"The Simpson" is a TV american cartoon created by Matt Groening (photo), made by Gracie Films for the Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Network .
The Simpson first appeared in 1987, as a series of 30-second spots produced by Groening for the FOX series "The Tracey Ullman Show." Response to the spots was so positive that THE SIMPSONS premiered on FOX as a half-hour Christmas special on 17th of December of 1989, and then as a regular series on 14th of January of 1990.
The episode were distributed on Sunday night (except for the season 2,3,4,5 where they were diffusedon Thursday night) at 8 o'clock on "The Fox Network" .
According to the legend,the Simpson has been created by par Matt Groening during 15 minute when he was waiting in the desk of James L. Brooks.
Each episode takes six to eight months to produce, so changes are frequently made to keep references topical. An episode allows about 15840 picture and the assistance of about 150 people !!!
Important Date:
-1955 : Birth of Homer
-1956 : Birth of Marge
-1974-1975 : Homer & Marge sortent diplom�s de la High School
-1980 : Homer & Marge got married
-1980 : Homer work at the power plant of Springfield
-1981 : Birth of Bart
-1983 : Moving at Evergreen Terrace
-1983 : Birth of Lisa
-1988 : Birth of Maggie
These is the first picture of the Simpson by Matt Groening:
Where did they come from ???
Where is the town of Springfield ?...why did they be called Simpson ?
First, Springfield is an american city where live the Simpson. Don't looK for, it is a imaginary place !
Matt Groening has been choosen this name because it is famous in the United State. Springfield was the nearest town of his birthplace, Portland in the Oregon.
Other name were inspired of his family:
Homer and Margaret are the name of his parents.
The name of his child are Homer and Abe.
His brothers and his sisters are in order of birth Mark, Patty (before him), Lisa and Maggie (after him).
Bart is the anagram of "brat", but the figure is inspired by the younth of Matt Groening and his brother Mark.
Also, the other names of the characters are inspired by the name of the street of Portland,Oregon.
The History
The Simpson's family is normal with 5 main characters: -The father : Homer -The mother : Marge -The eldest son : Bart -The daughter : Lisa -The yougest daughter : Maggie
The cartoon is taking place in Springfield, an american commonplace city, with strange people ...
The Simpson's family lives in an househabite which the address is below, but changes according to the episode :
Before "Simpson & Dalida" House : 555-6528 Work : 555-7334
After "Simpson & Dalida" House : 555-6832 Work : 555-6754
Some details ...
Watch carefully an episode, and you can see details very surprising ... which have a logic explanation
When the cartoon begins, we always wonder the same question ... how much does Maggie Simpson cost ??? :
847,63$ : it's the american middle cost of living to look after a baby !
You can also see a lot of left-hander because Matt Groening is also left-handed.
In one of the first episode, we can see that Smither was black ... but, he must be yellow.
This color is due to a mistake of the studios Klasky-Csupo.
On suggerera que Smithers revenait alors de vacances aux Bahamas (ce qui ne convient pas trop au personnage, mais bon...)
We can wonder if Smither is an homosexual ??? Yes , confirmed by the productor David Silverman .
A citation : "If you don't watch the violence, you'll never get desensitized to it.''Homer