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title="Sideshow Bob">Robert Underdunk Terwilliger</a></b>, better known by his stage name <b>Sideshow Bob</b>, is a recurring <a href="/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">character</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. He is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a>, and first appeared briefly in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>", although his first major appearance was in "<a href="/wiki/Krusty_Gets_Busted" title="Krusty Gets Busted">Krusty Gets Busted</a>". Sideshow Bob has been described as "<a href="/wiki/Frasier_Crane" title="Frasier Crane">Frasier</a> pickled in arsenic" Frasier being Grammer's character on the series <i><a href="/wiki/Frasier" title="Frasier">Frasier</a></i>. In 2006, Grammer won an Emmy for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Voice-Over_Performance" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance">Outstanding Voice-Over Performance</a> for his portrayal of Bob in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Italian_Bob" title="The Italian Bob">The Italian Bob</a>." Sideshow Bob was originally the sidekick on <a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a>'s television show, but Krusty's continuous abuse led to Bob framing him for armed robbery. Krusty was arrested and <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a> discovered that Bob was behind the crime, leading to Bob's arrest. Since then he has been a <a href="/wiki/Villain" title="Villain">villainous</a> <a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">homicidal</a> <a href="/wiki/Serial_killer" title="Serial killer">maniac</a>, as well as Bart's mortal enemy, and as a result he has tried to kill Bart on several occasions. Bob has been featured in ten episodes, with the most recent one airing during the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_19)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 19)">nineteenth season</a>. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/2" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/2">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/2</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 8)"><i>The Simpsons</i>' eighth season</a></b> originally aired between October 1996 and May 1997, beginning on October 27, 1996 with "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII" title="Treehouse of Horror VII">Treehouse of Horror VII</a>". The <a href="/wiki/Showrunner" title="Showrunner">showrunners</a> for the eighth production season were <a href="/wiki/Bill_Oakley" title="Bill Oakley">Bill Oakley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Weinstein" title="Josh Weinstein">Josh Weinstein</a>. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a> were the show runners. Season eight won multiple awards, including two <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Awards</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Phobia" title="Homer's Phobia">Homer's Phobia</a>" won for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(For_Programming_less_than_One_Hour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)">Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)</a> in 1997, and <a href="/wiki/Alf_Clausen" title="Alf Clausen">Alf Clausen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a> won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_After_Dark" title="Bart After Dark">Bart After Dark</a>". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "<a href="/wiki/Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed_Grunt)cious" title="Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious">Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious</a>". "<a href="/wiki/Brother_from_Another_Series" title="Brother from Another Series">Brother from Another Series</a>" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". The DVD box set was released in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a> on August 15, 2006, <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 2</a> on October 2, 2006, and <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 4</a> on September 27, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Maggie-shaped head to match the Homer and Marge shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are separately available for sale. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 8)">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/3" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/3">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/3</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a></b> is a recurring <a href="/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">fictional character</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, who was voiced by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a>, and first appeared in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_vs._Lisa_and_the_8th_Commandment" title="Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment">Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment</a>." McClure was based on <a href="/wiki/B-movie" class="mw-redirect" title="B-movie">B-movie</a> actors <a href="/wiki/Troy_Donahue" title="Troy Donahue">Troy Donahue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doug_McClure" title="Doug McClure">Doug McClure</a>, as well as Hartman himself. After Phil Hartman's murder in 1998, the character was retired, and last appeared in the season ten episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_the_Mother" title="Bart the Mother">Bart the Mother</a>." He is one of the show's most popular recurring characters and, had Hartman not died, would have been the subject of a <a href="/wiki/Live-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Live-action">live-action</a> film. </p><p>McClure is a washed-up actor, frequently shown presenting infomercials and educational videos. He is vain, and cares principally for himself, marrying <a href="/wiki/Patty_and_Selma_Bouvier" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty and Selma Bouvier">Selma Bouvier</a> to aid his failing career and quash rumours about his personal life. McClure appears as the central character only in the episode "<a href="/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma" title="A Fish Called Selma">A Fish Called Selma</a>", but presents the episodes "<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_138th_Episode_Spectacular" title="The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular">The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase" title="The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase">The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase</a>." </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/4" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/4">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/4</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harryshearer.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harry Shearer voices Ned Flanders"><img alt="Harry Shearer voices Ned Flanders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harryshearer.jpg/100px-Harryshearer.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harryshearer.jpg/150px-Harryshearer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harryshearer.jpg/200px-Harryshearer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">Nedward "Ned" Flanders</a></b> is a recurring <a href="/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">character</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. He is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a>, and first appeared in the series premiere "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>". He is the next door neighbor to the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a> and is generally loathed by <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Simpson</a>. A devout <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>, he is amongst the most friendly and compassionate Springfieldians and is generally considered a pillar of the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_(The_Simpsons)" title="Springfield (The Simpsons)">Springfield community</a>. </p><p>He was one of the first characters outside of the immediate Simpson family to appear on the show, and he has since been central to several episodes, the first being <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 2)">season two</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Dead_Putting_Society" title="Dead Putting Society">Dead Putting Society</a>". </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Ned_Flanders" title="Ned Flanders">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/5" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/5">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/5</a> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SimpsonsMarquee.