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4/19/87


From: http://www.parade.com/features/070418/touchstones-simpsons.html:

Twenty years ago this week, a yellow family from Springfield, USA, first careened onto TV screens—lampooning American culture with pitch-perfect satire and touching off a new era in television comedy.
On April 19, 1987, The Tracey Ullman Show aired a two-minute animated short by Matt Groening that introduced the world to the Simpsons: Homer, Marge and their spiky-haired children, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

Happy 20th birthday to The Simpsons!

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  1. #1 by amanda on April 19, 2007 - 3:03 pm

    i heart the simpsons.
    Moe: Bring us your finest food, stuffed with your second-finest.
    Waiter: Very well, the lobster stuffed with tacos.

  2. #2 by benoc on April 19, 2007 - 4:30 pm

    By the way, in my opinion, best Simpson’s episode ever: The Monorail. Followed by the episode with John Waters, the Santa Robot / Reindeer Hunting and gay steel mill.

  3. #3 by MRhé on April 19, 2007 - 5:44 pm

    I heart the Stonemasons song.

  4. #4 by amanda on April 23, 2007 - 11:43 am

    “call me mint jelly ’cause i’m on the lam!” ~grandpa :)

  5. #5 by amanda on April 23, 2007 - 11:49 am

    Last one, I promise.
    Scott, things aren’t as happy as they used to be down here at the unemployment office. Joblessness is no longer just for Philosophy majors – useful people are starting to feel the pinch.
    ~Kent Brockman

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