List of The Simpsons episodes
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a satirical depiction of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, and television, as well as many aspects of the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of the Fox series The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime-time show that was an early hit for Fox.
Since its debut on December 17, 1989, The Simpsons has broadcast 587 episodes and its twenty-seventh season premiered on September 27, 2015. The show holds several American television longevity records. It is the longest-running prime-time animated series and longest-running sitcom in the United States. In February 2012, The Simpsons reached its 500th episode in the twenty-third season. With its twenty-first season (2009–10), the series surpassed Gunsmoke in seasons to claim the spot as the longest-running American prime-time scripted television series. However, Gunsmoke's episode count of 635 episodes surpasses The Simpsons.
The Simpsons (season 15)
The Simpsons' 15th season began on Sunday, November 2, 2003, with "Treehouse of Horror XIV". The season contains five hold-over episodes from the season 14 (EABF) production line. The most watched episode had 16.2 million viewers and the least watched had 6.2 million viewers.
Response
Critical reception
Season 15 received positive reviews, though many reviewers had not seen the episodes before reviewing them, and commented that though enjoyable, they were lesser shows than those of the series' first decade. The general consensus is that this marked an improvement over the early teen seasons.
The Simpsons (season 20)
The Simpsons' twentieth season aired on Fox from September 28, 2008 to May 17, 2009. With this season, the show tied Gunsmoke as the longest-running American primetime television series in terms of total number of seasons. The season was released on BD January 12, 2010, making this the first season released on BD. It was released on DVD in Region 1 on January 12, 2010, and in Region 4 on January 20, 2010. The season was only released on DVD in Region 2 in a few areas.
Production
It contained nine holdover episodes from the season 19 (KABF) production line.
Production on the season was delayed because of contract negotiations with the six main voice actors. The dispute was resolved, and the actors' salary was raised to $400,000 (US) per episode. The delay in production caused the planned 22 episodes to be shortened to 20. In addition, voice actor Dan Castellaneta was credited as a consulting producer for the first time. The main cast consisted of Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer. The recurring cast consisted of Marcia Wallace, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Russi Taylor and Karl Wiedergott.
The Simpsons (season 11)
The Simpsons' 11th season originally aired between September 1999 and May 2000, beginning on Sunday, September 26, 1999, with "Beyond Blunderdome". The showrunner for the 11th production season was Mike Scully. The season contained four hold-over episodes from the season 10 (AABF) production line.
Production
Towards the end of the production of season 10, voice actress Maggie Roswell, who voiced Helen Lovejoy, Maude Flanders and Miss Hoover, among others, left the show because of a contract dispute. She returned to the show in season 14. As a result of Roswell's leaving, Marcia Mitzman Gaven was brought to voice many of her characters, but it was decided to kill off Maude Flanders in the episode "Alone Again, Natura-diddily" to open new storylines for that episode.Marcia Mitzman Gaven started voicing Roswell's characters in hold-over season 10 episode "Brother's Little Helper".
The Simpsons (season 8)
The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired between October 27, 1996, and May 18, 1997, beginning with "Treehouse of Horror VII". The showrunners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. The aired season contained two episodes that were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners.
Season eight received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "Homer's Phobia" won for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "Bart After Dark". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious". "Brother from Another Series" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration.Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode".
The Simpsons (season 4)
The Simpsons' fourth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 24, 1992 and May 13, 1993, beginning with "Kamp Krusty". The showrunners for the fourth production season were Al Jean and Mike Reiss. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season three, which Jean and Reiss also ran. Following the end of the production of the season, Jean, Reiss and most of the original writing staff left the show. The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and Dan Castellaneta would win one for his performance as Homer in "Mr. Plow". The fourth season was released on DVD in Region 1 on June 15, 2004, Region 2 on August 2, 2004 and in Region 4 on August 25, 2004.
Development
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Testify released: 2007
- Songs in the Key of Springfield & Go Simpsonic With the Simpsons released: 2001
- Go Simpsonic With the Simpsons released: 1999
- The Simpsons Sing the Blues released: 1999
- The Yellow Album released: 1998
- Songs in the Key of Springfield released: 1997
Testify
Released 2007- "The Simpsons" Main Title Theme
- Testify
- The Very Reason That I Live
- He's the Man
- Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl
- "The Simpsons" End Credits
- Ode to Branson
- Sold Separately
- Island of Sirens
- They'll Never Stop the Simpsons
- You're a Bunch of Stuff
- What Do I Think of the Pie?
- Baby Stink Breath
- Tastes Like Liberty
- Jellyfish
- Homer & Marge
- "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" Medley
- I Love to Walk
- Marjorie
- "The President Wore Pearls" Medley
- Glove Slap
- O Pruny Night
- America (I Love This Country)
- America Rules
- Welcome to Moe's
- We Are the Jockeys
- Song of Shelbyville
- "A Star Is Torn" Medley
- Who Wants an Haircut?
