https://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons&feed=atom&action=historyThe Simpsons - Revision history2024-03-29T15:27:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.29.0https://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Simpsons&diff=1237656&oldid=prevOhpearmint at 19:26, January 7, 20242024-01-07T19:26:12Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Dan Castellaneta]] and [[Julie Kavner]] were already members of "[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]". Rather than hire more actors for voices for ''The Simpsons'' animated shorts, the producers asked both Castellaneta and Kavner to provide the voices of characters [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]. [[Yeardley Smith]] originally wanted to play the role of [[Bart]], but the producers found her voice too "girlish". Instead, she was given the role of [[Bart]]'s sister, [[Lisa Simpson]]. [[Bart]] was voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]], who originally auditioned for the role of Lisa but decided to be the voice of Bart instead after finding out that Lisa had a lack of personality at the time, while the character of Bart was "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, and clever".</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Dan Castellaneta]] and [[Julie Kavner]] were already members of "[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]". Rather than hire more actors for voices for ''The Simpsons'' animated shorts, the producers asked both Castellaneta and Kavner to provide the voices of characters [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]. [[Yeardley Smith]] originally wanted to play the role of [[Bart]], but the producers found her voice too "girlish". Instead, she was given the role of [[Bart]]'s sister, [[Lisa Simpson]]. [[Bart]] was voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]], who originally auditioned for the role of Lisa but decided to be the voice of Bart instead after finding out that Lisa had a lack of personality at the time, while the character of Bart was "devious, underachieving, school-hating, irreverent, and clever".</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The main characters are the [[Simpson family]], who live in a fictional "Middle American" town of Springfield.<ref name="Turner28">Turner, p. 28</ref> Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to [[Marge Bouvier]], a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker and prankster; Lisa, a precocious eight-year-old activist; and [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]], the baby of the family who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. The family owns a dog, [[Santa's Little Helper]], and a cat, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Snowball V]], renamed </del>[[Snowball II]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in "[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]"</del>. Both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. Despite the passing of yearly milestones such as holidays or birthdays, the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] do not physically age and still appear just as they did at the end of the 1980s. Although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another.<ref>{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The main characters are the [[Simpson family]], who live in a fictional "Middle American" town of Springfield.<ref name="Turner28">Turner, p. 28</ref> Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to [[Marge Bouvier]], a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker and prankster; Lisa, a precocious eight-year-old activist; and [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]], the baby of the family who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. The family owns a dog, [[Santa's Little Helper]], and a cat, [[Snowball II]]. Both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. Despite the passing of yearly milestones such as holidays or birthdays, the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] do not physically age and still appear just as they did at the end of the 1980s. Although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another.<ref>{{cite video | people=Oakley, Bill|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The show includes an array of quirky characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople and local celebrities. The creators originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokesters or for fulfilling needed functions in the town. A number of them have gained expanded roles and subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the comedy show "Second City Television".<ref name="avclub1">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47771/1|title=Matt Groening: Interview|accessdate=2006-10-22|author=Rabin, Nathan|date=2006-04-26|publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The show includes an array of quirky characters: co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople and local celebrities. The creators originally intended many of these characters as one-time jokesters or for fulfilling needed functions in the town. A number of them have gained expanded roles and subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the comedy show "Second City Television".<ref name="avclub1">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47771/1|title=Matt Groening: Interview|accessdate=2006-10-22|author=Rabin, Nathan|date=2006-04-26|publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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