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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | unknown moreRelease Date:
17 December 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
On Your Marks, Get Set, D'Oh! morePlot:
The satiric adventures of a working class family in the misfit city of Springfield. full summaryPlot Keywords:
Actress Playing Multiple Roles
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Brother In Law Sister In Law Relationship
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Cartoon
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Pink Car
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Schoolteacher
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 98 wins & 103 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(156 articles)
On DVD Today: October 7, 2008 (From Rope Of Silicon. 7 October 2008, 3:08 AM, PDT)
Countdown: Four Fantastic Movie-Related Simpsons Images (From Cinematical. 1 October 2008, 11:02 AM, PDT)
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A landmark in TV-show history moreUS TV Schedule:
| Tue. Oct. 7 | 7:00 PM | Fox | Treehouse of Horror XI | #12.1 | |
| Tue. Oct. 7 | 11:30 PM | Fox | 24 Minutes | #18.21 | more |
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 9 of 89) | Dan Castellaneta | ... | Homer Simpson / ... (424 episodes, 1989-2008) |
 | Julie Kavner | ... | Marge Simpson / ... (424 episodes, 1989-2008) |
 | Nancy Cartwright | ... | Bart Simpson / ... (424 episodes, 1989-2008) |
 | Yeardley Smith | ... | Lisa Simpson / ... (424 episodes, 1989-2008) |
 | Harry Shearer | ... | Ned Flanders / ... (423 episodes, 1989-2008) |
 | Hank Azaria | ... | Chief Wiggum / ... (415 episodes, 1989-2008) |
| Pamela Hayden | ... | Milhouse Van Houten / ... (345 episodes, 1989-2008) |
| Tress MacNeille | ... | Agnes Skinner / ... (295 episodes, 1990-2008) |
| Karl Wiedergott | ... | Additional Voices / ... (186 episodes, 1998-2008) |
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Runtime:
22 min (420 episodes)Country:
USALanguage:
English | Spanish | Albanian | French | Japanese | German | Russian | Hindi | Swahili | Italian | Swedish | Turkish | Cantonese | Mandarin | Hebrew | Arabic | Klingon | BengaliColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreCertification:
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 | 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, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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The primary cast all have agreements in their contracts that hold them to doing three movies based on the show in the future. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Springfield Elementary School is yellow in some episodes and white in others, sometimes changing color multiple times in the same episode (later episodes corrected this continuity problem by making the school's official color yellow, and including a picture of the "old, white" school in Principal Skinner's office.) moreQuotes:
[Mr. Burns looks through a portfolio of his old stocks]Mr. Burns: Hmm, let's see...?Confederated Slave holdings." How's that one holding up?
Lawyer: It's, uh, steady.
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Soundtrack:
'The Itchy & Scratchy Show' Theme moreFAQ
How can the show get away with so many inconsistencies over the years?Was The Simpsons' feud with George Bush based on reality?
Why does Homer's voice sound so different in the early episodes?
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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.