- "My Fair Laddy" Medley
- Springfield Blows
- "King of the Cats" Itchy & Scratchy Medley
- Lady
- You Make Me Laugh
- Lady Riff
- Poppa, Can You Hear Me?
- "Yokel Chords" Medley
- Hullaba Lula (unaired track)
- Song of the Wild Beasts (unaired track)
- Dancing Workers' Song (unaired track)
- Oldies and Nudies (unaired track)
Songs in the Key of Springfield & Go Simpsonic With the Simpsons
Released 2001- The Simpsons Main Title Theme (extended version)
- We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)
- Dancin' Homer (medley): Crosstown Bridge / Capitol City
- Homer & Apu (medley): Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? / Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? (reprise)
- 'Round Springfield (medley): Bleeding Gums Blues / A Four-Headed King / There She Sits, Brokenhearted / Jazzman
- "Oh, Streetcar!" (The Musical): White-Hot Grease Fires (Prologue) / Long Before the Superdome...
- Jingle Bells (feat. Robert Goulet)
- $pringfield (medley): The Simpsons End Credits Them (Big Band Vegas version) / Gracie Films Logo
- "Itchy & Scratchy" Main Title Theme
- "Itchy & Scratchy" End Credits Theme
- The Day the Violence Died (Medley): Not Jazz Choir, But Sad Choir / The Amendment Song
- Señor Burns
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Afro-Cuban version)
- Your Wife Don't Understand You
- Kamp Krusty (medley): South of the Border / Gracie Films Logo
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Australian version)
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("Hill Street Blues" Homage)
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Homage)
- Treehouse of Horror V (medley): Controlling the Transmission (Prologue) / The Simpsons Halloween Special Main Title Theme
- Honey Roasted Peanuts
- Boy Scoutz N the Hood (medley): Saved by the Bell / Jackpot / Springfield, Springfield (Parts 1 & 2) / Remember This? / Another Edwardian Morning
- Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (medley): The Pick of the Litter / See My Vest
- "Eye on Springfield" Theme
- Flaming Moe's
- Homer's Barbershop Quartet (medley): One Last Call / Baby on Board
- TV Sucks!
- A Fish Called Selma (medley): Troy Chic / Stop the Planet of the Apes / Dr. Zaius / Chimpan A to Chimpan Z
- Send in the Clowns
- The Monorail Song
- In Search of an Out of Body Vibe
- Cool
- Bagged Me a Homer
- It Was a Very Good Beer
- Bart Sells His Soul (medley): From God's Brain to Your Mouth / In-A-Gadda-Da Vida
- Happy Birthday, Lisa
- The Simpsons Halloween Special End Credits Theme ("The Addams Family" Homage)
- End Credits Suite #2: Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) (Medley): Who Dunnit? / The Simpsons End Credits Theme ('JFK' Homage)
- End Credits Suite #2: Lisa's Wedding (Medley): The Simpson End Credits Theme ('Renaissance' version) / Gracie Films Logo
- End Credits Suite #2: The Simpsons End Credits Theme ("Dragnet" Homage)
Go Simpsonic With the Simpsons
Released 1999- “The Simpsons” Main Title
- Lisa’s Sax
- All Singing, All Dancing
- We Put the Spring in Springfield
- Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious
- Cut Every Corner
- A Boozehound Named Barney
- Happy Just the Way We Are
- “Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious” End Credits Suite
- Cash and Cary
- Meet the Flintstones
- Underwater Wonderland
- Happy Birthday, Mr. Burns
- The Field of Excellence
- “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show” Theme
- Poochie Rap Song
- The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
- “Quimby” Campaign Commercial
- “The Simpsons” End Credits Theme
- Trash of the Titans
- Canyonero
- Everyone Loves Ned Flanders (“The Adventures of Ned Flanders” Theme)
- “Scorpio” End Credits
- “Chief Wiggum, P.I.” Main Title
- “The Love-Matic Grampa” Main Title
- The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
- The Ballad of Jebediah Springfield
- In Marge We Trust
- “Krusty the Clown” Main Title
- Cape Feare
- Mr. Plow
- Plow King
- “Kamp Krusty” Theme Song
- “The Simpsons” End Credits Theme (jazz quartet version)
- Union Strike Folk Song (Parts 1 & 2)
- Rappin’ Ronnie Reagan
- Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel!
- “Ya-Hoo” Main Title
- The Land of Chocolate
- “Skinner & the Superintendent” Theme
- President’s Song
- The Star Spangled Banner
- Talkin’ Softball
- Like Father, Like Clown
- Blessed Be the Guy That Bonds (“McBain” End Credits)
- You’re Gonna Like Me (The Gabbo Song)
- Can I Borrow a Feeling?
