The Simpsons

The Simpsons  is a American animated television series created by Matt Groening. The TV series has since its debut in 1989 won many awards, including Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.

The series is as a situation comedy or sitcom because the episodes always revolve around the same characters. It is a satire on the (American) society, where the typical American family on the heel is taken. The series for the Simpson family, consisting of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

The series was an early hit for Fox Broadcasting Company and is world famous. The television program includes 25 seasons with a total of more than 500 episodes. This makes it one of the longest running television series in the world.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == Matt Groening created the characters for the series while he sat in the lobby of James l. Brooks' Office. Brooks had Groening asked several short animation films to conceive and Groening wanted to have his Life in Hellcomic book series offering. However, he realized that he probably had to give up the publishing rights to his life's work. Therefore he changed at the last minute from idea and figured out the Simpsons.
 * 2 Criticism
 * 3 Satire
 * 4 non-current
 * 5 Production
 * 5.1 Executive producers
 * 5.2 Votes
 * 5.3 Writing
 * 5.4 Animation
 * 6 Characters
 * 6.1 The Simpsons
 * 6.2 other figures
 * 6.2.1 Family members/pets of The Simpsons
 * 6.2.2 Characters Bart and Lisa's school
 * 6.2.3 Characters on Homers work
 * 6.2.4 Media figures
 * 6.2.5 characters with professional persons
 * 6.2.6 Criminals
 * 6.2.7 other characters
 * 7 Trivia
 * Location 8
 * 9 guest stars
 * 10 Characteristics
 * 10.1 opening scene
 * 10.2 Halloween
 * 10.3 other characteristics
 * 11 Merchandising
 * 12 awards and achievements
 * 13 Episodes
 * 14 Movie

The first short animation films were broadcast in 1987 as part of The Tracey Ullman Show. The were still short movies of up to 3 minutes. After three seasons of this program was the yellow family, with only four fingers on each hand and the bizarre hairstyles, so popular that they got their own program.

The first episode of the comedy series as an independent program aired on January 14, 1990 at the American television channel Fox. Instead of 3 minutes took almost half an hour an episode now. The public reacted enthusiastically to the series and also the critics were positive. In 1990 and 1991 The Simpsons won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program.

Some scenes are very well known. The opening scene of The Simpsons of 25 June 1992, in which Bart "Potato, not potatoe" on a Blackboard wrote. This was a parody of a event of 10 days earlier, in which the then Vice President Dan Quayle visited the New Jersey Elementary School and at a young apprentice the spelling of the word "potato" (potato) "corrected" by incorrect "potatoe" out of it. ==Criticism[ Edit] == The series also received criticism In the early years to process. The figure's Bart Simpson claimed that he would have a bad influence on children and in the series was also regularly criticized American policy, which some viewers no good fell. During an interview in People magazine (september 1990) stated the American first lady Barbara Bush that The Simpsons "the dumbest was that they had ever seen". The staff wrote, in the guise of Marge Simpson, a letter to Mrs Bush and asked her to nuance, which the first lady wrote back a letter in which she apologized for her statements.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NAAM_3-0" len="169" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In a speech on 27 January 1992 during The National Religious Broadcasters Convention said the then president George Bush that the American family should be a lot more like The Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  In response, the makers of the series Bart Simpson at the beginning of a repeat of the episode "Stark Raving Dad" say: ''"Hey, we're just like the Waltons! We also pray for the end of the depression! ".''

