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14 Facts About The Simpsons (In Case You Run Out Of Episodes To Watch)

Generations have grown up with Bart, Lisa, and Maggie…even though they've stayed the same age.

14 Facts About The Simpsons (In Case You Run Out Of Episodes To Watch)

January 24, 2022

By now, generations have grown up with Bart, Lisa, and Maggie…even though they've stayed the same age. And 33 and counting seasons later, they're out to prove you can't have too much of a good thing.

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The Simpsons

Our favorite yellow family has broken a lot of records THE Duff BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS It holds the records for longest-running animated sitcom, the most Emmy Awards won for an animated TV series, the most guest stars featured in an animated series, the most People's Choice Awards by an animated series, and the most liked TV show on Facebook. CRACKED.COM — Source: Guinness Book of World Records

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Is it The Simpsons without Groening?

Matt Groening removed his name from one episode DEVELOPED By JAMES L. BROOKS Sam Simon Groening was so upset with The Critic crossover inclusion in A Star is Burns that his name doesn't appear in the opening credits. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Rusty Nails was the real-life inspiration behind Krusty The Portland entertainer was a very sweet clown, says Matt Groening, who would have grown up watching him. CRACKED.COM — Source: OPB

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D'oh indirectly is a stand-in for a curse

Homer's signature D'oh comes from Laurel and Hardy's James Finlayson's D'oooooh The expression was shortened for time. Laurel and Hardy supposedly used it as a fill-in for d**n. In the script, it only reads as annoyed grunt. CRACKED.COM — Source: Television Academy

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Voice Actor Payouts

The voice actors make good money When the show began, the unknown actors were paid $30,000 per episode. Nowadays, they make $400,000 an episode. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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Elizabeth Taylor was the voice of Maggie's first word Matt Groening said, We did 24 takes, but they were always too sexual. CRACKED.COM — Source: New York Daily News

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The little sketch that could

The show is a spin-off of The Tracey Ullman Show The Simpson family was first featured in a series of interstitial cartoon shorts on the FOX sketch comedy show. CRACKED.COM

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That's why they look alike

Krusty was going to be Homer in disguise EXIT The initial plan was that Bart would discover Homer was Krusty, and it would bring the two together. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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The keeper of the The Android's Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop

Comic Book Guy has a name Love you It's Jeffrey Jeff Albertson. Worst name ever? CRACKED.COM — Source: Simpson Wiki

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Homer Groening isn't as catchy

Matt Groening's dad's name is Homer Groening explains, I thought Simpson was a funny name in that it had the word 'simp' in it, which is short for 'simpleton'-I just went with it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian

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Bart and Matt Groening went to high school together

Matt Groening first thought of Bart in high school In high school, he wrote a book about a kid named Bart Simpson whose father Homer would get mad at him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian

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8 months until delivery

It takes 6-8 months to make one episode From pitch to production, one episode of The Simpsons takes a little less time than making a baby. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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It's easy being yellow

The characters' yellow was designed to be eye-catching An animator showed the color to Matt Groening who approved because when you're flicking through channels with your remote control, and a flash of yellow goes by, you'll know you're watching The Simpsons. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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God is anatomically correct

God always has five fingers Unlike everyone else in the Simpsons universe, God (and sometimes Jesus) has five fingers. CRACKED.COM — Source: Simpson Wiki

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