- Aw. (tires screech)
Feels so nostalgic.
- I remember, like, staying up at night,
and then me and my parents would watch this together.
♪ (industrial music) ♪
- ♪ (choir harmonizing) ♪
♪ The Simpsons ♪
♪ The Simpsons ♪ - Hey, The Simpsons.
- ♪ The ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Simpsons ♪
- Yay, The Simpsons.
- I love The Simpsons.
- Oh, love the Simpsons.
- Everybody knows this song.
- ♪ (vocalizing along) ♪
- Is this like the first episode or something?
- These graphics though.
- You can tell by the animation it's like super-early Simpsons.
- Very old-school but very classic show.
- "I will not waste chalk." (chuckles)
- Oh, Bart. Bad butt.
- God, can you believe how long this-- this show?
- They've been on FOREVER.
- I think I graduated high school when this came out.
God, that's scary.
- They've been around forever, probably since the '80s.
- This brings back so many memories.
♪ (band playing) ♪
- Lisa jamming out.
♪ (saxophone solo) ♪ - Lisa. There she goes.
♪ (theme continues) ♪
(tires screech)
- You know, I never watched much of The Simpsons as a kid,
just because I kind of felt like
it was always more of an adult cartoon show.
(tires screeching) - Aw. Feels so nostalgic.
- I remember staying up at night,
and then me and my parents would watch this together.
(tires screech)
Homer's like the original stupid dad.
And I think he's paved the way for a lot of stupid dads.
- Then the couch.
- Crazy family.
- I used to love this cartoon.
Brought me back to my childhood.
- That intro is so classic.
- Nostalgic Simpsons.
That started the whole hilarious cartoons that adults can enjoy.
- I remember specifically just curling up literally on the floor
and watching this show.
You get like a flash of how you felt as a kid.
Or, like, you're just instantly back in that moment.
- (FBE) So we have a lot more videos to show you,
but that was the original opening of the Simpsons
back in its first season.
We're covering it today because this is their 30-year anniversary
of being on television since it got its start as a segment
on The Tracey Ullman Show back in 1987.
- Wow. 30 years?
- Damn, I'm OLD.
- Oh my god. I was 15 years old.
- Amazing! And it was this little clip on The Tracey Ullman Show.
I remember that.
- That's crazy. I didn't know that.
I love that an idea could just live for so long.
- There's kids now that are just like,
"Wow, The Simpsons is a great show."
And they don't know that it's been going on for 30 years.
- (FBE) So it's impossible to show even close
to all the best moments of the show.
But here are some clips before we jump in and talk more about it.
- Okay. Let's do it.
- Son. - I love you, Dad.
- I love you too, Son.
I don't think I've ever felt as close to you
as I do right...
Huh? - (chuckles)
(Homer hollering)
- It's like an Evel Knievel reference, over the Grand Canyon.
- Very Wile E. Coyote-esque.
- (Homer) I'm gonna make it!
- (chuckling) - (Homer) This is the great thrill
of my life! - Homer is off the hook, man.
That guy's nuts.
- (Homer) I'm king of the world!
- (chuckling) - (Homer) Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!
I... (screaming) - And he doesn't make it.
(Homer grunting in pain) - Ooh.
- Oh.
- (chuckles)
(Homer groaning) - Oh.
- (Homer) D'oh! - Ha!
I remember everybody had a "d'oh!" T-shirt.
- I remember that episode.
I was hoping he was gonna make it to show the kids and Bart like,
"Yeah, I'm the cool dad." But instead he bust his head.
- There's nothing on Earth like a genuine, bona fide,
electrified six-car monorail.
What's it called? - (Patty and Selma) Monorail.
- (gravelly) "Monorail."
- (salesman) Monorail! - (chuckles)
(townsfolk reiterating "monorail") Monorails as in trains?
- (Miss Hoover) I hear those things are awfully loud.
- Oh my god.
- (salesman) ...glides as softly as a cloud.
- (laughs) - (Apu) Is there a chance
the track could bend?
- (salesman) Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
- They're uniquely multicultural.
- (salesman) You'll be given cushy jobs. - (laughs)
- (townsfolk) ♪ Monorail! ♪
- Gotta love a big showy number on The Simpsons.
- (townsfolk) ♪ Monorail! ♪ - (chuckles)
- (townsfolk) ♪ Monorail! ♪ - Oh Lord.
- (Homer) ♪ Mono-- ♪ d'oh!
- That was funny.
It's really an O.G. in animation.
- "Marge vs. the Monorail."
It's considered to be one of the greatest
Simpsons episodes ever written.
- I love how they would bring in-- I mean, that's Music Man.
