Welcome to Watch The Simpsons Online - FREE! Undivided Attention. Homer and the Any Key. Homer and the Any Key. "Out of The Way You!" Simpsons. The Simpsons. Last Exit To Springfield. The War of the Simpsons - v3 - Pretending to Cry - Index. The Simpsons. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L.
Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the network's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).
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