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| − | |ShortSummary=While Christmas shopping, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] sneaks off and gets a [[tattoo]]. [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] soon discovers this and uses the family's Christmas savings to get it removed. Meanwhile, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] discovers that he will not be getting a Christmas bonus from [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] and thus the family has no money to buy Christmas presents. He decides to keep their financial troubles a secret and gets a job as a department store [[Santa Claus|Santa]], but later discovers that the job does not pay enough. Desperate for a miracle, Homer and Bart go to the dog racing track on Christmas Eve in hopes of earning some money. He bets it all on a longshot named [[Santa's Little Helper]], who loses. Santa's Little Helper's owner angrily releases the dog and Homer lets Bart keep him. Later on, Homer tries to explain that Christmas is ruined, but Bart exclaims that they have a dog and everyone happily welcomes the newest member of the Simpson family.
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| − | |ShortSummary= Bart has trouble on an intelligence test and sneakily switches tests with [[Martin Prince]], the class genius. After the results are tabulated, the school psychiatrist labels Bart a genius and sends him to the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children. Homer starts treating Bart with respect, but Bart immediately feels out of place among his new classmates and is alienated from his old peers. He confesses that he cheated on the test and is subsequently sent back to [[Springfield Elementary School]].<br/>'''Guest star''': [[Marcia Wallace]].<ref name="Genius">Richmond, p. 18</ref>
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Revision as of 13:18, June 23, 2010
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Season Information
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December 17, 1989 – May 13, 1990
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| No. of episodes:
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13
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| Previous season:
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Ullman shorts
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| Next season:
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2
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| DVD boxset:
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The Complete First Season
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The first season of the Simpsons began on 17th December 1989 with the first episode of the series, " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" and ended on 13th May 1990 with " Some Enchanted Evening". Matt Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon were the show runners of the season.
It was originally intended that the season finale, "Some Enchanted Evening", would be the first episode of the season as well as the series which would have aired at Autumn of 1989. However, after a poorly received workprint of the episode, 70% of it had to be redone, delaying it to months throughout the season until finally being aired on May 1990,late in the season. Subsequent episodes in their production such as "Bart the Genius" had minor problems that were easy to fix and were suitable for airing. As "Some Enchanted Evening" was being overhauled, the producers considered to air the Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", which had the nearest airdate and would be the season premiere and the first episode of the series.
The season had four nominations and won one of them. It won Outstanding Animated Program from "Life on the Fast Lane", which the episode was tied with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was nominated for "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special", "The Call of the Simpsons" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special" and "The Simpsons Theme", composed by Danny Elfman, was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music".
All of the 13 episodes of Season 1, including extras such as the "Some Enchanted Evening" workprint, were released on DVD on 25th September 2001 in Region 1 and 24th September 2001 in Region 2 and 4. This is the First of the Complete Seasons of The Simpsons released in boxsets for home media.
Episodes
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| 1 - 101
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"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
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December 17, 1989
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7G08
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| The Simpsons struggle with their Christmas holidays with lack of money and go through desperate measures to ensure a good holiday.
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"Watching TV"
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May 3, 1987
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| Bart and Lisa quarrel over what channel they should watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. The only thing they eventually agree on is to stop Maggie changing the channel. Later Homer is saying a speech about family matters and stops when the show comes back on.
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| 3 - 103
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May 10, 1987
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"Jumping Bart"
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| Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him.
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| 4 - 104
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May 31, 1987
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"Babysitting Maggie"
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| Marge puts Bart and Lisa in charge of babysitting Maggie. They totally ignore her, and she gets electrocuted, falls down the stairs and chases a butterfly onto the roof only to fall off the roof.
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| 5 - 105
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June 21, 1987
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"The Pacifier"
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| Bart and Lisa take Maggie's pacifier away to stop her from sucking on it. Maggie has an entire drawerful of them and refuses to kick the habit.
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| 6 - 106
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June 28, 1987
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"Burping Contest"
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| Bart, Lisa and Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp. Marge objects several times, but to no avail.
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Airdate
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Prod.Code
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| 1 - 101
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April 19, 1987
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"Good Night"
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| Marge and Homer say goodnight to their kids but all doesn't go to plan. Bart philosophically contemplates (first time and last) the wonders of the mind, Lisa hears Marge say "don't let the bed bugs bite" and fears that her bed bugs will eat her, and Maggie is traumatized by the lyrics of "rock-a-bye-baby"
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| 2 - 102
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May 3, 1987
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"Watching TV"
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| Bart and Lisa quarrel over what channel they should watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. The only thing they eventually agree on is to stop Maggie changing the channel. Later Homer is saying a speech about family matters and stops when the show comes back on.
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| 3 - 103
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May 10, 1987
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"Jumping Bart"
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| Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him.
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