"Ya got trouble, my friend. Right here, ya got trou--"
And I loved how they bring that stuff in.
- You just think of other shows that came after it,
like Family Guy and stuff like that,
where they have these crazy musical numbers.
And it's like, they probably got that straight off of Simpsons.
- We've helped hundreds of people in danger.
We'll give you a new name, a new job, new identity.
- I remember this episode.
- (agent) From now on, you'll be, uh, Homer Thompson
at Terror Lake.
When I say, "Hello, Mr. Thompon," you'll say, "Hi."
- (Homer) Check.
- (agent) Hello, Mr. Thompson.
- (chuckles)
- He doesn't know what you're talking about.
- (agent) Remember now, your name
is Homer Thompson. - He's really bad at witness protection.
- (Homer) I got ya. - (agent) Hello, Mr. Thompson.
- (snickers)
- (agent) Hello, Mr. Thompson.
- (laughs)
- (agent groans) Now, when I say... - (chuckling) He's so stupid.
- (agent) ...and press down on your foot, you smile and nod.
- (Homer) No problem. - (agent) Hello, Mr. Thompson.
- (chuckles) Nothing.
- (Homer, loud whisper) I think he's talking to you.
- (busts out laughing) That's funny.
- (Homer, loud whisper) I think he's talking to you.
- He's so stupid!
- Bless his little heart.
- Homer's whisper voice. (loud whisper) "I think he's ta--"
Oh, I love it.
- Marge, how did you put up with him for all these years?
- With the sun blocker in place and the town aghast...
- Oh, that evil man.
- (Mr. Burns) So I wanted to kick up my heels
and indulge my sweet tooth.
Oh, it's you. What are you so happy about?
- (snickers) - (Mr. Burns gasps) I see.
(voice-over) But the old axiom... - (laughs)
Never try to take candy from a baby.
- (Mr. Burns) Taking the candy proved exceedingly difficult.
- I know that shouldn't be funny, but it is.
- (Mr. Burns) Drop it!
(grunting)
♪ (dramatic music) ♪
(gunshot) - (cracks up)
(laughs)
- (Mr. Burns) Arrest the baby!
- (Chief Wiggum) Heh. Yeah, right, Pops.
No jury in the world is gonna convict a baby.
Mm... maybe Texas. - He was stealing from her.
She's allowed to carry in Texas.
- (Marge) It was an accident.
♪ (ominous music) ♪ - Or was it?
- Or was it?
(gunshot echoes) That baby. She knows everything.
- Yeah, I remember that episode. They made a big deal about it.
- It's so smart. That's why this has been on for so long,
is it's so smart.
- Back when that originally aired, we had an old TV in my house.
Right when he's about to point--
"I know who the killer is. It is..."
My TV goes out.
My parents started laughing at me, 'cause I started crying.
I was like, "I was watching that. Oh my--
Like, I'll never know!"
- Now read the first line.
- (Homer) "I 8 P P."
(Bart laughs) - (laughs)
- Ah, that's like essential Bart right there.
(Bart gagging)
- (laughs) - (doctor) Better or worse?
- (Homer) Worse!
- (doctor) Better or worse? - (Homer) Much better!
- There's nothing funnier than child abuse. Huh? How about that?
- Can't do that to your kids. Nope, can't do that.
Cartoons it's okay, but you can't do that in real life.
- That is the Homer-Bart relationship I know.
- It's so funny, because you know
just from watching the series for so long
the relationship is quite odd between Bart and his dad.
You know? Like, not the best role model.
And you know what's so funny?
Because my husband is kind of not the best role model
for my kids too.
- (creepily) What do you think, Marge?
All I need is a title.
- "No TV, no beer make Homer go crazy." (laughs)
- (Homer) "No TV and No Beer Make Homer Something Something."
- Oh God. I remember this one.
- (Marge) "Go Crazy"?
- (Homer) Don't mind if I do!
(crazed hollering and babbling) - (laughs)
- (laughs)
- (chuckles)
(Marge screams)
- "Break glass in case of spouse insanity." (laughs)
- (laughs loudly) Can I get that at my house?
- Ohhh! I see the reference.
- "Heeere's Homer."
- (Homer) Yechh.
(shrieks loudly) - (laughs)
I wonder if half the people watching this
realize where this stuff is from.
Do they know that was from Music Man?
Do they know that was from The Shining?
- Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. That was a great episode too.
- Mm!
- Okay, this is a newer episode.
- A newer episode.
- (Homer, seductively) How about that rain check for last night?
(Patty screams, Homer screams) - (laughs in disgust)
- (Patty) Don't look at me!
