50 Things You Dident Know about The SIMPSONS
1. Only 1 character is drawn with five digits on each hand: God.
2. The longest homer has been seen without stubble is just seven seconds ( in the episode some enchanted evening)
3.Lisa has celebrated her 8th bday twice.
4.Pete Townshend of the Who's Cameo was actually recorded by his own brother Paul.
5.The Show Hints that fictional springfield could be set in New Jersey, Missouri or Kentucky.
6.Eric stefani, brother of Gwen and ex-no doubt keyboard player, left the band to become a Simpsons Animator
7.It takes 8 months to make each epiosde
8.Rev lovejoy has three alarms in his pulpit to wake up his congreagation bird, ambulance and disco whistle.
9.Theres a sign in the Kwik-E-Mart saying it does not accept cheques from Chief Wiggum, reverend lovejoy, homer J simpson, HJ Simpson, Home Simpson or HOmer J Fong
10.When Bart visits France in the crepes of wrath, some of the rural backgrounds are based on famous paintings: Van goghs Wheatfield with crows and monets Waterlilies.
11.When Homer learns to box in the homer they fall, he fights under the auspicious name of ASSBOX (association of springfield semi-pro Boxers)
12. The team who make Itchy and scratchy are drawn to look like The Simpsons real-life writers
13. In the old man and lisa, closet-gay Smithers shopping list includes suspicious iteams "ointment" and "luncheon meat"
14. Maggie often spells out EMCSQ (or E=Mc2) on her building blocks
15. When Maggie goes through the checkout in the opening titles she costs $847.63 - the amount it costs a month to raise a baby in the US, according to statistics.
Who Characters are based on
16. Mayor Quimby - President John F Kennedy
17. Moe - US Comedian Rich Hall
18. Maggie - Popeyes baby Sweet pea
19. Comic Book Guy - matt Groening
20. bart - Dennis The Menace
21. Rainier Wolfcastle (McBain) - Arnie
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22. Marge was voted Britains fav mum in a Mothers union UK poll.
23. In 1998, The cast were paid $30,000 (£16,000). Now they get $360,000 (£203,000)
24. Harry Shearer, who voices Monty Burns, otto and Kent Brockman was the bass player Derek smalls in film spinal tap.
25. Ned Flanders has a PhD in Mixology (the study of mixing drinks)
26. In a 1993 episode one of the writers sys hes tired of the his job and wants to write a cartoon about a robot. 6 years later matt Groening created Futurama starring bender the robot.
27. The Springfield Mall Shoe store groups items bye sport kickboxing street crime and nightlife
28. Marge and homer bothe keep personalised stationary; from the mind of marge and Dumb Things i gotta do today , repectievely.
29.Smithers was Black in the first episode he appeared in.
30.Springfield mottos: "a noble spirit embiggens the smalest mind and corruptus in extremis"
Who The Simpsons Has Offended
31. The People of New Orleans. One song described the city as the "home of pirates, drunks and whores"
32. George Bush senior sed in 1992 "this nation needs to be closer to the waltons than the simpsons"
33. The Brazilian Tourist Board. An episode depicted their country as crime-ridden and full of monkeys.
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34. The Simpsons live on Evergreen Terrace - Groenings childhood road
35.Flanders, Rev Lovejoy and Kearney(school bully) are also named after streets in the creators neighbourhood.
36. Groenings mums called marge and his dad Homer - as is his son...
37....And his sisters are called maggie and lisa.
38. Rumour has it tht tony blair agreed to appear on the show after being told by animators would make him look like a james bond
39.Moes happy "hour" is from 5:00pm - 5:30pm
40. Hans Moleman has been killed in 10 different episodes
41. Troy Mclure (the actor/presenter) and lionel hutz (the attorney) were written out of the show in 1998 after the actor who voiced them, Phil Hartman, was murdered by his wife.
42. Michael jackson supplied the voice for 300lb White, escaped mental patient called...Michael jackson. Although he was listed in the credits as John jay Smith.
43. Jackson also anonymously wrote barts hit single "do the bart man" which included the line "i wana be bad like michael jackson"
44. Matt Groening insists his initals must appear in any picture of homer. So when looking at homer side on the zig zag of his hair forms a M while his ear forms a G
Signs In The Background
45. On the Kwik-E-Marts microwave: "People with pacemakers should stay away from this thing"
46.Outside the funeral home "we put the fun in funeral"
47. on the cinema: "space mutants IV: the trilogy continues"
48.Comic book guy's bumper sticker reads "my other car is the millenium falcon"
49. behind Moes bar a sign says "Bartenders do it till you barf"
50. At Lake Springfield: "no mercury dumping without a permit"
Taken from "cramp" :| a Mag
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