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The Original Simpsons Shorts
These shorts were the first three or four part episodes of The Simpsons which appeared during the advertising (or commerical) break of The Tracy Ullman Show written by Matt Groening. Below is a picture of what they used to look like- quite different from todays version
First Season.
Story: As Marge and Homer say goodnight to the kids, Bart philosophically ponders the workings of the mind; Lisa hears Marge say, "Dont let the bedbugs bite," and she fears the bedbugs will eat her. Maggie listens to Marge singing "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" and is traumatised by the lyrics.
"Rock-a-Bye-Baby" lyrics: (Sung by Marge)Rock-a-Bye-Baby, in the tree top. When the wind bows, the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the crable will fall. And down will come baby, cradle and all.
"Watching TV"
Story: Bart and Lisa argue over what channel to watch on TV. They can only agree about stopping Maggie from trying to change the station.
"Jumping Bart"
Story: Homer always tries to get Bart to jump into his arms, but is never present whenever Bart attempts to do so.
Homer: Leap like you never-um leap like you never- what's the past tense of leap? Lept? Leaped? Leap? That doesn't sound right.
"Babysitting Maggie"
Story: Bart and Lisa are asked to babysit Maggie, but instead they ignore her. Maggie electrocutes herself, falls down the stairs, chases a butterfly onto the roof and back down again.
Lisa: I thought I heard a thud. Bart: you'll never hear another one if you dont shut your trap.
"The Pacifier"
Story: Lisa and Bart try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, but Maggie, who has an entire drawerful of them, refuses to kick the habit.
Bart: You are a depraved little Infant.
"Burping Contest"
Story: Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp.
Marge: What is it with this burping? Why? What's the thrill?
"Dinnertime"
Story: Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first. (First display of the families crude eating habits.)
Homer: Good drink, good meat, good God, Let's eat!
Story: Bart, Lisa and Maggie make successsion of scary faces at one another despite Marge's warning that their facial positions will be frozen forever.
"The Funeral"
Story: The family atteends "Uncles Huberts" funeral. Bart is excited to see a dead body for the first time but passes out when he glances into the casket.
Bart: Oh, boy, I never seen a dead body before. Bet his skin will be all gree and clammy and stuff. It'll be just like a zoomie movie, only real!
"What Maggie's Thinking"
Story: Bart and Lisa hoover over Maggie's crib, wondering what she's thinking, Maggie sees for the first as demons and then as defenseless infants whom she towers over and tickles.
"Football"
Story: Bart will win a round of frosty chocolate milkshakes if he can catch one of his father's long football passes. Unfortunately, he must stop at the cliff, watching the football and the milkshakes, disappear.
"House of Cards"
Story: Bart's attempt to build a house of cards are constantly interrupted by Lisa and Maggie's sucking sounds.
Bart: That's one small step for a kid, one giant leap for kidkind.
"Bart and Homer's Dinner"
Story: When the girls go out to the ballet, Homer gives Bart a dinner choice of fish nuggets or pork-a-roni.
Bart: Does eating dog food turn you into a dog?
"Space Patrol"
Story: Lisa, Bart and Maggie role-play a Save-the-earth game. Lisa is space polit "Lisuey", Maggie is her energetic sidekick "Mageena" and Bart is "Bartron", the crazed Martian robot who looks like Bart with a vase stuck to his head.
Lisa: Speak American, Barton. We earthlings understand not the Martian tongue.
"Bart's Haircut"
Story: Bart goes to a barber who does not know how to trim hair and Bart ends up getting scalped.
Bart: What the hell did you ya do to my head?
"World War 3"
Story: Obessed with getting ready for the Apocalypse, Homer repeatedly awakens the family for nuclear-attack drills.
Homer: Wake up, everybody! It's World War 3!
"The Prefect Crime"
Story: Bart sets out the steal cookies, figuring that Maggie will take the blame. Instead, he eats too many cookies and lays down among the crumbs to recover, revealing the evidence.
Marge: I mean it. Dont even think about touching those scrumptious cookies.
"Scary Stories"
Story: Bart tells Lisa and Maggie scary stories in the dark that seems to come true.
Bart: And then they heard it- the sound of the crafty vampire sucking blood from the neck of his latest victim.
"Grampa and the Kids"
Story: Grampa tells Bart, Lisa and Maggie boring stories about the good old days. Realising that they are not listening, he feigns his own death to resapture their attention.
Grampa: You know, when I was your age, I had to walk 20 miles just to get to school. And back then we didn't have pacifiers. We had to suck on pieces of wood.
"Gone Fishin'"
Story: Bart forgets to pack bologna for his fishing trip with Homer, and secretly substiutes worms in his father's sandwich. Afterwards, father and son take an impromptu ride down the rapids.
Bart: Boy, for a second there I thought I was up a creek without a paddle.
