoko jikken animêshon excel saga: Animation USA (#1.17)" (2000)

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.