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marquee from the film's premiere in Springfield, Vermont."><img alt="Marquee from the film's premiere in Springfield, Vermont." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SimpsonsMarquee.jpg/100px-SimpsonsMarquee.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SimpsonsMarquee.jpg/150px-SimpsonsMarquee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SimpsonsMarquee.jpg/200px-SimpsonsMarquee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="288" /></a></span> </div><p><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/2007_in_film" title="2007 in film">2007</a> <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Animation" title="Animation">animated</a> <a href="/wiki/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> based on the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. The film was directed by <a href="/wiki/David_Silverman_(animator)" title="David Silverman (animator)">David Silverman</a>, produced by <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Sakai" title="Richard Sakai">Richard Sakai</a>, and written by Scully, Jean, Brooks, Groening, <a href="/wiki/George_Meyer" title="George Meyer">George Meyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Mirkin" title="David Mirkin">David Mirkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Vitti" title="Jon Vitti">Jon Vitti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Maxtone-Graham" title="Ian Maxtone-Graham">Ian Maxtone-Graham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Selman" title="Matt Selman">Matt Selman</a>. It stars the regular television cast of <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Kavner" title="Julie Kavner">Julie Kavner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeardley_Smith" title="Yeardley Smith">Yeardley Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tress_MacNeille" title="Tress MacNeille">Tress MacNeille</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Hayden" title="Pamela Hayden">Pamela Hayden</a> and features <a href="/wiki/Albert_Brooks" title="Albert Brooks">Albert Brooks</a> in a prominent guest role, as well as <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hanks" title="Tom Hanks">Tom Hanks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a> in smaller ones. After previous attempts to create a film version of <i>The Simpsons</i> had failed because of script length and lack of staff, production began in 2001. The script was re-written one hundred times continuing after animation had begun. This meant that "two films' worth" of finished material was cut, including cameos from <a href="/wiki/Isla_Fisher" title="Isla Fisher">Isla Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Driver" title="Minnie Driver">Minnie Driver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erin_Brockovich" title="Erin Brockovich">Erin Brockovich</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a>. The film premiered in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Vermont" title="Springfield, Vermont">Springfield, Vermont</a>, which won the right to hold it through a <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> competition. The film was a box office success, and received positive reception from film critics, though some felt the film was too short. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/6" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/6">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/6</a> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matt Groening"><img alt="Matt Groening" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg/100px-Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg/150px-Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg/200px-Matt_Groening_by_Gage_Skidmore_-retouch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2284" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></b> (born February 15, 1954) is an American <a href="/wiki/Cartoonist" title="Cartoonist">cartoonist</a> and television producer and writer from <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>. Groening is best known as the creator of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> . He is also the creator of the comic <i><a href="/wiki/Life_in_Hell" title="Life in Hell">Life in Hell</a></i> and co-creator of <i><a href="/wiki/Futurama" title="Futurama">Futurama</a></i>. <i>Life in Hell</i> caught the attention of <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in <a href="/wiki/Animation" title="Animation">animation</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> variety show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i>. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his <i>Life in Hell</i> characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, <a href="/wiki/Simpsons_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Simpsons family">the Simpsons</a> and named the members after his own family, except Bart, which was an anagram of the word brat. The shorts would be spun off into their own series: <i>The Simpsons</i>, which has since aired over 400 episodes in 19 seasons. In 1997, Groening got together with <a href="/wiki/David_X._Cohen" title="David X. Cohen">David X. Cohen</a> and developed <i><a href="/wiki/Futurama" title="Futurama">Futurama</a></i>, an animated series about life in the year 3000. After four years on the air, the show was cancelled by Fox, but <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> commissioned 16 new episodes to be aired in 2008. Groening has won 10 <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, nine for <i>The Simpsons</i> and one for <i>Futurama</i> as well as a <a href="/wiki/British_Comedy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="British Comedy Awards">British Comedy Award</a> for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. In 2002, he won the <a href="/wiki/National_Cartoonist_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="National Cartoonist Society">National Cartoonist Society</a> <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuben Award">Reuben Award</a> for his work on <i>Life in Hell</i>. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/7" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/7">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/7</a> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Simpsons star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame."><img alt="The Simpsons star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg/100px-Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg/150px-Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg/200px-Walk_of_fame_-_The_Simpsons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> </div><p>The longest running <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">prime time</a> animated series in the United States, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> has <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_won_by_The_Simpsons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of awards won by The Simpsons">won many different awards</a></b>, including 23 Emmy awards, including nine for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(For_Programming_less_than_One_Hour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)">Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)</a>. However, <i>The Simpsons</i> has never been nominated for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series">Outstanding Comedy Series</a>, although the show was submitted in the category in 1993 and 1994. <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, an executive producer on the show, won nine Emmys for <i>The Simpsons</i> as well as ten for other shows and holds the record for most Primetime Emmys won by a single person, with 19. <i>The Simpsons</i> was the first animated series to be given a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a>, and in 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>. <i>The Simpsons</i> also holds two world records from the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of World Records">Guinness Book of World Records</a>: Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_won_by_The_Simpsons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of awards won by The Simpsons">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/8" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/8">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/8</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 9)"><b><i>The Simpsons</i>' ninth season</b></a> originally aired between September 1997 and May 1998, beginning on Sunday, September 21, 1997 with "<a href="/wiki/The_City_of_New_York_vs._Homer_Simpson" title="The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson">The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson</a>". The <a href="/wiki/Showrunner" title="Showrunner">showrunner</a> for the ninth