Get ready to don your best yellow skin and blue hair, because we’re about to take a trip to Springfield and uncover some of the most hilarious and surprising facts about America’s favorite animated family – The Simpsons! From Homer’s love for donuts to the hidden meanings behind some of the show’s most iconic moments, this article will have you laughing and scratching your head in equal measure. So grab a can of Duff Beer, and let’s see what secrets are hiding behind the closed doors of 742 Evergreen Terrace.
Fun Facts about The Simpsons
1. Bart Simpson, everyone’s favorite troublemaker, has a fitting anagram for a name: BRAT. But let’s not forget his full name, Bartholomew Jojo Simpson, which sounds like the name of a fancy lawyer.
2. All the characters on The Simpsons have four fingers on each hand, except for God, who apparently needs one extra digit to handle all the miracles and smiting.
3. The characters on The Simpsons are all based on and named after the creator Matt Groening’s family, so you could say the show is a real-life cartoon.
4. The Simpsons’ instantly recognizable theme song was composed by Danny Elfman in just two days in 1989.
5. Krusty the Clown, one of the most beloved characters on the show, was created to be Homer’s secret identity.
Interesting Facts about The Simpsons
6. The “couch gag” at the beginning of each episode is a technique used by the writers to make the show longer or shorter.
7. Creating an episode of The Simpsons takes a team of animators and writers around six months of hard work.
8. In 1998, TIME Magazine named Bart Simpson one of the most influential people of the century.
9. The Simpsons hold the record for the longest-running primetime animated TV series. It also holds the record for the most guest stars featured in a television series. That’s a lot of famous voices!
10. In the Arabic version of The Simpsons, Homer’s name is Omar Shamshoon, which has a nice ring to it.
Awesome Facts about The Simpsons
11. If you were to watch all of the episodes of “The Simpsons” without any ads or sleep, it would take you about 8.5 days, which is longer than most vacation time. But that’s a small price to pay for being the ultimate Simpsons fan.
12. The Simpsons released an album in 1990, and the lead single, “Do the Bartman” was a worldwide hit. It was co-produced by the king of pop Michael Jackson, who also provided background vocals because he was an ultimate Simpsons fan.
13. The Simpsons have even featured notable figures like WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who recorded his lines over the phone from the Ecuadorian embassy in Britain where he was seeking asylum.
14. The co-creator of The Simpsons, Sam Simon, died of terminal cancer and left a large portion of his fortune to animal charities and feed the hungry.
15. The Simpsons crew sent flowers to South Park studios as a friendly gesture when they parodied Family Guy.
Surprising Facts about The Simpsons
16. In the first 26 seasons of “The Simpsons,” Homer has said the most, accounting for 21% of the show’s 1.3 million words, proving that he’s not just the bumbling dad but also quite the talker.
17. The Simpsons have had more guest stars than they have had episodes, which is quite an impressive feat.
18. Bart Simpson’s prank calls to Moe, were based on real-life prank calls two guys did to a bar owner and heavyweight boxer Louis “Red” Deutch. These calls have been recorded, and you can still listen to them today.
19. Homer is the only character in The Simpsons to have dialogue in every episode, making him the true star of the show.
20. Fox owns the rights to The Simpsons until 2082.
Fun Fact: There is a specific clause in The Simpsons’ contract that the network can’t give notes, make cuts or exert creative control over episodes, meaning the producers have free rein to poke fun at FOX itself.
That’s it for this post guys, I hope you had fun while reading 15 Awesome The Simpsons facts that you should know.
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