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A Tribute to The Simpsons
By Jack, (DT)
August 15, 2000 6:45 PM PT

With already 33 Emmy Award nominations and over 8 years of Excellent family entertainment "The Simpsons" are back with Emmy Award nominations for the Animation Series or Special category. Come Now Waste time and learn more about this beloved show.

THE HISTORY:

"The Simpsons" is an animated television series produced by Gracie Films for Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Network. It began as a series of interstitals (also called bumpers or shorts) for "The Tracey Ullman Show" on April 19, 1987, and premiered as a series on December 17, 1989 in the 8PM time slot. Regular broadcasts began on Sundays beginning January 14, 1990. Seasons Two, Three, Four, and Five were broadcast by Fox on Thursday nights in the 8PM slot, before returning to Sunday nights beginning with Season Six.

Seasons One, Two, and Three were animated by Klasky-Csupo (pronounced "CLASS-key CHOOP-oh"), who also worked on "The Tracey Ullman Show" bumpers. Subsequent seasons have been animated by Film Roman, with in-between work being done for both animation houses by Akom Production Company, Anivision, and Rough Draft Studios in Korea.

The Simpson family was created in ~15 minutes while Matt Groening waited in the foyer to James L. Brooks' office, a long-standing legend confirmed in the Oprah Winfrey Interview by Groening himself.

SOME USELESS TRIVA:

Many of the characters are named after major streets in Portland, Oregon, where creator Matt Groening grew up. Examples: Flanders, Lovejoy, Terwilliger, Kearney. the other characters are named after Matt Groening's family and relatives, including Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie, which are the real names of his parents and younger sisters. Marge's hair was based on how Matt Groening saw his mother's hair when he was younger Matt Groening had a hair cut like Bart's when he was younger, and he decided to give it to Bart.

Matt Groening is the Son of Homer Groening, animator and producer of surf movies. The Comic Book Guy, a character in "The Simpsons" is a version of what Matt Groening considers himself to be like.

You can find lots of weird messages on license plates if you try really hard. (See snpp:plates)

SIGNS FROM THE SIMPSONS:

Springfield Auto Show. We salute the American worker. Now 61% drug free!
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. As seen on 60 minutes.
Blood donors needed. We buy blood. Turkey day special $12.00.
The Lucky Stiff funeral home. "We put the fun in funeral"
Stinking Fish Realty. With a name this bad. We've got to be good.
Toxic Waste. Do not eat.
Happy Hour: 5:00 to 5:30.
Grandma's World. For the old lady in all of us.
Merry Widow Insurence Co.
Ye Olde Off-Ramp Inn. We're now rat free!
I can't belive it's a law firm!
Ladies night. Unescorted ladies drink free.

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