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42 unusual facts about The Simpsons


A Drunken Dream and Other Stories

His only complaint about the presentation of the book is that he found the font choice reminiscent of The Simpsons.

Adobe Flash Professional

The FutureSplash animation technology was used on several notable websites such as MSN, the official The Simpsons website and Disney Daily Blast of The Walt Disney Company.

Archer John Porter Martin

Martin was mentioned in the animated television series The Simpsons in the episode titled "Flaming Moe's" (Season 3, Episode 10).

Barbara Niedernhuber

In The Simpsons episode "The Bart of War", Milhouse mentions he feels "like luge silver medalist Barbara Niedernhuber" while riding Flanders' video cart.

Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly

In Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly, the player controls Bart from the television series The Simpsons as he escapes from an unpleasant summer camp run by ruthless counselors.

Beanotown

Information in the Beano on the town's depiction and location is largely inconsistent - in these respects the town has a similar status to the town of Springfield from The Simpsons.

Bruce Karatz

Working with Fox Broadcasting, which was celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Simpsons, KB Home constructed a real-life replica of the Simpsons' home in one of KB Home's Nevada subdivisions, which helped turn Las Vegas into KB Home's top market.

Carry On Breathing

It contains the usual mix of samples from a variety of sources, including EastEnders, Doctor Who, American Dad, The Simpsons, and many other samples taken from British Television and radio broadcasts.

Castellaneta

The ancestors of Dan Castellaneta, an actor/voice actor best known for his work on The Simpsons, were from the city.

Citationality

Citationality is often seen as a typical feature of postmodernism, especially in its pop culture manifestations (consider how frequently a television show like The Simpsons or Mystery Science Theater 3000 makes use of quotes and citations).

Convenience store

Another large chain is Quickie Mart (whose name predates the fictitious "Kwik-E-Mart" featured on The Simpsons).

Dead letter office

In The Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday", Springfield Elementary School visits their local Post Office and are treated to a piece of undeliverable mail from the dead letter office as a souvenir.

Drew McCreadie

He is a member of Urban Improv improvisation troupe and Canadian Content sketch troupe, whose members have/do include The Simpsons comic book writer Ian Boothby, Comedy Inc. star Roman Danylo and Air Farce actress Penelope Corrin.

Dude, You Need to Stop Dancing

Towards the end, Connor starts a music project, called Skittlebrau, which is a reference to The Simpsons.

Dudley R. Herschbach

Herschbach has also lent his voice to the animated television show The Simpsons for the episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV" where he is seen presenting the Nobel Prize in Physics to Professor Frink.

Eskimo kissing

Scenes involving Eskimo kissing are included in countless media, including episodes of The Simpsons, South Park and in a Chappelle's Show sketch in which Eskimo kissing is portrayed as a stereotypically white gesture.

Frank Mills

"Music Box Dancer" has been heard on an episode of The Simpsons and in the Kill Bill movies.

Games World

The show became the highest rated British produced TV show on Sky One - beaten only by The Simpsons and WWF Wrestling.

Happiness at work

There are negative images of work in contemporary media, such the television show The Simpsons.

Hedge maze

In The Shinning, a parody of The Shining from The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror V, Bart cuts a new path through the hedge maze, rather than complete it fairly.

If You Had Wings

The ride was parodied in The Simpsons episode "Special Edna" in which monstrous robotic Eastern airliners were depicted enslaving the human race.

Into Thin Air

When making the related episode "King of the Hill" of The Simpsons, the show's producers called the movie producers about finding actors fluent in Nepalese.

Jim Reardon

Jim Reardon (born 1961) is an animation director and storyboard consultant, best known for his work on the animated TV series The Simpsons.

The Simpsons (1990–2004) – director, supervising director, storyboard consultant

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

In another parallel to The Simpsons, Kochikames immense popularity has led to guest appearances in the strip by Japanese celebrities such as Tetsuya Komuro.

Laws regarding child pornography

In December 2008, a Sydney man was convicted with possessing child pornography after sexually explicit pictures of children characters from The Simpsons were found on his computer.

Michael J. O'Connor

Michael J. O'Connor (January 16, 1938 - May 5, 1992) was an American animator, best known for being a layout artist for The Simpsons in the first season.

