The Simpsons’ 20th birthday.
It’s exactly two decades since the first half-hour episode featuring the antics of the animated family was screened. And now Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are TV’s First Family.
It’s exactly two decades since the first half-hour episode featuring the antics of the animated family was screened. And now Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are TV’s First Family.
Some Simpsons facts
The Simpsons’ writing team is 16-strong.Each episode takes six months to produce.
Homer’s catchphrase “Doh!” is now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
The actors behind the voices are paid around $400,000 (£250,000) an episode.
Ricky Gervais wrote the episode titled Homer Simpson: This Is Your Wife becoming the first celebrity to both write and guest star in the show.
Each episode contains about 24,000 individual drawings.
Simpsons merchandise makes more than £1billion a year.
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