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1994 if the pupils a new build school in Greenwood (South Carolina) itself choose its name. They chose "Springfield Elementary", the name that had also visited the school that Bart and Lisa Simpson. The school Board took this name over, unaware of the connection with the animated series. A group of parents protested the decision on the name Bart Simpson, arguing that they set a bad example for youth took place. The parents demanded that the name of the school would be changed. The school board did stand firm; the school was opened in August 1994 under the name "Springfield Elementary".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series also got positive reactions from viewers. According to a mother in Auburn, Washington, had her eight year old son Alex The Simpsons saved when who suffocated in an orange. Alex's brother Chris had in an episode of The Simpsons seen how the heimlichmanoeuvre works and deleted so the piece eating out of his throat. In the episode itself, however, the technique was not occurred. Homer choked and coughed the thing itself on, while his colleagues looked to a poster which read how you need to perform the heimlichmanoeuvre.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6] ==Satire<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Simpsons is a satirical tv series. Especially the "American way of life" and cultural phenomena like famous movie scenes and television series are often parodied.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The story has several layers, so that the program can be viewed with all the family. For young viewers, there is the story line and for older viewers, there is an additional layer with subtle humor that is not noticed by the youngest viewers. Following the lead of several other arose The Simpsons animation series that is on (young) adults, as Beavis & Butthead, South Park, Family Guy and Futurama likewise by Groening made. ==Non-Current<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2011/2012 the 23rd season in the United States was broadcast. The Simpsons was broadcast with more than 500 episodes both the longest-running sitcom as the longest running animated series of all time.Because The Simpsons is actually a spin-off of the original mini-movies from The Tracey Ullman Show, it is also the longest running spin-off of all time. ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Executive producers<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Groening, Brooks and Simon have all three served as Executive producers of the series. A more involved position when the series is the "Show Runner", which has the job of head writer and production for an entire season coordinates.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]  this show runners are also Executive producers listed in the end credits. ===Votes<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="73" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The voices of the characters in the film: The Simpsons


 * Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson and Krusty the Clown, Grandpa Simpson, also Barney Gumble, Mayor Quimby, school janitor Willie)
 * Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson and her sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier)
 * Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson and Nelson Muntz and Ralph Wiggum, the children Rodd and Todd Flanders)
 * Hank Azaria (café owner Moe, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Superintendent Clancy Wiggum, professor John Frink, Dr. Nick Riviera, Snake)
 * Harry Shearer (Charles Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Seymour Skinner, Reverend Lovejoy and Otto)
 * Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson)
 * <p lang="en" len="16" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Dan Castellaneta
 * <p lang="en" len="12" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Julie Kavner


 * <p lang="en" len="16" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Nancy Cartwright


 * <p lang="en" len="11" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Hank Azaria


 * <p lang="en" len="13" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Harry Shearer

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">All of them have won at least one Emmy Award for their voice in the series. There are dozens of other characters, such as teachers, police officers and shop owners who also are actors by the hard pronunciation. Of course there are also writers, directors and producers to this series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8]
 * <p lang="en" len="14" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Yeardley Smith

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first, second and third season of The Simpsons was in 1991-1992 by RTL 4 broadcast dubbing in a Dutch, entitled The Simpsons. In it were among others Peter van Hoof, Peter Joosten, Gammer and Simone LeRoy to hear. On december 19, 2009 Comedy Central sent a one-time Dutch rendition of The Simpsons to celebrate the 20th anniversary. Among others Katja Schuurman, Ruben van der Meer and Johnny de Mol provided their voices to this festive episode. ===To write<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The writing team of The Simpsons consists of 16 screenwriters that early december with proposals for new episodes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scully_9-0" len="171" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]  the main writer of each episode writes a preliminary script, which then is discussed in groups.Often there are still jokes added or omitted, or changed some text.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-meyer_10-0" len="172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [10]  the leader of these sessions is George Meyer, who has been since the first season contributes to the series. The total production time of each episode is about six months,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  making the program but rarely directly responds to current events or situations.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">John Swartzwelder is one of the most productive writers of the series. He has 60 episodes to his credit. The English comedian Ricky Gervais wrote the first celebrity itself an episode of The Simpsons.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gervais_12-0" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [12] ===Animation<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">International animation studios involved in the series are:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">AKOM

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Anivision
 * Produced the first two seasons.
 * Produced several loose episodes.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Rough Draft Studios
 * Produced the animation for season 3 – 10.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">U.S. Animation, Inc.
 * Produced animation starting from season 4.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Toon zone Entertainment
 * Produced "Radioactive Man" with Anivision.
 * Produced "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Several u.s. and international studios have worked on drawing the series. The short movies of The Tracey Ullman Show were produced by Klasky Csupo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-animation_13-0" len="176" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Later, because of the increasing workload, gave Fox the drawings also to other studios. Most of these studios were in South Korea.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-animation_13-1" len="176" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [13]  The American Studios signs the characters and background, while the color-and film work in international studios happens.
 * Produced "The Fat and the Furriest" and "She Used to Be My Girl".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For the first three seasons, Klasky Csupo The Simpsons in the United States. In season four of Gracie Films production alternated with Film Roman,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  that the series still draw.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the seventh season production was changed from a traditional animation in an animated with digital ink and paint. The first episodes with this animation were "Radioactive Man" and "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" in 1995. ==Characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===The Simpsons<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The family Simpson itself supplies the main characters in the series. Creator Matt Groening was inspired for their names on his own family. His father Homer, his mother is called Margin and he also has two sisters, Lisa and Maggie. Bart is the only character whose name itself was conceived. It is a pun on the word"brat" (Rascal).