- “The Simpsons” End Credits Theme (Philip Glass Homage)
- We Love to Smoke
- Apu in “The Jolly Bengali” Theme
- The Garbageman (long demo version)
- Señor Burns (long version)
- Happy Birthday, Mr. Smithers
Songs in the Key of Springfield
Released 1997- The Simpsons Main Title Theme (extended version)
- We Do (The Stonecutters’ Song)
- Dancin’ Homer (medley): Crosstown Bridge / Capitol City
- Homer & Apu (medley): Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? / Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? (reprise)
- ’Round Springfield (medley): Bleeding Gums Blues / A Four-Headed King / There She Sits, Brokenhearted / Jazzman
- “Oh, Streetcar!” (The Musical): White-Hot Grease Fires (Prologue) / Long Before the Superdome...
- Jingle Bells (feat. Robert Goulet)
- $pringfield (medley): The Simpsons End Credits Them (Big Band Vegas version) / Gracie Films Logo
- “Itchy & Scratchy” Main Title Theme
- “Itchy & Scratchy” End Credits Theme
- The Day the Violence Died (Medley): Not Jazz Choir, But Sad Choir / The Amendment Song
- Señor Burns
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Afro-Cuban version)
- Your Wife Don’t Understand You
- Kamp Krusty (medley): South of the Border / Gracie Films Logo
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Australian version)
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme (“Hill Street Blues” Homage)
- The Simpsons End Credits Theme (“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” Homage)
- Treehouse of Horror V (medley): Controlling the Transmission (Prologue) / The Simpsons Halloween Special Main Title Theme
- Honey Roasted Peanuts
- Boy Scoutz N the Hood (medley): Saved by the Bell / Jackpot / Springfield, Springfield (Parts 1 & 2) / Remember This? / Another Edwardian Morning
- Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (medley): The Pick of the Litter / See My Vest
- “Eye on Springfield” Theme
- Flaming Moe’s
- Homer’s Barbershop Quartet (medley): One Last Call / Baby on Board
- TV Sucks!
- A Fish Called Selma (medley): Troy Chic / Stop the Planet of the Apes / Dr. Zaius / Chimpan A to Chimpan Z
- Send in the Clowns
- The Monorail Song
- In Search of an Out of Body Vibe
- Cool
- Bagged Me a Homer
- It Was a Very Good Beer
- Bart Sells His Soul (medley): From God’s Brain to Your Mouth / In-A-Gadda-Da Vida
- Happy Birthday, Lisa
- The Simpsons Halloween Special End Credits Theme (“The Addams Family” Homage)
- End Credits Suite #2: Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) (Medley): Who Dunnit? / The Simpsons End Credits Theme (‘JFK’ Homage)
- End Credits Suite #2: Lisa’s Wedding (Medley): The Simpson End Credits Theme (‘Renaissance’ version) / Gracie Films Logo
- End Credits Suite #2: The Simpsons End Credits Theme (“Dragnet” Homage)
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The Spring In Springfield
by: The SimpsonsHomer: You could close down Moe's,
Or the Kwik-E-Mart,
And nobody would care,
But the heart and soul
Of Springfield's in
Our Maison Derriere!
(music starts)
Belle: We're the sauce on your steak,
We're the cheese in your cake,
We put the spring in Springfield.
Dancing Girl 1: We're the lace on the nightgown,
Dancing Girl 2: The point after touchdown,
Belle and Dancing Girls: Yes we put the spring in Springfield.
Belle: We're that little extra spice
That makes existence extra-nice,
A giddy little thrill
At a reasonable price.
Lovejoy: Our only major quarrel's
With your total lack of morals.
Dancing Girl 3: Our skimpy costumes ain't so bad,
Dancing Girl 4: They seem to entertain your dad!
Belle and Dancing Girls: The gin in your martini,
The clams on your linguine,
Yes we keep the
(Belle flicks Bumblebee Man's antenna)
In Springfield!
Wiggum, Krusty, and Skinner: We remember our first visit,
Mayor Quimby: The service was exquisite!
Mrs Quimby: Why Joseph, I had no idea!
Mayor Quimby: Come on now, you were working here!
Grampa and Jasper: Without it we'd have had no fun
Since March of 1961!
Bart: To shut it down now would be twisted,
Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney: We just heard this place existed!
Dancing Girls: We're the highlights in your hairdo,
Apu: The extra arms on Vishnu,
Dancing Girls: So don't take the
(Barney opens a Krusty-in-the-box)
Mob: We won't take the
(Sideshow Mel blows on his slide-whistle)
Everyone: Yes let's keep the
(Moe crashes two garbage can lids together)
In Springfield!
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