The Simpsons
Imagine a world full of Bart Simpsons. Little whining, annoying troublemakers all over the place. Now imagine a world without Bart Simpson. Rather difficult, isn't it? is one of America's most popular television shows. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age (Varhola, 50). Having this young audience, one would think the show would be filled with educational, or at least beneficial, material to help kids who are developing into young adults. However, the ideals that conveys are not always wholesome and, sometimes, not even in good taste. Through the immoral stories and ill-mannered characters of the cartoon, it is evident that affect ...
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Life in Hell drew the attention of James L. Brooks, producer of such works as Taxi, The Mary Tyler Show, and Terms of Endearment. Brooks originally wanted Groening to make an animated pilot of Life in Hell. Groening chose not to do so in fear of loosing royalties from papers that printed the strip. Groening presented Brooks with overweight, balding father, a mother with a blue beehive hairdo, and three obnoxious spiky haired children. He intended for them to represent the typical American family "who love each other and drive each other crazy" (Groening, 4). Groening named the characters after his own family. His parents were named Homer and Marge, his younger sisters, Lisa and Maggie. Bart was an anagram for "brat". Groening used the last name Simpson to sound like the typical American family (Varhola, 51).
Brooks decided to put the 30 or 60 second animations on between skits on the Tracy Ulman Show on the Fox network. Cast members Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kanvner ...
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day at the mall, Bart sits on his Dad's lap and pulls his beard. Homer responds by choking Bart. When Christmas Eve rolls by, Homer receives his check, $13.70 for 40 hours of work. Homer takes Bart to the dog track as a final chance for Christmas money. Here, they discovered a dog named Santa's Little Helper. The two felt that this dog was a sign of good luck and that he could possibly win. Despite the odds being 99 to 1, Homer put all his money on the dog, and to their horror, he never finished the race.
"Simpsons Roasting on an open Fire" was not the typical Christmas story. It dealt with body art, sleeping in the work place, sibling rivalry, stealing Christmas trees, a ...
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