===Other figures<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The world of The Simpsons also consists of a whole series of side characters. The best known of these are: ====Family members/pets of The Simpsons<span class="mw-editsection" len="360" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Characters on Bart and Lisa's school<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Characters on Homers work<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Media Figures<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Characters with professional persons<span class="mw-editsection" len="356" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Criminals<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Other characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Location<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Home to the Simpson family and their friends is the city of Springfield. The location of this town is never mentioned in the episodes and the makers ensure that this also did not detect. This makes the search for the exact location has become a "running gag" within the series. The only thing that is certain is that Springfield is located somewhere in the United States . Almost every State of the US is already designated as a location, but also all ruled out as a contender. The only clue that consistently is in the series, is that Springfield during the American civil war to the Union forces belonged.
 * Homer Simpson is the bald, thick and especially stupid father of the family. His hobbies are eating, Duff-drinking beer, eating doughnuts and watching television. He works at the Springfield nuclear power plant, where he commits a lot of mistakes. As Bart makes him angry, he strangles him. He favors Maggie over Bart and Lisa. The statements made by Homer are often so high that some witless listed in all kinds of quote lists, such as the English Wikiquote.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  the best known are: "Trying is the first step towards failure" ("trying is the first step to failure"), (as Homer meets aliens ): "Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them! " ("Please don't Eat me up, I have a wife and children. Eat them on! ")," If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. " ("If something is too difficult to do, then it's not worth the trouble"), "To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life's problems! "- ("On alcohol! The cause of and solution to-all life's problems! "). More famous is his cry "D'oh" which he usually used as something not going as planned. His answer to a logical argument is "With facts you can prove anything".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [16]
 * Marge Simpson has long pinned up hair. The hairstyle is taken from that of the Bride of Frankenstein in the movie of the same name. She is housewife, but shall exercise a profession in some episodes. When the rest of the family or the city is planning something stupid, she is often the only one who remains reasonable. They settled at the bottom of the stress of going to her heavy existence and her concern about her family. Her family name is Bouvier, like those of first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. She wears just like her namesake Chanelcouture. The religious margin is the stable factor in unstable family.
 * Bart Simpson is a 10-year-old mischievous kid with spiky hair style. He cites all kinds of mischief and rebels against any form of authority, even though he often commits stupidities. Yet he is not really a bad person, since he often feels empathy or guilt for his environment. Bart is a popular guy in school and good friends with Milhouse Van Houten.
 * Lisa Simpson is 8 years and the unsung genius. She is very intelligent and socially committed for her age, but thereby also often lonely. She has the same hairstyle as Maggie. Lisa loves to read, play saxophoneand is since the episode She of Little Faith a Buddhist.
 * Maggie Simpson is the baby in the family. They can't talk (at least not if other people). Her full name is Margaret Maggie Simpson. In an episode POPs them Mr. Burns, the stingy boss of the nuclear power station, and falls down a mafia gang, and Homer with a nail gun. Her hairstyle consists of 7 to 8 large spines. She always has a red pacifier in her mouth and if this hair is taken consider they almost genius plans to get him back.
 * Abraham (Grampa) Simpson is the father of Homer and Grandpa of Bart, Lisa and Maggie. He lives in a retirement home. His favorite television program is Matlock. Granpa is senile, dement and falls to the most peculiar moments in sleep. He was a soldier in the second world war and according to his often incoherent stories he has Hitler trying to tempt in a ladyboy cabaret.
 * Patty and Selma Bouvier are the cynical, chain-smoking Sisters of margin. They are owned by the television series MacGyver and hate Homer. Patty is a lesbian.
 * Jacqueline Bouvier is the mother of margin. She is terribly old and can hardly talk because of the many smoking. Her husband worked as a steward on a plane (margin thought he pilot was).
 * Mona Simpson is the mother of Homer. Ever the unfortunate (House) wife of Abraham (Grandpa) Simpson, who when Homer still child was left to her family in the spirit of the free-spirited 1960s to take action.Abraham lye Homer for years for that they had died. In the episode "Mona Leaves-a" deceased they really.
 * Herb Powell is the half brother of Homer, a result of a free range of Grampa. Herb is car manufacturer, but get to know Homer after he hit impoverished as Homer a car designs for him. Afterwards he inventor and rich with a translation engine for baby babbling again.
