The Simpsons family are made up of some of TV’s most-
loved characters, but even if you’ve seen all the
episodes, there are still going to be some fun facts you
never knew about the Simpsons. Here we’ve rounded up
the best facts we could find about the most popular
cartoon in the world.
1. The Simpsons family is made up of five characters:
Homer , Marge , Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
2. Matt Groening created the show and the characters,
naming them after members of his own family.
3. The Simpsons first aired on December 17, 1989.
4. Aside from The Simpsons episodes, there was a movie
released in 2007 called “ The Simpsons Movie “.
5. Bart is one of the most well-known characters in The
Simpsons , but few people know his full name.
Bartholomew Jojo Simpson was more commonly known
as Bart, an anagram of the word ‘brat’.
6. Danny Elfman composed the famous Simpsons theme
tune in 1989, and it took him just two days to finalize.
7. Krusty the Clown is known even to those who aren’t
diehard fans of the TV show, but not everybody knows
the real reason he was created. He was initially meant
to be Homer’s secret identity.
8. God is the only character who has five fingers. The rest
of the characters are only seen with four.
9. The sat nav voice with the most downloads in the world
is Homer Simpson’s voice.
10. Barbara Bush, previous First Lady of the USA, once
remarked that it was the ‘dumbest thing’ she had ever
seen.
11. The producers replied to Ms Bush with a letter drafted
in the voice of character Marge Simpson. The humorous
tone makes fun of US politics.
12. Waylon Smithers, Mr Burns’ assistant, was originally
going to be black. Although this was unintentional, a
problem with the colors might that he appeared black.
The producers nearly kept this change, until there was a
concern it may cause viewer complaints.
13. The running length of the show credits will vary
depending on how long the episode is. A longer episode
will have shorter credits, while a shorter episode will
have longer for the credits.
14. “ Do the Bartman “, the single by Bart Simpson, was co-
written by Michael Jackson, although he received no
credit for it. This was his own request, and he was listed
as John Jay Smith instead.
15. The famous song was never released in the US,
although it rocketed to the top of the charts in both the
UK and Australia.
16. In 2009, Marge Simpson was featured on the cover of
Playboy magazine.
17. Homer has an email address which is a real active
account. He can be contacted on
ChunkyLover53@aol.com, although senders will only
receive an automated reply.
18. The famous “d’oh” was written in the scripts as an
“annoyed grunt”.
19. The Oxford Dictionary decided that the word “d’oh”
should be added, and it entered the most popular
dictionary in 2001.
20. In French, the word is translate to “T’oh”, while in the
Spanish language it can be translated to “ouch”.
21. It’s a common fact that the Simpson family lives in
Springfield, but there are 34 different places with this
name in America.
22. The initial team of writers was made up of eight
different people with a wide range of experience. The
team was led by Sam Simon.
23. In 1998, the Simpsons writers joined the Writers Guild of
America. They went on strike with the other writers at
the end of 2007.
24. If you were hoping to buy the rights to the Simpsons any
time soon, you should think again. Fox owns the rights
for a while yet, and it will be 2082 before they go up for
grabs again.
25. Although the show is currently owned by Fox, the
producers have permission to write without any input or
hindrances from Fox. This is why the show often makes
fun of the TV network.

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