The Simpsons
Birth and Success of an 'Alternative' Cartoon
"" is one of North America's most popular television shows, ranking as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that "" portrays are not always beneficial and sometimes not even in good taste. Thus, it seems inevitable that "" affects children.
Matt Groening, the creator, took up drawing in 1977 to escape from his troubles. At the time, Groening was working for the L.A. Reader, a free weekly newspaper. He began working on Life in Hell, a humorous comic strip consisting of people with rabbit ears. The L.A. Reader picked up a copy of his comic strip and liked what they saw. Life in Hell ...
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an overweight, bald father; a mother with a blue unique haircut; and three annoying, spiky-haired children. Groening intended for them to represent the typical American family "who love each other and drive each other crazy". Groening named the characters after his own family. His parents were named Homer and Margaret and he had two younger sisters named Lisa and Maggie. Bart, instead, was an anagram for "brat". Groening chose the last name "Simpson" to sound like the typical American family name.
Brooks decided to put the 30 or 60 second animations on between sketches on "The Tracy Ullman Show", which aired on the Fox network. The cast members, Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner, did the voices of Homer and Marge; Yeardley Smith did the voice of Lisa; and in the end, Nancy Cartwright did the voice of Bart.
Sam Simon, Tracy Ullman's producer, along with Brooks and Groening wanted to make the Simpson family their own show. However, the Fox network was looking for material to ...
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gem in the third race, Santa's Little Helper. How could this dog lose on Christmas Eve? The odds were 99 to 1, they were going to be rich. Homer put all of his money on Santa's Little Helper, and to his horror, he never even finished the race. As Homer and Bart were scouring the parking lot for winning tickets into the night, they saw the track manager throw out a dog. It was not just any dog, it was Santa's Little Helper. When Bart and Homer came home to their worried family, they had a good Christmas after all. Now they had a dog.
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was not the typical Christmas story. It dealt with body art, sleeping in the work place, sibling rivalry, stealing a ...
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