 * Snowball is the name of all hangovers that the Simpson family has had. Snowball I and Snowball II have lived with the family for a long time they died. Snowball III and Snowball IV died in the same episode, after which Snowball V, an exact copy of Snowball II, was introduced. However, the family decided to just to mention Snowball II, Snowball V so that at the end of the episode everything again as the old one was.
 * Santa's Little Helper is the Greyhound of the Simpson family. It is a very stupid and poorly trained animal. He joined the Simpson family in the first episode, "Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire", in which he lost the dogs race which had bet his entire year-end bonus Homer.
 * Seymour Skinner (Principal) (Armin Tamzarian) is the Director of the local school. He is a former soldier who still lives with his mother, where he firmly under the paste is held. He often has flashbacks to histraumatic time Viet Nam. In the episode "The Principal and the Pauper" Armin Tamzarian, it becomes clear that the identity of a fellow soldier has taken over and has called itself "Seymour Skinner" .
 * Agnes Skinner is the dominant and slightly senile mother of Skinner.
 * Superintendent Gary Chalmers, school superintendent who is always on the most unfortunate moments the school comes this Principal Skinner inspect and beat in panic.
 * Groundskeeper Willie is the cranky Concierge of the school. He is of Scottish descent and then talk also with a heavy accent. He lives in a hut behind the school building. Has various weird hobbies, such as spying on people with a camera or collect for fat against his retirement.
 * Otto Mann is the school bus driver of Springfield Elementary School. He's a big layabout who is more interested in heavy metal and drugs than other things. In some way he gets it anyway to get the children safe at school.
 * Edna krabappel is Barts teacher. Crab Apple is a frustrated teacher that are hopelessly to a man trying to get rid, but currently has a relationship with Ned Flanders, the neighbor of the Simpsons. She hates Bart, which continuous the classroom on stilts. She also hates her Director, Seymour Skinner, but she has some relations with it. After the death of voice actress Marcia Wallace is her character written out of the series.
 * Elizabeth Hoover, nicknamed "Mrs. Hoover", a very uninterested teacher in Lisa's class. She struggles with a drinking problem.
 * Nelson Muntz, bully on Barts school. He teases and pest continuous everyone in his environment and laughs them off with his typical smile: "HA HA!"
 * Jimbo Jones, Dolph Timmerman and Kearney are older adolescents who often pupils on school bullying. There is regularly made on the fact that he has already reached the age of majority is: even a Kearney son.
 * Milhouse Van Houten, boyfriend of Bart. He wears glasses with very thick glass. He is very intelligent, but also often the victims of all kinds of accidents and violence. In some episodes it is suggested that he has homosexual tendencies, while other episodes then again show that he is in love with BART's sister Lisa. His parents, Kirk and Luann, since the episode "A Milhouse Divided" separated in the series.
 * Martin Prince, a gifted streber in Barts class. He usually goes very much in are pretty UN-hip hobbies and interests and is therefore very popular with teachers and less popular with his peers.
 * Ralph Wiggum is the Chief Wiggum's son oerdomme, naive. He sits at Lisa Simpson in the classroom. Ralph is very childlike and simple.
 * Sherri and Terri, Twin Sisters from Barts class. They have a pretty underhanded character.
 * A exchange student Üter, of German descent.
 * Wendell, a pale boy with curly hair, that always need to throw up.
 * Charles Montgomery Burns, also known as "Mr. Burns" mentioned, the eccentric, selfish owner of the nuclear power station in Springfield. He is a malicious, unscrupulous 104-year-old businessman who is physically so weak that his assistant Smithers to perform many tasks for him. Are stop word is "excellent".
 * Waylon Smithers, the loyal Assistant of Mr. Burns that are not openly about (gay) feelings towards Mr. Burns talk. Itself is Mr. Burns is barely aware of Smithers ' feelings for him.
 * Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson, two colleagues of Homer. In later episodes a homosexual relationship between them is suggested. Carl is despite his dark complexion of Icelandic descent.
 * Krusty the Clown (Herschel Krustofsky) is a tv clown of Jewish origin. He has since 1964 a private children's programme which he co-wrote with SideShow Bob SideShow Mel, and later, presents. In addition, Krusty also a bitter entertainer who is addicted to cigarettes, gambling and porn and little concern for its youthful fans. So he brings out all kinds of dangerous arranged merchandising products .
 * Mr. Teeny, Krusty's trained monkey. Smokes cigars and rolschaatst.
 * SideShow Mel, Krusty's Sidekick in his tv show. He wears a large bone in his curly hair. Mels main trait is his loud operatenor voice, with which his statements often more power be added. In most episodes he dives in with a loud voice to crowds than a dramatic ruling. He is the successor, Barts archenemy SideShow Bob.
 * Itchy and Scratchy is a cartoon series that is broadcast during Krusty's shows. The short films revolve around a cat (Scratchy) and a mouse (Itchy) that together in a very bloody violent way combat. This is a parody of Tom and Jerry.
 * Kent Brockman, local news reader and television presenter. He is very often and can be carried away by on sensation hungry media hypes and questionable posts.
