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The Simpsons Shorts is a series of one-minute shorts that ran on the variety show The Tracey Ullman Show for three seasons, before the characters spun off into their own half-hour prime time show called The Simpsons. The shorts were created by cartoonist Matt Groening in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction.[1] He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after his own family.[1] Bart was modeled after Groening's older brother, Mark, but given a different name which was chosen as an anagram of "brat."[2]
The stories were written and storyboarded by Matt Groening.[3] The family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead they just traced over his drawings.[1] The animation was produced domestically at Klasky Csupo,[4] with Wesley Archer, David Silverman, and Bill Kopp being animators for the first season.[3] After season one it was animated by Archer and Silverman.[3] Georgie Peluse was the colorist and the person who decided to make the characters yellow.[3]
The characters are voiced by the same people known from The Simpsons. Dan Castellaneta performed the voices of Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, and Krusty the Clown. Homer's voice sounds different on the shorts compared to most episodes of the half-hour show. His voice was in the beginning a loose impression of Walter Matthau, but it became more robust and humorous on the half-hour show, allowing Homer to cover a fuller range of emotions.[5] Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith performed the voices of Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson, and Lisa Simpson respectively.
The shorts were featured on the first three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show. By the fourth and last season of The Tracey Ullman Show the first season of the half-hour show was on the air. In the two first seasons the shorts were divided into three or four parts, in the third season they were played as a single story. Tracey Ullman filed a lawsuit, claiming that her show was the source of The Simpsons success and therefore should receive a share of the show's profit. Eventually the courts ruled in favor of the network.[6]
Only a few of these shorts have been released on DVD. "Good Night" was included on The Simpsons season 1 DVD. Five of these shorts were later used in the clip show episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" on the half-hour show, which was released on the season 7 DVD. These five shorts were "Good Night", "The Perfect Crime", "Space Patrol", "World War III", and "Bathtime". Groening has announced that all of the shorts will be available on mobile phones.[7]
Contents
Shorts
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Season 1: 1987
| Picture | # | Title | Original airdate | Prod. code | ||
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| 100px | 1 - 1 | April 19, 1987 | MG01 | |||
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Marge and Homer say goodnight to their kids but all does not go to plan. Bart philosophically contemplates (first time and last) the wonders of the mind, Lisa hears Marge say "don'tlet 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" | ||||||
| 100px | 2 - 2 | "Watching Television" | May 3, 1987 | MG02 | ||
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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 - 3 | "Bart Jumps" | May 10, 1987 | MG03 | ||
| Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. | ||||||
| 100px | 4 - 4 | "Babysitting Maggie" | May 31, 1987 | MG04 | ||
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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. | ||||||
| 100px | 5 - 5 | "The Pacifier" | June 21, 1987 | MG05 | ||
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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. | ||||||
| 100px | 6 - 6 | "Burping Contest" | June 28, 1987 | MG06 | ||
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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. | ||||||
| 100px | 7 - 7 | "Eating Dinner" | July 12, 1987 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
Season 2: 1987 - 1988
| Picture | # | Title | Original airdate | Prod. code | ||
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| 100px | 8 - 201 |
"Making Faces" |
September 22, 1987 | MG09 | ||
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The kids make faces, intending them to be scary whilst ignoring Marge's warnings that their "scary" face will be permanent if they keep doing it. | ||||||
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9 - 202 | "The Funeral" | October 4, 1987 | MG14 | ||
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The family attend a funeral of Uncle Hubert although Bart and Lisa prove to be disruptive, having Homer to not take them to another funeral ever again at their dismay. | ||||||
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10 - 203 | "What Maggie's Thinking" | October 11, 1987 | MG10 | ||
| Bart and Lisa wonder what Maggie is thinking, looking at her in her crib. | ||||||
