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The '''Ribwich''' was an item on the menu at the [[Springfield]] fast food chain [[Krusty Burger]].
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'''The Tracey Ullman Show''' was a weekly American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer [[Tracey Ullman]]. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the [[FOX]] network's second primetime series and ran until May 26, 1990. The show featured sketch comedy along with many musical numbers, featuring Emmy Award-winning choreography by Paula Abdul.
  
The Ribwich consisted of only the meat, the bun, and barbecue sauce. It was specifically '''not '''marketed as being nutritious or healthy. In the TV commercial for the Ribwich, the voice-over said, "We start with authentic, letter-graded meat, and process the hell out of it." The box the Ribwich was served in advertised it as "Now without lettuce!".
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The Simpsons first appeared as short vignettes on the Tracy Ullman Show. These cartoon shorts acted as bumpers that are shown before and after commercials. The characters were crudely drawn because [[Matt Groening]] assumed that the animators would clean them up after he submitted the rough sketches them. Instead, the animators simply traced over the sketches.
  
[[Homer]] was enthralled by the Ribwich the first time he saw the TV ad. His reaction to the ad was, "I can't wait to pack that into my colon!" When the sandwich came to Springfield, Homer tried one and quickly developed a voracious appetite for them, eating so many that he became delirious and slobbered all over the place, prompting the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] at the counter to call for a "Drool clean-up at Register 4!" Homer became hooked on Ribwiches, making frequent return trips to Krusty Burger to eat more of them...
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The first short, [[Good Night]], was aired on April 19, 1987. Later, the shorts were given their own segment on the show before the cartoon was developed into a 30 minutes TV animated spin-off in 1989...
  
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The Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the FOX network's second primetime series and ran until May 26, 1990. The show featured sketch comedy along with many musical numbers, featuring Emmy Award-winning choreography by Paula Abdul.

The Simpsons first appeared as short vignettes on the Tracy Ullman Show. These cartoon shorts acted as bumpers that are shown before and after commercials. The characters were crudely drawn because Matt Groening assumed that the animators would clean them up after he submitted the rough sketches them. Instead, the animators simply traced over the sketches.

The first short, Good Night, was aired on April 19, 1987. Later, the shorts were given their own segment on the show before the cartoon was developed into a 30 minutes TV animated spin-off in 1989...

Read more of this article | Vote for a comprehensive article