production season was <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a>. The aired season contained three episodes which were hold-over episodes from season eight, which <a href="/wiki/Bill_Oakley" title="Bill Oakley">Bill Oakley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Weinstein" title="Josh Weinstein">Josh Weinstein</a> ran, two episodes which were run by <a href="/wiki/David_Mirkin" title="David Mirkin">David Mirkin</a>, and another two episodes which were run by <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a>. Season nine won three <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Awards</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Trash_of_the_Titans" title="Trash of the Titans">Trash of the Titans</a>" for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(For_Programming_less_than_One_Hour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)</a> in 1998, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Azaria</a> picked up "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" for the voice of <a href="/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alf_Clausen" title="Alf Clausen">Alf Clausen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a> picking up the "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" award. Clausen was also nominated for "Outstanding Music Direction" and "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_VIII" title="Treehouse of Horror VIII">Treehouse of Horror VIII</a>". Season nine was also nominated for a "Best Network Television Series" award by the <a href="/wiki/Saturn_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn Award">Saturn Awards</a> and "Best Sound Editing" for a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Reel_Award_(Motion_Picture_Sound_Editors)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)">Golden Reel Award</a>. The Simpsons 9th Season DVD was released on December 19, 2006 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a>, January 29, 2007 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 2</a> and March 21, 2007 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 4</a>. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 9)">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/9" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/9">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/9</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Treehouse of Horror (series)"><b><i>The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror</i> episodes</b></a>, also known as <b><i>The Simpsons</i> Halloween episodes</b>, are a series of episodes in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. They are <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> specials and consist of three separate, self-contained segments. These segments usually involve the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a> in some <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a> setting. Considered <a href="/wiki/Canon_(fiction)" title="Canon (fiction)">non-canon</a>, they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic. The first <i>Treehouse of Horror</i> episode aired on October 25, 1990 as part of the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 2)">second season</a> and was inspired by <a href="/wiki/EC_Comics" title="EC Comics">EC Comics</a> horror tales. There are currently eighteen <i>Treehouse of Horror</i> episodes, with one airing every year. The episodes are known for being more violent than an average <i>Simpsons</i> episode and contain several trademarks, including the alien characters <a href="/wiki/Kang_and_Kodos" title="Kang and Kodos">Kang and Kodos</a>, "scary names" in the credits, a special version of the opening sequence, and parodies of horror and science fiction films. The show's staff regard the <i>Treehouse of Horror</i> as being particularly difficult to produce as the scripts often go through many rewrites, and the animators typically have to design many new characters and backgrounds. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Treehouse of Horror (series)">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/10" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/10">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/10</a> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hankazaria05.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hank Azaria in November 2005"><img alt="Hank Azaria in November 2005" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hankazaria05.jpg/100px-Hankazaria05.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hankazaria05.jpg/150px-Hankazaria05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Hankazaria05.jpg/200px-Hankazaria05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="1060" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">Hank Albert Azaria</a></b> (born April 25, 1964) is an <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">director</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedian" title="Comedian">comedian</a> and voice artist. He is most famous for his long-running career as one of the main voice actors on the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. He performs the voices of <a href="/wiki/Moe_Szyslak" title="Moe Szyslak">Moe Szyslak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Wiggum" title="Chief Wiggum">Chief Wiggum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a> and numerous other characters. He became better known for starring in the one off drama <i><a href="/wiki/Tuesdays_With_Morrie" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuesdays With Morrie">Tuesdays With Morrie</a></i>, and through his appearances in films including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Birdcage" title="The Birdcage">The Birdcage</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Godzilla_(1998_film)" title="Godzilla (1998 film)">Godzilla</a></i>. He starred in the drama <i><a href="/wiki/Huff_(TV_series)" title="Huff (TV series)">Huff</a></i>, playing the titular character, to critical acclaim, as well as appearing in the popular stage musical <i><a href="/wiki/Spamalot" title="Spamalot">Spamalot</a></i>. Married to <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hunt" title="Helen Hunt">Helen Hunt</a> for a year, he has won four <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmys</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild" title="Screen Actors Guild">Screen Actors Guild</a> Award. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Hank_Azaria" title="Hank Azaria">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/11" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/11">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/11</a> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Seattle 7-Eleven store transformed into a Kwik-E-Mart."><img alt="A Seattle 7-Eleven store transformed into a Kwik-E-Mart." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg/100px-Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg/150px-Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg/200px-Kwik-E-Mart_-_Sign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="888" data-file-height="1124" /></a></span> </div><p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a></b> is a fictional chain of <a href="/wiki/Convenience_store" title="Convenience store">convenience stores</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. It is a parody of American convenience store chains, like <a href="/wiki/7-Eleven" title="7-Eleven">7-Eleven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Circle_K" title="Circle K">Circle K</a> and represents many myths and stereotypes of them. It is notorious for its high prices and the poor quality of its merchandise. The operator of the Springfield branch is an <a href="/wiki/Indian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian-American">Indian-American</a> named <a href="/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon" title="Apu Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu Nahasapeemapetilon</a>. It was first seen in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Telltale_Head" title="The Telltale Head">The Telltale Head</a>" and since become a common setting in several episodes. In July 2007, eleven <a href="/wiki/7-Eleven" title="7-Eleven">7-Eleven</a> locations in the United States and one in Canada were transformed into Kwik-E-Marts as part of a special promotion for the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>. For a limited time, 7-Elevens across North America also sold various <i>Simpsons</i> products, such as "<a href="/wiki/List_of_products_in_The_Simpsons#Squishee" class="mw-redirect" title="List of products in The Simpsons">Squishees</a>", "<a href="/wiki/List_of_products_in_The_Simpsons#Buzz_Cola" class="mw-redirect" title="List of products in The Simpsons">Buzz Cola</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/List_of_products_in_The_Simpsons#Krusty-Os" class="mw-redirect" title="List