If you watched “The Simpsons” non-stop 24 hours a day, it would take you more than a week to finish the entire series. That’s a lot of content, a lot of jokes, and a lot of opportunities for coincidences to appear. Fans of “The Simpsons” have undoubtedly encountered people on social media claiming that the show’s writers have an uncanny ability ...
Since then, Springfield’s most famous residents, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, have appeared in more than 600 episodes over the course of 31 seasons. That’s more than 200 hours of content. If you watched “The Simpsons” non-stop 24 hours a day, it would take you more than a week to finish the entire series.
The popular animated TV series does not have clairvoyant powers. On Dec. 17, 1989, the animated show “The Simpsons” debuted on the Fox Network with a Christmas episode entitled “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.”. Since then, Springfield’s most famous residents, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, have appeared in more than 600 episodes over ...
Fans of “The Simpsons” have undoubtedly encountered people on social media claiming that the show’s writers have an uncanny ability to predict the future. Even major media companies such as Buzzfeed, Time and Hollywood Reporter have published articles touting the prognosticating prowess of “The Simpsons.”. Here’s an excerpt from a Time Magazine ...
While he doesn’t think they will make it to 1000 episodes, so far there are 757 episodes slated for sure.
The Cowabanga catchphrase actor, Nancy Cartwright, is paid $300,000 per episode, for her work as Bart, Nelson, Ralph, and Todd. She’s amassed a net worth of $80 million.
In Episode 10 of season 5 , magicians parodying Vegas Magicians Siegfried and Roy who performed alongside big cats. During the episode the magicians are attacked by their tiger. Skip ahead 10 years to 2003 and Roy was attacked by one of their white tigers and was injured but survived.
A spanner in the works is that the Simpson characters are in an eternal ground hog day, never aging. There is no option for Homer to grow from his mistakes, or Bart to level up and tackle more teen issues, or baby Maggie to start to add some dialogue.
If you go back to the true origin of The Simpsons, which were segments on the Tracey Ullman Show in 1987 -1989, it's easy to see the radical difference in visual style. According to an expose by Insider, the first incarnation of the famed animated family was very much a work in progress.
Up until Season 7, The Simpsons was using hand-painted cells for all of their episodes. But eventually, the animators wanted to experiment with new technologies for a couple of the show's sequences. This is when digital modeling came into play.
Everybody knows what the Simpsons look like – and it’s mainly down to their striking yellow skin.
Yellow skin isn’t the only thing that distinguishes the Simpsons universe from our own world.
Some fans have noticed that Smithers looks African American during his first ever appearance on the show.
Fans of the show have long noticed that TV entertainer Krusty the Clown basically looks like Homer Simpson when he’s not wearing make-up.
The Simpsons has had more than its fair share of famous guest stars over the years.
Speaking of amazing guest appearances, The Simpsons team pulled out all the stops when it came time to finally hear Maggie Simpson’s first word.
Did you know that there’s a huge Simpsons crossover with another popular 90s series?
Stark Raving Dad has not only aged badly, but perhaps also dangerously. An early-season favorite of many, the episode sees Homer befriend a beefy white man in a mental institution who claims to be the real Michael Jackson…and Homer believes him.
If any episode has aged poorly the quickest, it’s No Good Read Goes Unpunished. Released in 2018, the majority of the episode is largely forgettable, featuring videogames and childhood books, but the ending offers a real kicker - it directly responds to the criticisms leveled at the show by the documentary, The Problem with Apu by Hari Kondabolu.
Released in 1994, Homer Badman predicted the MeToo movement twenty years before the campaign had even gotten off the ground. In the episode, Homer stands accused of groping a grad student babysitter, after reaching to remove a gummy Venus de Milo off her rear end.
If any episode suffers the most from the show’s 20-minute run time, it’s Much Apu About Nothing. In the episode, Mayor Quimby creates “Proposition 24”, which would force all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported, with Apu being one such example.
Here’s the thing: it's great that this episode hasn't aged well. As previously stated, The Simpsons works best when it acts as a time capsule for the beliefs of the moment, reflecting the commonly-held views of society from when each episode was made. Homer’s Phobia is a perfect example of this.