The Simpsons (1989)
Director: Matt Groening
Screenwriter: James L. Brooks / Matt Groening ／Sam Simon
Starring: Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright / Yeardley Smith / Hank Azaria / Harry Shearer
Genre: Comedy
Country/Region of Production: United States
Language: English
Date: December 17, 1989
Number of Seasons: 37
Number of episodes: 798
Single episode length: 23 minutes
IMDb: tt0096697
Adaptation: Cameo
Summary:
The main characters are the Simpson family, who live in the fictional "Middle America" town of Springfield. Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to Marge (née Bouvier), a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children: Bart, a ten-year-old troublemaker and prankster; Lisa, a precocious eight-year-old activist; and Maggie (named by Bart), the baby of the family who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. Although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another..
The family also owns a greyhound, Santa's Little Helper, (who first appeared in the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire") and a cat, Snowball II, who is replaced by a cat, also named Snowball II, in the fifteenth-season episode "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot". Extended members of the Simpson and Bouvier family in the main cast include Homer's father Abe and Marge's sisters Patty and Selma. Marge's mother Jacqueline and Homer's mother Mona appear less frequently.