of products in The Simpsons">Krusty-Os cereal</a>". Also in 2007, a gift stores named the "Kwik-E-Mart" was opened in <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Orlando" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Studios Orlando">Universal Studios Orlando</a> and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Hollywood" title="Universal Studios Hollywood">Universal Studios Hollywood</a>, where they will be a companion to the upcoming "<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Ride" title="The Simpsons Ride">The Simpsons Ride</a>". </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/12" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/12">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/12</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 1)"><b><i>The Simpsons</i>' first season</b></a> originally aired between <a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a> <a href="/wiki/1989_in_television" title="1989 in television">1989</a> and <a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> <a href="/wiki/1990_in_television" title="1990 in television">1990</a>, beginning with the Christmas special "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>". The <a href="/wiki/Show_runner" class="mw-redirect" title="Show runner">show runners</a> for the first production season were <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a>. The series was originally set to debut in the fall of 1989 with the episode "<a href="/wiki/Some_Enchanted_Evening_(The_Simpsons_episode)" class="mw-redirect" title="Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons episode)">Some Enchanted Evening</a>", which was meant to introduce the main characters. However, during the first screening of the episode, the producers discovered that the animation was so appalling that 70% of the episode needed to be redone. The first season won one <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Award</a>, and received four additional nominations. Although television shows are limited to one episode a category, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was considered a separate special, and nominated alongside "<a href="/wiki/Life_on_the_Fast_Lane" title="Life on the Fast Lane">Life on the Fast Lane</a>" for Outstanding Animated Program; "Life on the Fast Lane" won the award. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was also nominated for "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special", while "The Call of the Simpsons" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special". The main theme song, composed by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a>, was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music". The DVD box set was released on September 25, 2001 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a> and September 24, 2001 in both <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 2</a> and <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 4</a>. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 1)">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/13" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/13">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/13</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer Jay Simpson</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">fictional character</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> voiced by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Castellaneta" title="Dan Castellaneta">Dan Castellaneta</a>. He has become perhaps the most popular of the members of the hugely successful Simpsons cartoon family, and his catchphrase, the annoyed grunt "<a href="/wiki/D%27oh!" title="D'oh!">D'oh!</a>", has been included in the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>. Homer embodies several <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working class</a> <a href="/wiki/Stereotype" title="Stereotype">stereotypes</a>: he is crude, overweight, incompetent, intolerant, clumsy, thoughtless and a borderline alcoholic. Despite the suburban <a href="/wiki/Blue-collar_worker" title="Blue-collar worker">blue-collar</a> routine of his life, he has had a number of remarkable experiences. Although gluttonous, lazy, accident-prone and extraordinarily stupid, he has occasionally displayed flashes of brilliance and an integrity reflecting his own values, including a fierce devotion to and protectiveness of his family. He has been described by the UK newspaper <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a> as the greatest comedic creation of modern time. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/14" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/14">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/14</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 6)"><b><i>The Simpsons</i>' sixth season</b></a> originally aired between September 4, 1994 and May 21, 1995. The first two episodes, "<a href="/wiki/Bart_of_Darkness" title="Bart of Darkness">Bart of Darkness</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Rival" title="Lisa's Rival">Lisa's Rival</a>", were held over from the previous season, as production was delayed because of the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Northridge_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="Northridge earthquake">Northridge earthquake</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Show_runner" class="mw-redirect" title="Show runner">show runner</a> for the sixth production season was <a href="/wiki/David_Mirkin" title="David Mirkin">David Mirkin</a>. The sixth season won one <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a>, and received three additional nominations. "<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Wedding" title="Lisa's Wedding">Lisa's Wedding</a>" won the Emmy for "<a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(For_Programming_less_than_One_Hour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)">Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)</a>. <a href="/wiki/Alf_Clausen" title="Alf Clausen">Alf Clausen</a> received a nomination in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_V" title="Treehouse of Horror V">Treehouse of Horror V</a>", whilst he and <a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a> were nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" for the Stonecutters' song "We Do" in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_the_Great" title="Homer the Great">Homer the Great</a>". Finally, "<a href="/wiki/Bart_vs._Australia" title="Bart vs. Australia">Bart vs. Australia</a>" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special". The Complete Sixth Season <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> was released in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> on August 16, 2005, and September 24, 2005 in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. The packaging was changed from the standard box design used for the previous five seasons, to one shaped like <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer's</a> head. After many fans complained of the change, a separate standard box was released. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 6)">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/15" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/15">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/15</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harryshearer.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Waylon Smithers is voiced by actor Harry Shearer"><img alt="Waylon Smithers is voiced by actor Harry Shearer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harryshearer.jpg/100px-Harryshearer.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harryshearer.jpg/150px-Harryshearer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Harryshearer.jpg/200px-Harryshearer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">Waylon Smithers, Jr.