Cartoon The Simpsons

Cartoon The Simpsons

The Simpsons first came to life in the waiting room out side James L

Brook's office the executive producer of the Tracy Ullman show where

Matt Groeing was sitting there sketching away. He created all the

characters inside 15 minutes and named them all after his own family.

They were first shown as 30-second bumpers in the Tracy Ullman show.

Bumpers are shown before the adverts to make them more interesting. In

the bumpers the Simpsons characters looked very different to what they

are now, Lisa was often called a female version of Bart. They were

very successful so Fox Network took a very huge to produce a half hour

episode of the Simpsons. The Simpsons was not test marketed to a group

of sample viewers because there wasn't enough time. So the producers

didn't know if the viewers would like it. The first episode of the

Simpsons was shown on 17th December 1989 Called " The Simpsons

roasting on an open fire".

The animated show is made up during a 6 to 10 month production time at

first a script is made. This can be rewritten up to 8 times. Then the

people who do the voices are recorded on to a tape, this is done on a

table and all the writers and producers are also present for any last

minute changes. Then they make a storyboard with the use of the actors

voices this is done in Klasy-Csupo animation house where a group of

artists are drawing each show, this can be up to 2,000 images. The

script is then filmed on to a computer with the voices to make sure

the timings right. Then it's sent to South Korea where it is made into

an animation. It comes back to he studio as a 25-minute clip, this is

then cut down to 22 minutes and that's the show!

The show is very popular as a result of its two main audiences. The

first and main audience is Adults. The Adults enjoy watching the

satire bits this is when The Simpsons are making fun at religion and