National Association of Actors

In 2005, the ANDA had a conflict with Grabaciones y Doblajes Internacionales, which is in charge of the Spanish language-dubbing of the show The Simpsons.

Nina Matsumoto

Matsumoto first came to the attention of the comic industry through her widely distributed artwork Simpsonzu, a manga stylized parody artwork of The Simpsons cast.

Pedro Álvarez Castelló

Much of his work utilized a juxtaposition of pop culture references, such as clippings from The Simpsons comic books, against traditional Cuban images, such as 19th century peasants and troubadours.

Peter Budaj

Budaj, a devout Christian, is perhaps best known for having the depiction of Ned Flanders, a popular religious character from TV's The Simpsons painted on the back of his masks.

Pinmonkey

The four musicians soon began to perform together under the name Pinmonkey, which they derived from "And Maggie Makes Three", an episode of the U.S. cartoon The Simpsons.

Rex Morgan, M.D.

In The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Homer Simpson is reading the funny pages and comments, "Ah, Rex Morgan, M.D., you have the prescription for the daily blues."

SNPP

The Simpsons Archive, a Simpsons fansite frequently referred to as the abbreviation SNPP

STØR

A 1992 episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Beauty Queen" references STØR in a parody called "SHØP" which features a STØR-style building in IKEA's colors.

The Magic Door

Trivia: Actor Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer and other characters on the The Simpsons television series) was a semi-regular performer on The Magic Door during the mid 1970s.

The Simpsons Skateboarding

The story and dialogue were crafted by writers from The Simpsons, with all character voices supplied by the actual cast.

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

The final stage of each area pits Bart against a boss — all of which are members of the Burns clan: third cousin Fu Manchu Burns, second cousin's grand-nephew The Abominable Snow Burns, maternal grand-uncle Ramses Burns and unspecified relation Eric von Burns.

However, the contest has been rigged by Mr. Burns' assistant, Smithers, in order for Burns to rid himself of the Simpson family for all the trouble they have caused him over the years.

The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness

Developed by Distinctive Software, it is based on the Simpsons franchise and features many aspects from the series.

Wes Archer

He was one of the original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on The Simpsons', Tracey Ullman shorts, and subsequently directed a number of The Simpsons episodes (many of which had John Swartzwelder as an episode writer) before becoming supervising director at King of the Hill.

Written Cantonese

Although most foreign movies and TV shows are subtitled in Standard Chinese, some, such as The Simpsons, are subtitled using written Cantonese.


Alan Smart

Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an animator and an animation director best known for his work for SpongeBob SquarePants and as an, assistant director and layout artist with The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's").

Australian Tazos

Tazos were first released in Australia in 1995 with the Looney Tunes set, since then Australia the TAZO series has grown with various themes which include various The Simpsons sets, Beyblades, Star Wars, Marvel Heroes and in the last few years AFL and NRL footy sets.

Bee bearding

In the 2008 The Simpsons episode "The Burns and the Bees", Lisa Simpson wears a beard of bees to help the local population of bees to flourish.

Bob Kushell

He has written for network television comedies including The Simpsons, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Malcolm in the Middle, American Dad, Samantha Who?, Suburgatory and Anger Management.

Branchiocaris

This fossil appears on TV show 'The Simpsons', chapter: 'Lisa, the sceptic', behind the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (Wonderful Life's author).

Butch Patrick

In addition to his music, Patrick returned to occasional film and television work, including making cameo appearances as "Himself" on episodes of the Fox animated television series The Simpsons and the 2003 comedy film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, as well as appearing as a grown-up Eddie Munster in a Little Caesars Pizza commercial.

Cardston, Alberta

On April 9, 2006, the museum was briefly mentioned on TV in Canada as a destination of Patty and Selma's vacation during the Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore episode of The Simpsons.

Carlos Lopes

Carlos Lopes appears in the 14th episode of the season 12 of The Simpsons, as Homer is watching great moments of the Olympic history.

Christian Roman

Before Disney, he was a storyboard artist and storyboard supervisor on The Simpsons, during which time he wrote 'How to Storyboard The Simpsons Way'.

Electric football

In The Simpsons episode "Bart Star", while coaching his son's peewee football team, Homer Simpson uses an electric football table, even instructing one player to "spin around in a circle".