- (Homer) But you're everywhere! - Ew!
(Homer yelling) (laughs)
- (chuckling)
- (Homer) Thank God I'm blind.
- The originator of the bleach jokes.
- (Bart) Yo, I'm next. - (Homer) No!
- (Bart) Wah-oh! - Oh my god.
- (Bart) What the hell?
- (Homer) I did that with love, boy.
- (laughing) Look at the hairy legs.
- That's what a good dad would do.
- That hair was thick and long on her legs.
I can't unsee that.
- They're just awful. That's why they're so great.
Homer, "D'oh!"
I mean, come on. We all say that now, right?
- I think The Simpsons are hilarious.
Every time I watch it, I have a good time.
This was pretty [bleep] funny.
- I will fight anyone that says The Simpsons isn't good.
Come at me, bro.
- It's funny that the show has gone on for years now.
It's still going strong.
- (FBE) Well, if you're a Simpsons fan,
you know that one of the most iconic parts of the show
is the couch gag in the opening. - Yep. They always change it.
- (FBE) So we've got a collection of a few of those
to show you now. And again, there are so many of these.
So this is just a small sampling. - Oh, cool.
- Fantastic.
I will enjoy a couch gag. I'm sure of it.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- (laughs)
- That's everybody in our household. That's exactly the case.
- (snickers) - (Homer screaming)
D'oh!
Gah! - (chuckles)
- And they're still texting.
- A Brady Bunch reference? Okay.
- Even the creativity that goes into making the couch scenes
is ridiculous.
- I love this one.
- No, with the Legos? Wow.
- It's so smart, man.
♪ (saxophone solo) ♪
- Oh. There's not more? Ugh! That was pretty cool.
- I want to watch more. It's so good.
- Two thumbs up. It's awesome. Gotta love The Simpsons.
- I love that. They've kept it going for a long time.
"This is a running joke in all of our episodes.
How do we make it different? And how do we keep adding to it?"
- I don't know of another show that's just so...
so brilliantly written.
How long is it gonna last?
How do they keep coming up with all these ideas?
- I kind of wished at some point in my adolescence I was Bart.
But I was more of the Lisa. I was more Lisa.
That was the bookworm.
- (FBE) Well, the show is currently in its 28th season.
- Amazing.
- (FBE) And it's already been renewed for two more seasons,
which will make it the longest-running sitcom in history.
- Wow!
- That's insane.
There's something so nostalgic about it
that people of all ages can continue to watch the show.
- (FBE) What do you think it is about the show
that has given it this lasting power?
- I mean, it has a great formula.
They have a villain. They have a clown.
They have a grocery store person.
We can all relate to these things in our community.
- It's just family. Like, they're not going anywhere.
- I love the way they portrayed real-life people.
- The writing behind it, it's just so funny and creative.
- Just pulling from relevant things in contemporary times.
- It appeals to kids all the way up to their parents.
They're both gonna equally get laughs.
- A townworth of characters, and just have fun.
It's a sandbox that they can play it.
I'm sure if it was just The Bart Show,
it would've only lasted like three seasons.
But when you have stories about Apu or Krusty the Clown,
it gives you a lot to work with.
- I don't really know any family
that is not a little bit dysfunctional in its own way.
And then bringing that to the forefront of American society
and saying, "Hey, look, we're all a little bit dysfunctional.
Let's laugh at it," you know, instead of,
"Take it so seriously" I think appeals to everybody.
- Finally, there are so many memorable scenes
and episodes from the show.
What is your favorite Simpsons moment? - Oh my gosh.
Basically any episode that heavily features Flanders
I feel like is always a good episode.
- Everyone here tried their best!
- Well, my family and I can't live in good intentions, Marge!
- I like the series when they had Huell Howser on there.
They got it perfect.
- My name's Howell Huser.
I travel the country, gawkin' and talkin'.
And I was hoping to take in your town.
- "In Comes the Clown," when Krusty the Clown
decides to take a more serious approach to his show.
And he has that really depressing song.
Like, ♪ Here comes the clown ♪
♪ (sentimental piano ballad) ♪
- ♪ Send in ♪
♪ The clowns ♪
- Marge asks why they don't have any of Maggie's baby pictures
in the photo albums, and it's because Homer has 'em
inside his little shit-hole office at the nuclear plant,
because that's what keeps him motivated to continue working.
Aw, man. When I watch that, it melted my heart.
I think that's one of my favorite moments.
- There are pictures.
I keep them where I need the most cheering up.
♪ (tender music) ♪
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- Hey, everyone. It's Dallen here from FBE.
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