</a></b> is a recurring <a href="/wiki/Fictional_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional character">fictional character</a> in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_animated_television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="List of animated television series">animated television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, who is voiced by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Shearer" title="Harry Shearer">Harry Shearer</a>. Smithers first appeared briefly in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Odyssey" class="mw-redirect" title="Homer's Odyssey">Homer's Odyssey</a>", although he could be heard in the <i>The Simpsons</i> series premiere "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>". He is the consummate executive and personal assistant (and self-proclaimed best friend) of <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Nuclear Power Plant">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a>'s CEO <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a>. In many ways, Smithers represents the <a href="/wiki/Stereotype" title="Stereotype">stereotype</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Closet(ed)" class="mw-redirect" title="Closet(ed)">closeted</a> <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> man, and numerous overt allusions and <a href="/wiki/Double_entendres" class="mw-redirect" title="Double entendres">double entendres</a> to his <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a> are made, though some of the show's producers instead refer to him as a "Burns-sexual". </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Smithers" title="Waylon Smithers">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/16" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/16">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/16</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 2)"><b><i>The Simpsons'</i> second season</b></a> originally aired between <a href="/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_in_television" title="1990 in television">1990</a> and <a href="/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991_in_television" title="1991 in television">1991</a>, and contained 21 episodes, beginning with "<a href="/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_F" class="mw-redirect" title="Bart Gets an F">Bart Gets an F</a>". Another episode, "<a href="/wiki/Blood_Feud_(The_Simpsons)" title="Blood Feud (The Simpsons)">Blood Feud</a>" aired during the summer after the official season finale. The <a href="/wiki/Show_runner" class="mw-redirect" title="Show runner">show runners</a> for the second production season were <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a>, who had also been EPs for the previous season. The DVD box set was released on August 6, 2002 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a>, July 8, 2002 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 2</a> and in September, 2002 in <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries" title="DVD region code">Region 4</a>. The episode "<a href="/wiki/Homer_vs._Lisa_and_the_8th_Commandment" title="Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment">Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment</a>" won the <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Program_(For_Programming_less_than_One_Hour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)">Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour)</a>, and was also nominated in the "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special" category. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 2)">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/17" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/17">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/17</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">The Simpsons shorts</a></b> is a series of one-minute shorts that ran on the variety show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i> for three seasons, before the characters spun off into their own half-hour prime time show called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. It features the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a>, which consists of <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>. The series was created by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, who designed the Simpson family and wrote many of the shorts. 48 shorts were produced, starting with "<a href="/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons_short)" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Night (The Simpsons short)">Good Night</a>", which first aired on April 19, 1987. The final short to air was "TV Simpsons", originally airing on May 14, 1989. <i>The Simpsons</i> would later debut on December 17, 1989 with the Christmas special "<a href="/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire" title="Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire">Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire</a>". Only a few of these shorts have been released on DVD. "Good Night" was included on <i>The Simpsons</i> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_DVD_Sets" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons DVD Sets">Season 1 DVD</a>. Five of these shorts were later used in the clip show episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_138th_Episode_Spectacular" title="The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular">The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular</a>" on the half-hour show, which was released on the Season 7 DVD. These five shorts were "Good Night", which was featured in its entirety and portions of "The Perfect Crime", "Space Patrol", "World War III", and "Bathtime". Groening has announced that all of the shorts will be available on mobile phones. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/18" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/18">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/18</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg/100px-Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg/150px-Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg/200px-Phil_as_Chick-1-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="2068" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a></b> (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a>-born American <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedian" title="Comedian">comedian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Writer" title="Writer">writer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Graphic_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Graphic artist">graphic artist</a>. Born in <a href="/wiki/Brantford,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Brantford, Ontario">Brantford, Ontario</a>, Hartman and his family later immigrated to the United States. He attended <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Northridge" title="California State University, Northridge">California State University, Northridge</a>, graduating with a degree in graphic arts and going on to design several album covers. He joined <a href="/wiki/The_Groundlings" title="The Groundlings">The Groundlings</a> in 1975 and there helped <a href="/wiki/Paul_Reubens" title="Paul Reubens">Paul Reubens</a> to develop his character <a href="/wiki/Pee-wee_Herman" title="Pee-wee Herman">Pee-wee Herman</a>, co-wrote the screenplay for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Big_Adventure" title="Pee-wee's Big Adventure">Pee-wee's Big Adventure</a></i> and made recurring appearances on Reubens' show <i><a href="/wiki/Pee-wee%27s_Playhouse" title="Pee-wee's Playhouse">Pee-wee's Playhouse</a></i>. </p><p>Hartman became well-known in the late 1980s when he joined the sketch comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, and stayed on the show for eight seasons. Called "the Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> for his <i>SNL</i> work in 1989. In 1995, after scrapping plans for his own variety show, he starred as Bill McNeal in the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> <i><a href="/wiki/NewsRadio" title="NewsRadio">NewsRadio</a></i>. He also had frequent roles on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, and appeared in the films <i><a href="/wiki/Houseguest" title="Houseguest">Houseguest</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sgt._Bilko" title="Sgt. Bilko">Sgt. Bilko</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jingle_All_the_Way" title="Jingle All the Way">Jingle All the Way</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Small_Soldiers" title="Small Soldiers">Small Soldiers</a></i>. He was shot dead by his wife Brynn while he slept in his <a href="/wiki/Encino,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Encino, California">Encino, California</a> home in 1998. In the weeks following his death, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/19" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/19">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/19</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nancy_Cartwright.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nancy Cartwright"><img alt="Nancy Cartwright" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Nancy_Cartwright.jpg/100px-Nancy_Cartwright.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Nancy_Cartwright.jpg/150px-Nancy_Cartwright.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Nancy_Cartwright.jpg/200px-Nancy_Cartwright.