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11 - 204 | "Football" | October 18, 1987 | MG08 | ||
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Homer promises to reward the kids frosty chocolate milkshakes if Bart can catch a football thrown by him. Bart fails numerous times to catch it such as falling down a cliff and finally catches the football by his mouth, which also becomes stuck in there. | ||||||
| 100px | 12 - 205 | "House of Cards" | October 25, 1987 | MG12 | ||
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Bart attempts to build a house of cards although each set he assembles keeps falling apart by disruptions including Lisa and Maggie's noises. | ||||||
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13 - 206 | "Bart and Homer's Dinner" | November 1, 1987 | MG15 | ||
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Homer and Bart have dinner together while Marge, Lisa and Maggie are watching a ballet. They eat a mixture of fish nuggets and pork-a-roni or "fish pork-a-roni", which Bart cannot stomach. | ||||||
| 100px | 14 - 207 | "Space Patrol" | November 8, 1987 | MG13 | ||
| The kids play "Space Patrol" while Homer and Marge are out. Lisa plays as a superhero and Maggie as her sidekick with pans on their heads while Bart plays an alien warlord with a vase covering his whole head, being stuck in there. Lisa eventually smashes the vase off Bart with a croquet mallet although some of it remains on his neck, strangling him while Lisa and Maggie hide before Homer and Marge come home. | ||||||
| 100px | 15 - 208 | "Bart's Haircut" | November 15, 1987 | MG18 | ||
| Bart must have a haircut as his hair is at a considerable length. He is shaven bald, much to his dismay, in a barbershop. After an unsuccessful attempt to have the cut hair glued back on his head, he unveils his haircut to the family, who cannot help laugh at it despite promising not to. | ||||||
| 100px | 16 - 209 | "World War III" | November 22, 1987 | MG20 | ||
| Homer wakes up the family early in the morning, having them believe of an emergency such as World War III which urges them to go to their bomb shelter. They become irritated by this repeated each time despite his reason to have them do it to practice for a nuclear drill, failing each time to safety if it were a real emergency. They then convince Homer of an emergency which he is alarmed and rushes to the bomb shelter although the family lock him in, believing it for the best. | ||||||
| 100px | 17 - 210 | "The Perfect Crime" | December 13, 1987 | MG16 | ||
| Bart believes of stealing freshly baked cookies as "the perfect crime". His attempts to steal them fail until finally eating most of them when Homer and Marge find the tray empty. As the only witness, Maggie leads them to Bart, him full of the cookies and considering that there is no perfect crime while Maggie eats one. | ||||||
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18 - 211 | "Scary Stories" | December 20, 1987 | MG17 | ||
| Bart tells Lisa and Maggie scary stories while in the dark although they come true. | ||||||
| 100px | 19 - 212 | "Grampa and the Kids" | January 10, 1988 | MG19 | ||
| Grampa tells the kids stories such as times when he was their age. They eventually stop paying attention to him including him trying to regain their attention by faking a death. | ||||||
| 100px | 20 - 213 | "Gone Fishin" | January 24, 1988 | MG11 | ||
| Homer and Bart go to the lake on a fishing trip. At lunch, Homer haves a bologna sandwich although Bart has forgot to take some along, which he uses bait instead as bologna. They then head through rapids and down a waterfall. | ||||||
| 100px | 21 - 214 | "Skateboarding" | February 7, 1988 | MG21 | ||
| Bart teaches Lisa and Maggie how to skateboard although out perform his skills each time. | ||||||
| 100px | 22 - 215 | "The Pagans" | February 14, 1988 | MG22 | ||
| The family's car breaks down on the way to church, which the kids decide to be pagans. | ||||||
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23 - 216 | "The Closet" | February 21, 1988 | MG23 | ||
| Bart hides in a closet to avoid chores although is trapped in it and attempts to break out. He eventually does although the family were instead going of to get frosty chocolate milkshakes. | ||||||
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24 - 217 | "The Aquarium" | February 28, 1988 | MG24 | ||
| Homer takes the kids to an aquarium while Bart misbehaves with the sights. | ||||||
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25 - 218 | "Family Portraits" | March 6, 1988 | MG25 | ||
| The family have trouble taking a good photo for a family portrait. | ||||||
| 100px | 26 - 219 | "Bart's Hiccups" | March 13, 1988 | MG26 | ||
| Lisa and Maggie attempt to cure Bart's hiccups to no avail. | ||||||
| 100px | 27 - 220 | "The Money Jar" | March 20, 1988 | MG27 | ||
| Marge forbids the kids to steal money of the money jar. They each decide whether it is right or wrong to do it, with their shoulder angel and devil convincing opposite decisions. Bart's shoulder angel and devil both convince to take the money although does not take it as there is only $1 in the jar, being insufficent for his needs. | ||||||
