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The Simpsons shorts, the Glossary

The Simpsons shorts are a series of animated short films that aired as a recurring segment on Fox variety television series The Tracey Ullman Show for three seasons, before the characters spun off into The Simpsons, their own half-hour prime-time show.^[1]

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1987 in American television
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1988 in American television
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A Visit from St. Nicholas

"A Visit from St.

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Anagram

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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¡Ay, caramba!

"¡Ay, caramba!", from the Spanish interjections ay (denoting surprise or pain) and caramba (a minced oath for carajo), is an exclamation used in Portuguese (Ai, caramba!) and Spanish to denote surprise (usually positive). The Simpsons shorts and ¡Ay, caramba! are the Simpsons.

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B movie

A B movie (American English), or B film (British English), is a type of low-budget commercial motion picture.

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Bart Simpson

Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Bill Kopp

William Kopp is an American animator, writer and voice actor.

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Chocolate chip cookie

A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient.

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Clip show

A clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes.

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D'oh!

"D'oh!" is the most famous catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons, an animated sitcom. The Simpsons shorts and D'oh! are the Simpsons.

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Dan Castellaneta

Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American actor and writer.

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David Silverman (animator)

David Silverman (born March 15, 1957) is an American animator who has directed numerous episodes of the animated television series The Simpsons, as well as its 2007 film adaptation. The Simpsons shorts and David Silverman (animator) are the Simpsons.

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Dysfunctional family

A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly.

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Fallout shelter

A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designated to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion.

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Fishing bait

Fishing bait is any luring substance used specifically to attract and catch fish, typically when angling with a hook and line.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.

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FXX

FXX is an American basic cable channel owned by the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company through FX Networks, LLC.

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Good Night (The Simpsons)

"Good Night" (also known as "Good Night Simpsons") is the first of the forty-eight ''Simpsons'' shorts and the second segment of the third episode of the first season of The Tracey Ullman Show. The Simpsons shorts and Good Night (The Simpsons) are the Simpsons.

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Grampa Simpson

Abraham Jebediah "Abe" Simpson II, better known as Grampa Simpson, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Harper Perennial

Harper Perennial is a paperback imprint of the publishing house HarperCollins Publishers.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hiccup

A hiccup (scientific name singultus, from Latin for "sob, hiccup"; also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute.

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Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is the protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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Interstitial television show

In television programming, an interstitial television show (or wraparound program or wraparound segment) is a short program that is often shown between movies or other events, e.g. cast interviews after movies on premium channels.

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James L. Brooks

James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films.

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Julie Kavner

Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress.

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Klasky Csupo

Klasky-Csupo, Inc., (stylized as KLaSKY CSUPO INC., doing business as Klasky Csupo) is an American animation studio located in Los Angeles, California.

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Krusty the Clown

Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, better known by his stage name Krusty the Clown (sometimes spelled as Krusty the Klown), is a recurring character on the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Life in Hell

Life in Hell is a comic strip by Matt Groening that was published weekly from 1977 to 2012.

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Lisa Gets the Blues

"Lisa Gets the Blues" is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 635th episode of the series overall.

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Lisa Simpson

Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television sitcom series The Simpsons.

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List of The Simpsons episodes

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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List of The Simpsons home video releases

The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for Fox.

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List of The Tracey Ullman Show episodes

The following is an episode list for the American television sketch comedy variety show The Tracey Ullman Show, which ran for 4 seasons and 81 episodes on Fox, from April 5, 1987 to May 26, 1990. The Simpsons shorts and list of The Tracey Ullman Show episodes are Tracey Ullman.

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Looking for Mr. Goodbart

"Looking for Mr.

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Maggie Simpson

Margaret Lenny "Maggie" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the youngest member of the Simpson family.

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Marge Simpson

Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson is a character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family (The Simpsons).

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Matt Groening

Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator.

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Maximum Overdrive

Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by Stephen King.

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Mothers and Other Strangers (The Simpsons)

"Mothers and Other Strangers" is the eighth episode of the thirty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 715th episode overall.

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Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Nuclear warfare

Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Prime time

Prime-time, or peak-time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows.

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Publication right

Publication right is a type of copyright granted to the publisher who first publishes a previously unpublished work after that work's original copyright has expired.

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Rock-a-bye Baby

"Rock-a-bye baby on the tree top" (sometimes "Hush-a-bye baby on the tree top") is a nursery rhyme and lullaby.

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Shark

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.

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Shell game

The shell game (also known as thimblerig, three shells and a pea, the old army game) is often portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud.

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Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (titled onscreen as "The Simpsons Christmas Special") (originally produced as the eighth episode) is the series premiere of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Itchy & Scratchy Show

The Itchy & Scratchy Show (often shortened as Itchy & Scratchy) is a fictional animated series featured on The Simpsons.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The Simpsons shorts and the Simpsons are television series by Klasky Csupo.

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The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" is the tenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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The Simpsons house

The Simpsons house is the residence of the Simpson family in the animated sitcom The Simpsons and in The Simpsons Movie.

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The Simpsons opening sequence

The Simpsons opening sequence is the title sequence of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It is accompanied by "''The Simpsons'' Theme". The Simpsons shorts and the Simpsons opening sequence are the Simpsons.

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The Simpsons season 26

The twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons premiered on Fox in the United States on September 28, 2014, and concluded on May 17, 2015.

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The Simpsons season 33

The thirty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons premiered on Fox on September 26, 2021 and ended on May 22, 2022.

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The Tracey Ullman Show

The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television sketch comedy variety show starring Tracey Ullman. The Simpsons shorts and The Tracey Ullman Show are the Simpsons and Tracey Ullman.

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Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, writer, producer, and director.

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Treehouse of Horror XXV

"Treehouse of Horror XXV" is the fourth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, the 25th episode in the Treehouse of Horror series of Halloween specials, and the 556th episode overall.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American screen and stage actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters.

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Wes Archer

Wes Archer is an American television animation director and storyboard artist.

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WHYY-FM

WHYY-FM (90.9 MHz, "91 FM") is a public radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Working Girl

Working Girl is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith.

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World War III

World War III (WWIII or WW3), also known as the Third World War, is a hypothetical future global conflict subsequent to World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945).

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Yeardley Smith

Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964) is an American actress.

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You Kent Always Say What You Want

"You Kent Always Say What You Want" is the twenty-second episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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20th Century Home Entertainment

20th Century Home Entertainment (previously known as 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and also known as 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) is a home video brand label of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment that distributes films produced by 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and 20th Century Animation, and television series by 20th Television, Searchlight Television, 20th Television Animation, and FX Productions in home entertainment formats.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_shorts

Also known as "The Simpsons" shorts, Bart's Haircut, List of The Simpsons shorts, Simpsons shorts, The Pacifier (The Simpsons short), The Simpsons (shorts), The Tracey Ullman Show shorts, Tracey Ullman Show shorts, Watching TV (The Simpsons Short).

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See also

1987 in American television

1987 introductions

1988 in American television

1989 in American television

Television series by Klasky Csupo

The Simpsons

Tracey Ullman

References