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="706" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Campbell Cartwright</a></b> (born October 25, 1957) is an American <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> <a href="/wiki/Actress" class="mw-redirect" title="Actress">actress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedienne" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedienne">comedienne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">voice artist</a>. Noted for her long-running role as <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a> on the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, she also voices other characters for the show, including <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Muntz" title="Nelson Muntz">Nelson Muntz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wiggum" title="Ralph Wiggum">Ralph Wiggum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flanders_family#Todd" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanders family">Todd Flanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_in_The_Simpsons#Kearney_Zzyzwicz" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recurring characters in The Simpsons">Kearney</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_in_The_Simpsons#Database" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recurring characters in The Simpsons">Database</a>. Born in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained as a voice actress alongside <a href="/wiki/Daws_Butler" title="Daws Butler">Daws Butler</a>. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Richie_Rich_(1980_TV_series)" title="Richie Rich (1980 TV series)">Richie Rich</a></i>, which she followed up with a starring role in the television movie <i>Marian Rose White</i> and her first feature film in <i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie" title="Twilight Zone: The Movie">Twilight Zone: The Movie</a></i> in 1983. Cartwright continued to audition for voice-over and live-action roles, and in 1987, she decided to audition for a role in a series of animated <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">shorts</a> about a <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">dysfunctional family</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i>. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa Simpson</a>, the eldest daughter; however, when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of her brother Bart to be much more interesting. <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>, creator of the shorts, allowed her to audition for Bart, and gave her the job on the spot after hearing her read. For her work as Bart, Cartwright would receive a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Voice-Over_Performance" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance">Outstanding Voice-Over Performance</a> in 1992 and an <a href="/wiki/Annie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Annie Award">Annie Award</a> for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/20" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/20">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/20</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG/100px-EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG/150px-EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG/200px-EA_Building_RedwoodShores.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1488" data-file-height="1128" /></a></span> </div><p><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Game" title="The Simpsons Game">The Simpsons Game</a></b></i> is an <a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">action</a>/<a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platformer</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> based on the animated <a href="/wiki/Television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Television series">television series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, made for the <a href="/wiki/Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_DS" title="Nintendo DS">Nintendo DS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Portable" title="PlayStation Portable">PlayStation Portable</a>. The game was developed, published, and distributed by <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a>; it was released in North America in October 2007 and worldwide in November 2007. It features an original storyline written by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Long" title="Tim Long">Tim Long</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Selman" title="Matt Selman">Matt Selman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Warburton" title="Matt Warburton">Matt Warburton</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Meta-joke" class="mw-redirect" title="Meta-joke">self-referential</a> plot, the family discovers that they are forced to participate in another <i>The Simpsons</i> video game. Similar to the show, the game pokes fun at <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a>, other video games, and Electronic Arts, its publisher. </p><p>The game follows the five Simpson family members—<a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a>—who learn they are part of a video game and are given superpowers to resolve several situations. Eventually, they must save their <a href="/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(third_generation)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of video game consoles (third generation)">8-bit</a> predecessors from <a href="/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)" title="Will Wright (game designer)">Will Wright</a>, the game's antagonist, and the creator of their video game character selves, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a>. The Simpson family travels to four scenarios in parodies of other games to collect key cards used to infiltrate their creator's mansion and ultimately to save their predecessors from destruction. </p><p>Video game critics gave the game a mixed reaction. They praised its visuals and writing, which included many parodies of other video games, while they criticized its short length and poor <a href="/wiki/Camera_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Camera system">camera system</a>, which did not always function properly. <i>The Simpsons Game</i> received the Best Game Based on a Movie or TV Show award at the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Spike_Video_Game_Awards" title="Spike Video Game Awards">Spike Video Game Awards</a> and was nominated for Best Video Game Writing at the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Awards 2007">2007</a> <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Award">Writers Guild of America Awards</a>. As of January 31, 2008, four million copies of the game have been sold worldwide. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Game" title="The Simpsons Game">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/21" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/21">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/21</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simpsonsride1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Simpsonsride1.jpg/100px-Simpsonsride1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Simpsonsride1.jpg/150px-Simpsonsride1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Simpsonsride1.jpg/200px-Simpsonsride1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="346" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Ride" title="The Simpsons Ride">The Simpsons Ride</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Simulator_ride" title="Simulator ride">simulator ride</a> featured at the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Florida" title="Universal Studios Florida">Universal Studios Florida</a> and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios_Hollywood" title="Universal Studios Hollywood">Universal Studios Hollywood</a> theme parks. The ride is based on the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. It was first announced in 2007 and replaced the <a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Future:_The_Ride" title="Back to the Future: The Ride">Back to the Future: The Ride</a> at both locations. The ride at Universal Studios Florida soft opened on April 23, 2008, and the official ceremonies took place on May 15. The ride at Universal Studios Hollywood opened on May 19, 2008. The Simpsons Ride was collaborated on by the producers of <i>The Simpsons</i>, and uses <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">computer generated</a> <a href="/wiki/3-D_film" class="mw-redirect" title="3-D film">3D</a> animation, which was provided by Blur Studio and <a href="/wiki/Reel_FX_Creative_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Reel FX Creative Studios">Reel FX</a>. 