Faraday constant

The Simpsons episode "Dark Knight Court" (RABF10) has Mr. Burns asking Comic Book Guy how much he wants for his entire comic book inventory.

Five o'clock shadow

Another famous media figure with this facial look is Homer Simpson from the cartoon series The Simpsons, although in his case it grows immediately after shaving in the morning.

Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific

The product's unusually long name was satirized on The Simpsons.

Grim Natwick Film Festival

Guest for the 2012 Festival held 22 to 24 June included Tim Decker, lecturer in animation from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and former layout artist and animator of The Simpsons, John Roberts, director of Cannes Film Festival shown Mary's Friend and The Wheel, together with returning guests Mahoney, Simms, and Strenger.

Inverted Jenny

In the first episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Homer Simpson, along with finding an original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, an Action Comics 1, and a Stradivarius violin, all of which he throws away, then comes across a full sheet of Inverted Jennys in the 5 cent box at a local swap meet.

Joey Kramer

He made a guest appearance in the 22nd season of The Simpsons, in the episode "The Ned-Liest Catch", as a former partner of Bart's teacher Mrs. Krabappel, as told in the 3rd season episode Flaming Moe's, which featured the whole of Aerosmith, the first band to guest star on the show.

KMCI-TV

Syndicated programming on this station includes The Simpsons, That '70s Show, The King of Queens, Family Guy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and How I Met Your Mother.

Matthew Faughnan

Matthew Faughnan is an animation director with The Simpsons and has directed five episodes.

Mosi Tatupu

In The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror III" Mosi Tatupu's name is used during the "King Homer" segment.

On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister

The students of Springfield Elementary go on a field trip to the Springfield Glacier which has nearly melted completely into a pond, and is just a lump of slush.

Our Little Genius

Because of the abrupt pulling of the series, American Idol aired for 90 minutes that night, with a repeat showing of the "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" episode of The Simpsons following at 9:30 PM.

Pacific Electric

In The Simpsons episode titled "Postcards from the Wedge" that aired March 14, 2010 on Fox, the film shown at the beginning of the episode is based on GM's promo films from the 1950s; in addition, the cars from the abandoned Springfield Subway are modeled after the PE cars.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

In The Simpsons episode "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy", Abraham Simpson asks Homer whether pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is what's wrong with Marge.

Raymond S. Persi

Raymond S. Persi is a director for episodes of The Simpsons.

Steve Pepoon

Steve Pepoon is a television writer who has written for The Simpsons (his only writing credit for the series was the season two episode Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment), ALF, and Get a Life.

Teddy Grahams

At times Teddy Grahams have enjoyed a place in the spotlight, being used as a prop on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, were referenced on The Simpsons, and were referred to in a Strong Bad email.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

"Marge Gets a Job" - An episode of The Simpsons episode which includes this story as a plot element.

The Day of the Dolphin

The third segment of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror XI, called Night of the Dolphin, is a comical homage to this film.

The Freddie

In The Simpsons episode "Duffless", Bart dreams of a "Go-Go Ray" with the ability to force teachers and administrators to perform various fad dances, including the Mashed Potato, the Jerk, and the Freddie.

The Great Gazoo

The Great Gazoo is also referenced in The Simpsons episode "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase", a metafictional episode looking at alleged future developments in the series that would never come to pass, which include Ozmodiar, a floating green alien that only Homer could see.

The Kustomonsters

The Kustomonsters is an animated web series and TV show created by, Craig Clark, an art rock, darkwave musician (Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), animator (Forrest Gump and The Simpsons).

The Seventh Python

The film features Innes in performance in Los Angeles, Sussex, England and Melbourne, Australia and features Pythons John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, as well as singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons), and composer/arranger John Altman, among others.

The Simpsons: Road Rage

The Simpsons Road Rage is a 2001 video game based on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is part of a series of games based on the show.

The Sleeping Gypsy

In the Simpsons episode "Mom and Pop Art" Homer dreams of waking up in the artwork with the lion licking his head.

The Stony Brook Press

Former editor Ned Goldreyer has produced and written a number of television shows, including an episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Simpson".

The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene

"The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" was first broadcast on December 9, 2012, as part of Fox's Animation Domination programming block, and was preceded by the premiere of the The Simpsons episode "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" and was followed by the premiere of the Family Guy episode "Friends Without Benefits."