 * Bumblebee Man, a Mexican comedian who has his own tv show in which he dressed up as at all kinds of accidents are going through. His most famous statements are: "¡Ay, ay, ay, no me gusta!" ("I don't like it!"), "¡Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno!" ("That's not right!") and "¡Ay, Dios no me ama!" ("God does not love me!"). His surreal experiences were inspired by a real Mexican El Chapulin Coloradosketch show, in which the comedian plays a Grasshopper .
 * Rainier Wolfcastle, a film actor of Austrian origin who in mindless action movies play as the character "McBain". He is a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 * Troy McClure is a media horny television actor. He introduces himself with the phrase "Hi, I'm Troy McClure", then, usually something like "you might remember me from such movies as ... ". He is also married to Selma Bouvier. The character was dropped after the death of the performer of it, Phil Hartman.
 * Radioactive Man, a cartoon character and parody of superheroes like Superman and Spiderman. He obtained his super powers after an atomic bomb explosion and is assisted by his Sidekick fallout Boy (parody of Robin from Batman). Most guys in Springfield are avid fans of the series.
 * Judge Constance Harm, a hard, but just judge.
 * Joe Quimby, the corrupt and adulterous Mayor of Springfield.
 * Kyla (Moe) Szyslak is the owner and operator of Homers tribe café MoE's Tavern. Homer considers him often as his best friend. Tired is often with seedy shops busy, for example in the episode "The Springfield Files", in which he houses in a killer whale are bar. He also organizes illegal betting. In the early years of the series was tired invariably victims of phone games of Bart and Lisa. In the recent seasons is put more emphasis on the lonely, suicidal side of tired. In "Bart-Mangled Banner" he says that he is of Dutch descent and runs the café from on a pair of wooden shoes. In "Bart's Inner Child", however, he turns out to be of Italian descent.
 * Chief Clancy Wiggum is the head of Springfield's police force. He is corrupt, how stupid and very easy to manipulate. He is married and has a son, Ralph.
 * Dr. Julius Hibbert is the doctor and friend of the Simpson family. He is best known for his constant fits of laughter, which even occur during operations, funerals and when he should tell bad news. He is probably the lost half-brother of Bleeding Gums Murphy.
 * Dr. Nick Riviera is the surgeon who performs an operation very cheap which often goes wrong. If he enters a room, he says: "Hi everybody", on which everyone always replies: "Hi Doctor Nick".
 * Professor John Frink is a stereotypical mad professor who does all kinds of wacky inventions. He is a parody of the characters of comedian Jerry Lewis, which above all to his weird voice to note is. In one episode Jerry Lewis plays his father.
 * Dr. Marvin Monroe, a pseudo scientist and psychiatrist with a very rasperige voice.
 * Ned Flanders, the pious and extreme Christian neighbor of the Simpsons and owner of a store that only sells stuff for left-handers . Ned is a very brave, helpful and friendly man, in fact the ideal neighbor, but also incredibly him hate Homer. Homer often things of Flanders he lends no more rendering and in several episodes trying to sit and even Homer Ned also cross to life. Ned was originally married to Maude and has two children, Rod and Todd. In a later episode Maude came to life. In the early seasons was Flanders to get angry, but barely since he become more assertive Hurricane Sumathi is something. Over the years, he has become more and more conservative and prudish. He tries desperately to follow to the letter the Bible.
 * Comic Book Guy is the very thick operator of a comic shop. He is a very intelligent man, but expresses itself constantly in sarcastic criticism from. He counts for each item he sells in his shop a usury fee. In addition, the man also an obsession with all kinds of popular culture-and cult-business, such as comics, cartoons, movies and television series. In episode for S16E08 he poses as Jeff Albertson. He is a big fan ofStar Wars and Star Trek.
 * Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is the optimistic Indian owner of the supermarket the Kwik-E-Mart. He never stops working. He has in the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" ever 5 minutes holiday taken. He Later married through an arranged marriage with Irving. They had a octuplets, whereby Apu regularly ends up on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
 * Timothy (Reverend) Lovejoy is the local Reverend who preach and deadly dull focuses raise money. He is oerconservatief, anyone who criticizes hypocritical and not Christian, pious or righteous enough. Despite this, he even hates Ned Flanders often harasses him with faith questions.
 * Helen Lovejoy, wife of Reverend Lovejoy. She is a very conservative woman who deals with gossip and react against issues that needs to be protected against the youth. Her catchphrase is: "Won't somebody please think of the children?!"
 * Hans Moleman, an apparently very old man who got such a grotesque appearance by alcoholism . He's really only 31 years old. In many episodes, he is the victim of very painful accidents.
 * Lionel Hutz, a very unreliable and shady lawyer who lose lawsuits more than he wins. The character was dropped after the death of the performer of it, Phil Hartman.
 * Cookie Kwan, a competitive business woman of Asian descent.
 * Lindsey Naegle, a businesswoman with often dubious plans.
 * Drederick Tatum, a little savvy Boxer with a large criminal record and childish voice. It is based on Mike Tyson.
 * The Rich Texan, a stereotypical Texan oil billionaire who has the habit of calling "Yiiihaaa!" with its revolvers to shoot in the air.
 * Bleeding Gums Murphy, black jazz saxophonist that Lisa is mad with it. He played especially in the early seasons, but is in the episode "' Round Springfield" as a character in the series died and since then drained.