2D animation was provided by <a href="/wiki/Film_Roman" title="Film Roman">Film Roman</a>. The ride uses state of the art technology, including a new projection system and new hydraulics. </p><p>The ride itself is six minutes long, but original footage for the ride can be seen in the queue, and there is also a pre-show video. In the ride, patrons are introduced to a cartoon theme park called Krustyland built by <a href="/wiki/Krusty_the_Clown" title="Krusty the Clown">Krusty the Clown</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a>, however, is loose from prison to get revenge on Krusty and the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a>. At least 24 regular characters from the series make an appearance, all voiced by their original actors. Along with the attraction is a gift shop modeled after the <a href="/wiki/Kwik-E-Mart" title="Kwik-E-Mart">Kwik-E-Mart</a>, which opened in late 2007. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Ride" title="The Simpsons Ride">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/22" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/22">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/22</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/100px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/150px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/200px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="1158" /></a></span> </div><p>"<b><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Bartman" title="Do the Bartman">Do the Bartman</a></b>" is a <a href="/wiki/Pop_rap" title="Pop rap">pop rap</a> song from the 1990 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">Simpsons</a></i> album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Sing_the_Blues" title="The Simpsons Sing the Blues">The Simpsons Sing the Blues</a></i>. It was performed by <i>The Simpsons</i> cast member <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a> and was released as a promotional <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">single</a> from the album on November 20, 1990. The song was written by American recording artist <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> and Bryan Loren, although Jackson did not receive any credit because he was under contract to another record label. Jackson was a fan of <i>The Simpsons</i>—especially <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a>—and had called the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show, which is how the song came about. </p><p>Although "Do the Bartman" was never officially released as a single in the United States, it was very successful internationally, placing first on the singles chart in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, it reached the top ten in Sweden and the Netherlands, and was certified gold in the United Kingdom. A music video, which was directed by <a href="/wiki/Brad_Bird" title="Brad Bird">Brad Bird</a>, was released for the song in 1991. The video became a hit on the American <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> network and received a nomination at the <a href="/wiki/1991_MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="1991 MTV Video Music Awards">1991 MTV Video Music Awards</a>. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Bartman" title="Do the Bartman">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/23" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/23">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/23</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Scully.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mike_Scully.jpg/100px-Mike_Scully.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mike_Scully.jpg/150px-Mike_Scully.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mike_Scully.jpg/200px-Mike_Scully.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="818" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a></b> (born October 2, 1956) is an <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_writer" class="mw-redirect" title="Television writer">television writer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television_producer" title="Television producer">producer</a>. He is known for his work as <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">executive producer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Show_runner" class="mw-redirect" title="Show runner">show runner</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> from 1997 - 2001. Scully grew up in <a href="/wiki/West_Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="West Springfield, Massachusetts">West Springfield, Massachusetts</a> and long had an interest in writing. He was an underachiever at school and dropped out of college, going on to work in a series of jobs. Eventually, in 1986, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a> where he worked as a stand-up comic and wrote for <a href="/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff" title="Yakov Smirnoff">Yakov Smirnoff</a>. He went on to write for several television sitcoms before in 1993 he was hired to write for <i>The Simpsons</i>. There, he wrote twelve episodes, including "<a href="/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice" title="Lisa on Ice">Lisa on Ice</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Team_Homer" title="Team Homer">Team Homer</a>". He became showrunner from <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 9)">season nine</a> onwards; Scully won three <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, but his tenure has been criticized as a period of decline in the show's quality. Scully still works on the show and also co-wrote 2007's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>. He co-created <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pitts" title="The Pitts">The Pitts</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Complete_Savages" title="Complete Savages">Complete Savages</a></i> as well as working on <i><a href="/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond" title="Everybody Loves Raymond">Everybody Loves Raymond</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation" title="Parks and Recreation">Parks and Recreation</a></i>. He is married to fellow writer <a href="/wiki/Julie_Thacker" title="Julie Thacker">Julie Thacker</a>. </p><table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/24" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/24">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/24</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart Simpson</a></b> is a fictional character in the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">eponymous family</a>. He is voiced by actress <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a> and first appeared on television in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tracey_Ullman_Show" title="The Tracey Ullman Show">The Tracey Ullman Show</a></i> <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts" title="The Simpsons shorts">short</a> "<a href="/wiki/Good_Night_(The_Simpsons_short)" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Night (The Simpsons short)">Good Night</a>" on April 19, 1987. Bart was created and designed by cartoonist <a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a> while he was waiting in the lobby of <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>' office. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name was an anagram of the word <i>brat</i>. At ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of <a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marge_Simpson" title="Marge Simpson">Marge</a>, and the brother of <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Simpson" title="Lisa Simpson">Lisa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Simpson" title="Maggie Simpson">Maggie</a>. Bart's most prominent character traits are his mischievousness, rebelliousness and disrespect for authority. </p><p>Cartwright originally planned to audition for the role of Lisa, but instead auditioned for Bart, which she thought was a better role. <a href="#Hallmarks">Hallmarks</a> of the character include his <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_opening_sequence#Chalkboard_gag" title="The Simpsons opening sequence">chalkboard gags</a> in the opening sequence; his prank calls to <a href="/wiki/Moe_Szyslak" title="Moe Szyslak">Moe</a> the bartender; and his catchphrases "Eat my shorts", "¡Ay, caramba!", and "Don't have a cow, man!" During the first two seasons of <i>The Simpsons</i> (1989–1991), Bart was the show's <a href="/wiki/List_of_breakout_characters" title="List of breakout characters">breakout character</a> and "Bartmania" ensued. Bart Simpson T-shirts sporting various slogans and catchphrases became popular, selling at a rate of a million per day at their peak. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> named Bart one of the <a href="/wiki/Time_100:_The_Most_Important_People_of_the_Century" title="Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century">100 most important people of the 20th century</a>, and he was named "entertainer of the year" in 1990 by <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i>. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/25" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/25">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/25</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Oakley2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bill_Oakley2.jpg/100px-Bill_Oakley2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bill_Oakley2.jpg/150px-Bill_Oakley2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Bill_Oakley2.jpg/200px-Bill_Oakley2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Oakley" title="Bill Oakley">Bill Oakley</a></b> (born February 27, 1966) is an <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> television writer and producer, known for his work on the animate comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. Oakley and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Weinstein" title="Josh Weinstein">Josh Weinstein</a> became best friends and writing partners at <a href="/wiki/St._Albans_School_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)">high school</a>; Oakley then attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> and was Vice President of the <i><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Lampoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard Lampoon">Harvard Lampoon</a></i>. He worked on several short term media projects, including writing for the variety show <i>Sunday Best</i>, but was then unemployed for a long period. </p><p>Oakley and Weinstein eventually penned a <a href="/wiki/Spec_script" title="Spec script">spec script</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i>, after which they wrote "<a href="/wiki/Marge_Gets_a_Job" title="Marge Gets a Job">Marge Gets a Job</a>", an episode of <i>The Simpsons</i>. Subsequently, the two were hired to write for the show on a permanent basis in 1992. After they wrote episodes such as "<a href="/wiki/$pringfield_(Or,_How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Love_Legalized_Gambling)" class="mw-redirect" title="$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)">$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Bart_vs._Australia" title="Bart vs. Australia">Bart vs. Australia</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Who_Shot_Mr._Burns%3F" title="Who Shot Mr. Burns?">Who Shot Mr. Burns?</a>", the two were appointed <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">executive producers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Showrunner" title="Showrunner">showrunners</a> for the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 7)">seventh</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 8)">eighth</a> seasons of the show. They attempted to include several emotional episodes focusing on the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">Simpson family</a>, as well as several high-concept episodes such as "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Enemy" title="Homer's Enemy">Homer's Enemy</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Two_Bad_Neighbors" title="Two Bad Neighbors">Two Bad Neighbors</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Principal_and_the_Pauper" title="The Principal and the Pauper">The Principal and the Pauper</a>", winning three <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> for their work. After they left <i>The Simpsons</i>, Oakley and Weinstein created <i><a href="/wiki/Mission_Hill_(TV_series)" title="Mission Hill (TV series)">Mission Hill</a></i>. The show was plagued by promotional issues and was swiftly canceled. They worked as <a href="/wiki/Consultants" class="mw-redirect" title="Consultants">consulting producers</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Futurama" title="Futurama">Futurama</a></i>, then created <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mullets_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mullets (TV series)">The Mullets</a></i> in 2003. The two wrote several unsuccessful TV pilots, and were due to serve as showrunners on <i><a href="/wiki/Sit_Down,_Shut_Up_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series)">Sit Down, Shut Up</a></i> in 2009. Oakley left the project over a contract dispute. He has since written for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cleveland_Show" title="The Cleveland Show">The Cleveland Show</a></i>, without Weinstein. Oakley is married to fellow writer Rachel Pulido. </p> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; background-color:transparent"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">More selected articles</a></b></div></td> <td> <div style="text-align:right;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Oakley" title="Bill Oakley">More...</a></b> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_Simpsons/Selected_article/26" title="Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/26">Portal:The Simpsons/Selected article/26</a><br /> </p> <div style="float:left;margin-right:1em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maggie_Roswell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Maggie_Roswell.jpg/100px-Maggie_Roswell.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Maggie_Roswell.jpg/150px-Maggie_Roswell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Maggie_Roswell.jpg/200px-Maggie_Roswell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span> </div><p><b><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Roswell" title="Maggie Roswell">Maggie Roswell</a></b> (born November 14, 1952) is an American film and television actress and <a href="/wiki/Voice_acting" title="Voice acting">voice artist</a> from <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a>. She is best known for her voice work on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox network">Fox network</a>'s animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, in which she has played recurring characters such as <a href="/wiki/Flanders_family#Maude" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanders family">Maude Flanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_in_The_Simpsons#Helen_Lovejoy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recurring characters in The Simpsons">Helen Lovejoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Elementary_School#Elizabeth_Hoover" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Elementary School">Miss Hoover</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Van_Houten_family#Luann" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Houten family">Luann Van Houten</a>, as well as several minor characters. This work has earned her both an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> nomination and an <a href="/wiki/Annie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Annie Award">Annie Award</a> nomination. </p><p>Roswell made her acting break-through in the 1980s with appearances in films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Madness_(film)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Midnight Madness (film)">Midnight Madness</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_America" title="Lost in America">Lost in America</a></i> (1985), and <i><a href="/wiki/Pretty_in_Pink" title="Pretty in Pink">Pretty in Pink</a></i> (1986), and guest appearances on television shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Remington_Steele" title="Remington Steele">Remington Steele</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Masquerade_(TV_series)" title="Masquerade (TV series)">Masquerade</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Days" title="Happy Days">Happy Days</a></i>. She appeared frequently in the sketch comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Tim_Conway#The_Tim_Conway_Show" title="Tim Conway">The Tim Conway Show</a></i> from 1980 to 1981, and did voice acting for a few animated films and television shows. Roswell also performed in some theater plays, including one in 1988 directed by <a href="/wiki/Julia_Sweeney" title="Julia Sweeney">Julia Sweeney</a>. In 1989, Roswell was hired for the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 1)">first season</a> of <i>The Simpsons</i>. She played a few minor characters until she became a regular cast member with the introduction of Maude Flanders in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_2)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 2)">second season</a>. In 1994, Roswell and her husband <a href="/wiki/Hal_Rayle" title="Hal Rayle">Hal Rayle</a> moved from Los Angeles to <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a> to raise their daughter. Together they established the Roswell 'n' Rayle Company, creating and voicing advertisements for companies. Because of her move to Denver, Roswell had to travel to Los Angeles twice a week to tape <i>The Simpsons</i>. This ultimately led to her requesting a pay raise in 1999; however, Fox refused to offer her the amount she wanted so she quit the show. 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