"Skateboarding"
Story: Bart, Lisa and Maggie ride the local sidewalks on their skateboards, not always with success.
"The Pagans"
Story:While driving to church, Bart, Lisa and Maggie anger their parents by deciding to convert to paganism.
"Closeted"
Story:Bart hides in the closet to avoid his chores and ends up outsmarting himself by getting locked in. By the time he escape, the family has already left to get a round of frosty chocolate milkshakes.
Bart: I give up! I'll do chores!
"The Aquarium"
Story:At the aquarium, Bart foolishly risks his life to do tricks in the shark tank.
"Family Portrait"
Story:Homer gathers the family for a portrait, but the family continually sabotages his efforts to strike a normal family pose.
Noteworthy: First time Homer strangles Bart.
"bart's Hiccups"
Story:Lisa and Maggie try to help Bart stop hiccuping, resorting to unorthodox methods to cure thier brothers problem.
"The Money Jar"
Story:Lisa, Bart and Maggie try to stave off the temptation to steal Marge's money from a cookie jar.
Noteworthy: First time Simpsons children consider breaking one of the Ten Commandments.
"The Art Museum"
Story:Marge and Homer take the kids to an art museum. After Bart ogles a nude painting while Lisa plays with an ancient vase. Marge realises that the children are not old enough to appreciate fine art.
Bart: I have an announcement to mak: I'm bored.
"Zoo Story"
Story:The Simpsons go to the zoo, where Homer and Bart have a close encounter with a family of monkeys.
Homer: Now over there, we have the typical monkey family. Just look at their stupid antics.
Story: Grampa, Homer and the kids persist in arguing until they formally forgive one another.
"Shell Game"
Story:Bart tries to hide a cookie he stole from the cookie jar. He covers it with one bowl and, finally, to keep his parents guessing, with three bowls.
"The Bart Simpsons Show"
Story:Homer demands that the kids stop watching their favourite cartoon "Itchy & Scratchy". Bart turns off the tv, pulls out the picture tube, gets inside the set, and puts onhis own show.
"Punching Bag"
Story:A punching bag with Homer's picure on it inspires Bart, Lisa and Marge to new heights of boxing powers.
"Simpsons Christmas"
Story:Bart narrates a holiday tale to the strains of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" which features the Simpsons kids sneaking a peek at their Christmas presents.
"The Krusty the Clown Show"
Story:The kids go to see the Krusty the Clown live tv show. To his great disappointment, Bart discovers that his hero is not a real clown but its just some guy wearing mark-up.
Bart: You know, I base my whole life on Krusty's teachings.
"Bart the Hero"
Story: When Bart goes to the candy store for a candy bar, he unwittingly foils a robbery attempt and becomes a hero.
Bart: I dont want the money. That's why I've asked for the reward to be paid in candy bars.
"Bart's Little Fantasy"
Story: Prompted by his parents' order to clean up his messy room, Bart tells a tale in which children look and sound like the parents and the parents look ans sound like children.
"Scary Movie"
Story:Instead of going to see Return on the Happy Little Elves, a fearless Bart convinces his sister to see Revenge of the Space Mutants.
"Home Hypnotism"
Story:Marge and Homer use hynosis to try to make Bart, Lisa and Maggie behave. They children pretend to act like zombies.
"Shoplifting"
Story:Bart is busted when he tries to steal chocolate from the candy store.
"Echo Canyon"
Story:During a family vacation, the Simpsons stop at Echo Canyon, where everyone frolics and Bart nearly crunches the family car with a boulder.
Bart: Dont have a cow, Homer
"Bathtime"
Story:To make his bath more exciting, Bart mimics Jacques Cousteau but leaves the water running and the bathroom floods.
"Bart's Nightmare"
Story:After devouring too many cookies, Bart has a nightmare in which Homer catches him stealing cookies and threatens to punch him.
"Bart of the Jungle"
Story:Homer is incensed at Bart, Lisa and Maggie, who are swinging from trees on makeshift vines made from Homer's ties.
"Family Therapy"
Story: Homer tricks the family into going to a psychologist by pretending to take them out for frosty chocolate milkshakes. He seeks an answer to the family's problems, saying that they dont laugh anymore. The family breaks into a collective chuckle after the psychologist kicks them out of his office.
"Maggie in Peril (Chapter One)"
Story:Bart and Lisa do a poor job babysitting for Maggie. Unsupervised, she hops on Bart's skateboard and rolls through a sewage pipe to a waterfall. As she goes over the falls, the short ends, to be continued the following week.
"Maggie in Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion)"
Story: Maggie survives her trip over the falls, flies out of the river and into a carnival, graps onto helium balloons, and lands safely back into her playpen - just as her parents return home.
"TV Simpsons"
Story:Homer sends Bart outside to fly a kite, but the kite gets tangled in the antenna and distorts the TV picture. Homer is forced to climb up onto the roof to restore it.
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