There is a place in that wasteland between Los Angeles and New York that practically everyone has visited without ever leaving home . A humble town that has been more times on the brink of disaster than any other and whose dimensions and characteristics change according to what suits the plot and without even having to blink. A town in which people go to buy Badulaque , the energy is produced by a nuclear plant, they have been with the same mayor for more than three decades and keep delicious (not) three-eyed fish in their rivers and lakes. We talked, how could it be otherwise, about that Springfield where the Simpsons live.
Created by Matt Groening and produced by James L. Brooks and Sam Simon , the first television appearance of The Simpsons took place on December 17, 1989 as an animated short on The Tracey Ullman Show , but they were so popular that the following year they already counted. with its own series and longer chapters that mimicked the sticom format. The cast of characters basically started with the family members (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and the grandfather) and a series of minor minor but as the series grew, so did the number of characters until it exceeded the hundred among recurring Springfildians and celebrity cameos (the series holds the record for having the most celebrities have appeared as guests). It is also the longest-running series on American television, has accumulated more than 120 awards and has its own star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
If you have followed the series since its inception, it will not be difficult for you to see how the style, the plots and the humor have evolved . At first The Simpsons were a slight comic relief, a sympathetic cartoon family with a slightly idiotic father and mischievous children who reflected that suburban life of the American affluent middle class. But time passed and, perhaps because the series hooked a young audience or because the writers saw a gold mine that could not remain unexploited , the truth is that the series matured quickly and began to use a much more satirical humor and intelligent, able to turn things around and make us think while criticizing the mistakes of the past, those of the present, and the manias of American society. The Simpsons were reinventing themselves and managed to remain an unprecedented popular success for three decades.
In Spain, for example, The Simpsons was broadcast at lunchtime and they accompanied two or three entire generations to the table who grew up and matured with them , already understanding as adults the jokes they had overlooked as children. It may be all that time that they have been with us that makes the fans have so much affection for the series (even though the last few seasons have meant a considerable drop in quality) and that we will always remember those moments that made us laugh once. and again. For Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Grandpa and all of Springfield, in this video we collect our favorite episodes of The Simpsons .
