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Season 1
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Season Information
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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 its animation had to be redone, delaying it to months throughout the season until finally being aired at the end of the season on 13th May 1990. Subsequent episodes in 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", on 17th December 1989 which had to be aired in the Christmas holidays of 1989 nonetheless.
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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Original Airdate | Directed by | Written by | Prod. code | |
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| 1 - 1 | "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" "The Simpsons Christmas Special" |
December 17,1989 | David Silverman | Mimi Pond | 7G08 | |
| The Simpsons have a difficult Christmas with lack of money due to all their savings spent by an expensive tattoo removal treatment for Bart and no bonus for Homer. The family try to ensure a happy holiday, with Homer attempting to earn money elsewhere such as being Santa Claus. | ||||||
| 2 - 102 | May 3, 1987 | "Watching TV" | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 3 - 103 | May 10, 1987 | "Jumping Bart" | ||||
| Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. | ||||||
| 4 - 104 | May 31, 1987 | "Babysitting Maggie" | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 5 - 105 | June 21, 1987 | "The Pacifier" | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 6 - 106 | June 28, 1987 | "Burping Contest" | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 7 - 107 | July 12, 1987 | "Dinnertime | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