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28 - 221 | "The Art Museum" | May 1, 1988 | MG29 | ||
| The family visit an art museum, which Bart and Lisa misbehaves with some of the artifacts. | ||||||
| 100px | 29 - 222 | "Zoo Story" | May 8, 1988 | MG28 | ||
| The family go to a zoo, finding a gorilla family mirroring their appearances. Homer is then thrown their excrement at his face after repeatedly teasing them to offer a peanut which he does not have them have one. | ||||||
Season 3: 1988 - 1989
| Picture | # | Title | Original airdate | Prod. code | ||
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| 100px | 30 - 301 |
"Shut Up, Simpsons" |
November 6, 1988 | MG08 | ||
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Homer, the kids and Grampa start a chain reaction on each other. This develops as one says to another to stop it such as Lisa saying to Maggie to stop squeaking a toy. They decide to reconcile although they except Lisa and Maggie end up being strangled by one other. | ||||||
| 100px | 31 - 302 | "Shell Game" | November 13, 1988 | MG09 | ||
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Bart attempts to steal cookies of a cookie jar as he is forbidden to take any. He takes a handful although Lisa alerts Homer and Marge. Bart quickly puts most of the cookies back in although one remains out. He covers the solitary cookie with a bowl before they enter the kitchen. He then gets away with it, outsmarting Homer and Marge by a shell game with the cookie in the bowls although is outsmarted by Maggie doing the same. | ||||||
| 100px | 32 - 303 | "The Bart Simpson Show" | November 20, 1988 | MG03 | ||
| Homer forbids the kids to watch The Itchy & Scratchy Show for it being to violent. Bart then produces an imaginary, makeshift program in the TV by removing parts of it, leaving the frame, and performing behind it. Calling it "The Bart Simpson Show", it is mainly about Bart himself. Lisa, Maggie and an angered Homer know that it is not a real show as Homer then strangles Bart. | ||||||
| 100px | 33 - 304 | "Punching Bag" | November 27, 1988 | MG04 | ||
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Homer and Marge want the kids to play friendly, much to their reluctance. Bart punches a punching bag although Lisa then punches it after having it drawn like Homer's head. Homer and Marge can hear the punching bag's sounds and he wants Marge to stop it. When she leaves, the sound becomes louder and more rapid. Homer then goes to the room to find Marge also punching it. Lisa then accidently has the punching bag hit and knock him out. | ||||||
| 100px | 34 - 305 | "Simpson Christmas" | December 18, 1988 | MG05 | ||
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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. | ||||||
| 100px | 35 - 306 | "The Krusty the Clown Show" | January 15, 1989 | MG06 | ||
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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. | ||||||
| 100px | 36 - 307 | "Bart the Hero" | January 29, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 37 - 308 | "Bart's Little Fantasy" | February 5, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 38 - 309 | "Scary Movie" | February 12, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 39 - 310 | "Shoplifting" | February 19, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 40 - 311 | "Echo Canyon" | February 26, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 41 - 312 | "Bathtime" | March 12, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 42 - 313 | "Bart's Nightmare" | March 19, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 43 - 314 | "Bart of the Jungle" | March 26, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 44 - 315 | "Family Therapy" | April 16, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 45 - 316 | "Maggie In Peril (Chapter One)" | April 23, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 46 - 317 | "Maggie In Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion)" | April 30, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
| 100px | 47 - 207 | "TV Simpsons" | May 7, 1989 | MG07 | ||
| Marge serves the family dinner and the family sits down for the meal. Marge insists that family should have table manners, but the family's crude eating habits are hard to stop. | ||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 BBC. (2000). 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD) (DVD). UK: 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ Paul, Alan. "Matt Groening" (Interview)Flux Magazine Issue #6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cagle, Daryl. The David Silverman Interview. MSNBC. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
- ↑ Deneroff, Harvey. "Matt Groening's Baby Turns 10"Animation Magazine, Vol. 14, #1, pp. 10, 12.
- ↑ Brownfield, Paul. "He's Homer, but This Odyssey Is His Own"Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Spotnitz, Frank. "Eat my shorts!"Entertainment Weekly, p. 8(1).
- ↑ Groening's repeats u-turn (2006-08-06). Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