 * Captain Horatio McCallister, a stereotypical sailor, whose best known stop word: "Mokhzani00!" is.
 * Snake Jailbird, a criminal who settled in the prison shop Apu Nahasapeemapetilons overtakes and ends up. He escapes often by Wiggums naivety and stupidity.
 * Robert (SideShow Bob) Terwilliger is the former minion of Krusty the Clown (replaced by SideShow Mel). He ended up in prison after he Krusty wanted to pay a robbery. Afterwards, he tried to kill Krusty, Springfield to blow and Selma, the sister of margin, to kill him. His attempts are always prevented by Bart, whereby he cherishes a great hatred against him. This is Bart often also the target of his criminal plans.
 * Fat Tony is a mafia boss from Springfield. He is always accompanied by the gangsters Legs and Louie.
 * Jasper Beardley is the best friend of Grampa in a retirement home. He is nearsighted and sometimes even blind and has a legprosthesis.
 * The baby with one eyebrow (Baby Gerald) is the sworn enemy of Maggie Simpson. This is because he wants to be the baby of Margin and so jealous on Maggie.
 * Bernard (Barney) Gumble is a regular customer of tired and a good friend of Homer. Barneys main trait was his alcohol addiction. In one of the episodes, "Mr. Plow", it appears that Homer is responsible for Barneys alcohol problem. Many of Barneys statements are concluded with a farmer. When he is sober, it turns out Barney artistic gifted: he makes an award winning film and he has a beautiful singing voice.Nowadays he has got rid of his addiction and Barney a job as a helicopter pilot.
 * The guy who always says yééés is a very few common extras (5 or more times in the whole series) with a very strange way of speaking. It always says yééés! (pronounced iejèèès). His real name is not known. He also has a Brazilian doppelganger, but who always says ' siii! ' The character is based on a character of comedian Jack Benny.
 * DuffMan is the human mascot of the "Duffbrouwerij". He dives especially on in episodes in which parties occur. Its characteristic quote is: "Duffman, oooh YEAH!" Another well-known quote from him is "Duffman can never die, only the actors who play him, ooh yeah!" When he appears on the scene, echoes the song "Oh yeah" ' of the Swiss electropop formation Yello.
 * Disco Stu, a man obsessed by disco .
 * Cletus Spuckler, a stereotypical hillbilly farmer from the southern States of the us. He is very stupid and very poorly-rated. In several episodes it is suggested that his wife would be his sister Relationships. It is not clear how many children the couple has, also know they don't exactly.
 * Gil Gunderson, a very insecure, depressed man whose attempts to build a successful career to always fail. He is a parody of Jack is a graduate student character in the film Glengarry Glen Ross .
 * Luigi Risotto, a stereotypical Italian restaurant owner, who when recording the order seems always very friendly, but when he passes the order to the Cook, berating the guests always behind their back.
 * Squeaky Voiced Teen, a younger whose voice always skips. Usually he practiced all sorts of poorly paid jobs that he usually loses again by his fumbling around.
 * Spider-pig/Harry Pal is a pig that Homer is saved in the film. It is unclear whether he survived the end of the film, but the rumors are that the pig in heat 19 come back. It has its own theme-song ("Spider-pig ') that can be heard in the credits of the movie.
 * Blinky is a fish with three eyes by the radioactive waste from the nuclear power plant in the water. Bart fished him from a river near the nuclear power plant from Mr. Burns.
 * Kang & Kodos, two alien creatures that mostly just in the Treehouse of Horrorepisodes play along.
 * Matt Groening, the creator of the series, was born in Portland and has several characters named after street names that occur in the city. So come Bob Terwilliger, Ned Flanders, Mayor Quimby and Reverend Lovejoy to their name.
 * In the intro of all episodes is Maggie at a cashier scanned. The price indicated is $ 847,63 (the creators had ever read in a magazine that this is the price that parents pay annually for a baby). In the episode "The Simpsons ' 138th Episode Spectacular" claimed, however, that the cash register "NRA4EVER" indicates, which refers to the National Rifle Association. According to Troy McClure was one of the many right-wing references who in each episode are hidden. In fact, it is just the other way around: The Simpsons often affects the accusation that it is a very left (liberal) program. Many of the makers are also politically left.Therefore, put out this joke in the episode. Still drives the series with both sides of the political spectrum the spot.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Springfield is bordered mostly to the Ocean, but there are also snowy mountaintops (including the Murderhorn), woenstijnlandschappen and forests nearby. In the winter can be a huge amount of snow falling, while the summers are usually very hot. We also know that in 1979 a heavy hurricane has raged over Springfield. We can decide that Springfield by the creators each time can be adjusted so that all possible adventures.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Shelbyville and Springfield is bordered by the inhabitants of both cities have disliked each other. The State capital is Capital City. Some episodes take place in another country. In 2007, following the release of the Simpsons Movie, among all American cities named Springfield an election held by the real Simpsons-city. ==Guest Stars<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="187" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">One of the great successes of the series is that the producers of The Simpsons kept are several celebrities to lend their voices to the series bows to:

