The Simpsons

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The Simpsons is an American television program that is an animated comedy. The comedy takes place in the fake (make-believe) town of Springfield. It is one of the most popular television shows of all time. Most of the characters have a yellow skin colour.

[edit] About the show

The television show The Simpsons was originally shown as short segments on The Tracy Ullman Show. Then Fox decided to give them their own show in 1989.

[edit] The Simpson family

  • Homer Simpson, the father, who is lazy and works at a power plant
  • Marge Simpson, the mother, a housewife
  • Bart Simpson, the 10-year old son, who gets in trouble
  • Lisa Simpson, the 8-year old daughter, who is very smart
  • Maggie Simpson, the baby girl, who cannot talk
  • "Grandpa" Abe Simpson, the father of Homer Simpson
    • His wife and Homer's mother, Mona was a hippie radical who left them to live on a commune.
  • Patty and Selma Bouvier, Marge's sisters.
  • Santa's Little Helper, the family dog, a former racing greyhound.
  • Snowballs (I-III), pet cats

[edit] Other characters

Some of the many different characters who appeared on the show include:

  • Monty Burns, Homer's greedy, evil boss
  • Waylon Smithers, Monty Burns' assistant
  • Moe Syzlak, a grumpy bartender
  • Barney Gumble, one of Homer's friends, an alcoholic
  • Kent Brockman, a television news anchor
  • Mayor Quimby, the corrupt mayor of Springfield
  • Lenny and Carl, two friends of Homer
  • Krusty The Klown, TV star and host of a popular Children's/Comedy/Variety show who smokes and drinks a lot, making him a private eye
  • Doctor Hibbert, family doctor
  • Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' religous devout neighbour
    • Ned has two shy children, Rod and Todd. His wife Maude died at an auto race.
  • Milhouse Van Houten, Bart's nerdy best friend
    • His parents, Kirk and Luann, are divorced.
  • Nelson Muntz, school bully
  • Comic Book Guy, comic book store owner, known for his snide comments ("Worst Episode Ever!")
  • Apu, convenience store owner
    • Apu and his wife Manjula have eight infant children.
  • Seymour Skinner, principal of the school
  • Chief Wiggum, inept chief of police
    • Chief Wiggum's son, Ralph, is a classmate of Lisa.
  • Jasper, friend of Grandpa's
  • Captain McAllister, sea captain
  • Otto Mann, who drives the school bus
  • Bumblebee Man, Spanish-speaking TV actor
  • Itchy and Scratchy, cartoon cat and mouse who are spoof on Tom and Jerry
  • Troy McClure, out of work actor "who you might remember from such movies as..."
    • He was once married to Selma.
  • Snake, robber and criminal.
  • Old Gill, a hobo who has bad luck.

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