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The Simpsons star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of the middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its titular family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons many aspects of the human condition including American culture, society, and television.

The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season.

Since its debut on December 17, 1989 and as of December 6, 2009, the show has broadcast 428 episodes and the twentieth season commenced airing on September 28, 2008. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and has grossed approximately US$526.2 million worldwide to date.

The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 24 Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 it was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program and as of 2008 is tied with Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime television series. Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.

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Waylon Smithers is voiced by actor Harry Shearer
Waylon Smithers, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, who is voiced by Harry Shearer. Smithers first appeared briefly in the episode "Homer's Odyssey", although he could be heard in the The Simpsons series premiere "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the consummate executive and personal assistant (and self-proclaimed best friend) of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's CEO Mr. Burns. In many ways, Smithers represents the stereotype of the closeted gay man, and numerous overt allusions and double entendres to his homosexuality are made, though some of the show's producers instead refer to him as a "Burns-sexual".
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A 7-Eleven transformed into a Kwik-E-Mart
Credit: SchmuckyTheCat

A 7-Eleven store in Seattle, Washington, July 1, 2007. The store was transformed into a Kwik-E-Mart as part of a promotion for The Simpsons Movie.

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“ My Homer is not a Communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a Communist, but he is NOT a porn star! ”

—Abraham Simpson ("Simpson Tide")
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New York City
"The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" is the first episode of The Simpsons' ninth season, and premiered on September 21, 1997 on Fox. The episode sees the Simpson family traveling to Manhattan to recover the family car, which was taken by Barney and abandoned outside the World Trade Center complex with numerous parking tickets. Upon arrival, the family tour the city, while Homer attempts to find his car. He discovers it outside the World Trade Center, where a parking officer later arrives to remove the clamp, but leaves as Homer is urinating inside one of the towers. In frustration, Homer decides to drive the car with the clamp attached. He successfully removes it later and races to Central Park to find his family and leave the city. Writer Ian Maxtone-Graham was interested in making an episode where the Simpson family travels to New York to retrieve their lost car. Executive producers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein suggested that the car be found in the World Trade Center plaza, as they wanted a location that would be widely known. Great lengths were taken to make a detailed replica of the city of Manhattan. The episode received generally positive reviews, and has since been on accolade lists of Simpsons episodes. The "You're Checkin' In" musical sequence won two awards. Because of the World Trade Center's central role, the episode was initially taken off syndication in many areas following the September 11, 2001 attacks, but has come back into syndication in recent years.
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First off there are 50 or so characters. We can really do different episodes every week and not stretch it as thin. And the fact that our characters don't age means we won't have shows coming out later where people will say, "This isn't the 'Happy Days' I fell in love with. Fonzie's teaching high school now." We all work really hard, the actors and the writers, to make it the best show it can be.
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Featured articles: Homer Simpson • Bart Simpson • A Streetcar Named Marge • Cape Feare • Homer's Enemy • Homer's Phobia • The Joy of Sect • Lisa the Skeptic • Sideshow Bob • The Simpsons • Troy McClure • You Only Move Twice • Treehouse of Horror (series) • The Simpsons Game • The Simpsons Hit & Run • The Simpsons Movie • The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

Featured lists: List of awards won by The Simpsons • List of cast members of The Simpsons • List of The Simpsons episodes • List of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes‎ • The Simpsons (season 1) • The Simpsons (season 2) • The Simpsons (season 4) • The Simpsons (season 5) • The Simpsons (season 6) • The Simpsons (season 8) • The Simpsons (season 9) • The Simpsons shorts

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Good articles: Characters: Lisa Simpson • Waylon Smithers • Krusty the Clown • Ned Flanders People: Matt Groening • Hank Azaria Locations: Kwik-E-Mart Episodes: Season 1: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire • Life on the Fast Lane • Bart the Genius • Bart the General • Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons) Season 2: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Season 3: Homer at the Bat Season 4: Marge vs. the Monorail • Last Exit to Springfield • Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie • Kamp Krusty • Mr. Plow • Treehouse of Horror III • Selma's Choice • Duffless • Homer the Heretic Season 5: Deep Space Homer • Marge on the Lam Season 6: 'Round Springfield • Homer Badman • Lisa's Wedding • Treehouse of Horror V • Bart of Darkness • Itchy & Scratchy Land • Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) Season 7: Homerpalooza • Mother Simpson • 22 Short Films About Springfield Season 8: The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show • Treehouse of Horror VII • Brother from Another Series • El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) • The Homer They Fall • The Springfield Files • Bart After Dark • Lisa's Date with Density • The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase • Burns, Baby Burns • Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment • Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious • The Canine Mutiny • The Twisted World of Marge Simpson • Hurricane Neddy • A Milhouse Divided • The Old Man and the Lisa • In Marge We Trust • Mountain of Madness • Grade School Confidential • The Secret War of Lisa Simpson • My Sister, My Sitter Season 9: Trash of the Titans • The Cartridge Family • Treehouse of Horror VIII‎ • This Little Wiggy • King of the Hill • Girly Edition • Simpson Tide • The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons • Bart Carny • Miracle on Evergreen Terrace • Realty Bites • Natural Born Kissers • Bart Star • Dumbbell Indemnity • Das Bus • Lost Our Lisa • The Last Temptation of Krust • Lisa's Sax • The Principal and the Pauper Season 19: He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs Season 21: Homer the Whopper

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