<p len="17" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"> ==Characteristics<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Opening Scene<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The opening movie of the Simpsons is always a little different. This is the opening credits has become one of the most famous features of the series. The beginning tune of the movie was composed by Danny Elfman.
 * Aerosmith
 * Buzz Aldrin
 * Steve Allen
 * Gillian Anderson
 * Christina Applegate
 * Alec Baldwin
 * Drew Barrymore
 * Tony Bennett
 * Tony Blair
 * Blink-182
 * Ernest Borgnine
 * Russell Brand
 * Mel Brooks
 * Pierce Brosnan
 * James Brown
 * Steve Buscemi
 * George Carlin
 * Johnny Cash
 * Sacha Baron Cohen
 * Coldplay
 * Glenn Close
 * Gary Coleman
 * Elvis Costello
 * David Crosby
 * Danny DeVito (2 episodes)
 * Kirk Douglas
 * David Duchovny
 * 50 Cent
 * Jodie Foster
 * Peter Frampton
 * Lady Gaga
 * Richard Gere
 * Mel Gibson
 * Kelsey Grammer (12 episodes)
 * Green Day (in the movie The Simpsons Movie )
 * Guns N ' Roses
 * George Harrison
 * Mark Hamill
 * Tony Hawk
 * Stephen Hawking (several episodes)
 * Cypress Hill
 * Dustin Hoffman
 * Ron Howard (several episodes)
 * Helen Hunt
 * Eric Idle
 * Michael Jackson
 * Mick Jagger
 * The Jerky Boys
 * Elton John
 * Tom Jones
 * Journey
 * Stephen King
 * Kiss
 * Lenny Kravitz
 * Lisa Kudrow
 * Lucy Lawless
 * Stan Lee
 * Jack Lemmon
 * Jerry Lewis
 * Rob Lowe
 * Jackie Mason
 * Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
 * Ian McKellen
 * Metallica
 * Bette Midler
 * The Moody Blues
 * Michael Moore
 * Frankie Muniz
 * MxPx
 * Sam Neill
 * Willie Nelson
 * Paul Newman
 * Leonard Nimoy
 * * NSYNC
 * Dolly Parton
 * Matthew Perry
 * Tom Petty
 * Michelle Pfeiffer
 * Phish
 * Tito Puente
 * Daniel Radcliffe
 * The Ramones
 * Red Hot Chile Peppers
 * R.E.M.
 * Little Richard
 * Keith Richards
 * Lionel Richie
 * Kid Rock
 * Dennis Rodman
 * Mickey Rooney
 * J.K. Rowling
 * Pete Sampras
 * Brian Setzer
 * The Smashing Pumpkins
 * Sonic Youth
 * Jerry Springer
 * Ringo Starr
 * Patrick Stewart
 * Meryl Streep
 * Elizabeth Taylor
 * James Taylor
 * U2
 * Christopher Walken
 * Barry White (several episodes)
 * Betty White
 * The White Stripes
 * The Who
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic

