Hi Everybody,
here is another Blog entry for my Today in History Segment.
On January 14th 1990, “The Simpsons” Premiered on Television.
Here are some Facts about TV’s Disfunctional but Loveable Family.
- Presidential candidate: Bart’s best friend Millhouse is named after President Richard Millhous Nixon.
- Ex-Cel-ent: Each episode of the Simpsons contains about twenty-four thousand individual drawings, or Cels. An episode takes about six months to produce, and costs a million dollars.
- Happy Happy Birthday Birthday: Lisa has had her eighth birthday shown on the series – twice!
- On May 1, 2005 The Simpsons celebrated their 350th episode
- The Simpsons became the longest-running prime time animated show in 1997, breaking a record that The Flinstones had previously held.
- Bart’s full name is Bartholomew Jojo Simpson
- Many characters last names on The Simpsons are named after streets in Portland, Oregon.
