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Shorts season 1

Season Information

Original run:	April 19, 1987 – July 12, 1987
No. of shorts:	7
Previous season:	None
Next season:	Shorts season 2
DVD and VHS releases:	"MG01" - Season 1 "MG06" - BOTS 10

Shorts season 1 is the first season of The Simpsons shorts and consisted of seven shorts. One of these shorts, ("Good Night") was released on DVD (as "Goodnight Simpsons"), and another ("Burping Contest") was released on Volume 10 of The Best of The Simpsons tapes.

List of shorts

Picture	#	Title	Original airdate	Prod. code
100px	1 - 1	"Good Night"	April 19, 1987	MG01
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'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"
100px	2 - 2	"Watching TV"	May 3, 1987	MG02
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 - 3	"Jumping Bart"	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
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
Bart and Lisa take Maggie's pacifier away to stop her from sucking on it. Maggie has an entire drawer full of them and refuses to kick the habit.
100px	6 - 6	"Burping Contest"	June 28, 1987	MG06
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	"Dinnertime"	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.

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