<p lang="en" len="49" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A few things per movie differences are:

<p lang="en" len="315" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2009, the opening movie adapted for High-definition television and there were 2 extra jokes to be added:
 * To see early in the movie is Bart Vrij, which writes lines on the Blackboard. The text of these lines varies by episode<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  the so-called Blackboard joke.
 * Halfway to see is Lisa during a music lesson. She plays in each episode a different melody on her saxophone.
 * The movie ends with the Simpson family on the couch in their living room wants to sit, but this fails every time in a different way: the bank joke.

===Halloween<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Every season (except the first) contains an episode titled "Treehouse of Horror", followed by a number in Roman numerals. These are Halloweenspecials, which of course around the typical American party Halloween twisting and broadcasted. Exception to this is season 25, in which the "Treehouse of Horror"episode was broadcast instead of the beginning of October around Halloween. Each episode consists of three short segments which rotate around a different theme each time. Unlike the ordinary series are much more absurd these specials and more made use of all kinds of fantasy figures, such as aliens, zombies and vampires. ===Other characteristics<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The catchphrases from the series are world famous. "D'oh"expression of disappointment or frustration, Homers, took Webster's New World Dictionary. Barts quotes like "Eat my shorts", "Smell you later" and "¡Ay, caramba!" are also known worldwide. ==Merchandising<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For The Simpsons is much merchandising on the market, such as cups, towels, t-shirts, puzzles, video games, comics, books and DVD's (see publications list of The Simpsons).
 * Right at the beginning, when the text appears in the clouds, "The Simpsons" is langsgevlogen someone or something (such as a Crow with three eyes, or Homer in a lawn chair attached to balloons).
 * When the camera then zooms in on the school, is an advertising Board to see where each episode something else on it.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Netherlands and Flanders, the Simpsons have also had a serious hit single, in: "Do The Bartman" from 1991, submitted by the album The Simpsons Sing The Blues .

<p lang="en" len="106" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The broadcasting rights are, however, a larger source of income: the series is broadcast in about 70 countries. ==Awards and achievements<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The star of the Simpsons on the Hollywood Walk of Fame<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series has won many awards, including Emmy Awards, 30 27 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. On 14 January 2000, the Simpsons were given their own star on theHollywood Walk of Fame.

<p lang="en" len="574" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 9 February 1997 the animated television series The Simpsons surpassed The Flintstones as the longest-running primetime animated series in America with The episode "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show". ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="52" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series is in 2013/2014 working on its 25th season. ==Film<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For years, there were plans for a large cinema film about the Simpsons. The story of the episode "Kamp Krusty" was originally written for a movie, but that fell through.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 27 July 2007, the world premiere of the first Simpsonsfilm. The Simpsons Movie was directed by David Silvermanproducer Simpson. In the contract with the voice actors is an option kept open for three animated films.