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Show fribune CALENDAR Friday, January FS Doh! ‘Simpsons’ Celebrates Homeric Achievement — 10 Years on the Air ve neverdon wonwhile wonless nothing lomer Simpson, shortly after eing fired “here, there find job. You've indstrial accid alwys bounced bmer’s loving wife, Marge. BY SETH SUTEL ‘ox network in y years, a debt readily ged by Sandy Grushow of the Fox TV Enter wor that comes to mind when onehinks of HomerSimpson, but let'give the guy little credit Aft¢all, he did clinch a number of awéds at his high-school re. unit, including oldest car, most weiht gained, most hair lost lowit-paying job, and most im protd odor. The bottom line is tha Simpsons’ is this net ship show. It's large for putting this ni th map,” Grushowsaid. Hesaid “The Simpsons” and “The X-Files” are Scully said. nd Butthead’ c suddenly we were ‘L Beaver.’ We've gone from the “King of the Hill,” and launched the career of Conan O’Brien, who their kids to watchto the one they sit down WITH their kids to David Letterman as host of Night” in 1993. “Late tunein every week? For many, it's Even people who work for the the mixture of highbrow humor with gut-wrenching laughs that gives the showits appeal. In the The Simpsons” also spawned imated programs, including wasa writer for “The Simpsons when he was namedto replace metshowthat’s still on TV, “The Sinsons” celebrates 10 years on their today with a bash that in clugs getting a star on the Hollywod Walk of Fame. cartoon strip “Life Is Hell.’ Mother Jones magazine ran a nes|It's hard to imagine that a decie ago parents werefurious abo: the message the incorrigi- blevise-cracking Bart was send: ingtheir Kids, or that thePresident Bush held out the Singons as an example-of what wajwrong with American famties. Is a long way from “The r Ullman Show when Horr, Marge and their spikyhaild kids first penetrated our mirs in 1987 with short animated segients between comedy rou- ting Two yearslater they had a Chitmas special, andtheir first regjar season began Jan. 14, 1990. ae then, the Simpsons and the/ screwball (but let’s faceit, all-b-familiar) approach tolife havdone much more than make anisted showssafe for thinking of controversy came onfor the dys! There was a lot wher the she its portrayal of a number of other prime-timean- show are surprised it has lasted so 4 if there were any need to contm the huge role the show hasjarved out in American cul. turand the entertainment busi sho w aa! stayed pretty much the same bmermay not be a big success in Js world, but he’s a runaway hitn ours. Now the longest runing prime-timeentertain f viewing the tainment Group. ever made. is hardly the _ Simpsons and ea boost ft ritica! ackn chair the two mostprofitableseries Fox THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘Werachiever” people long. After all, creator Matt Groening wasbest knownfor the brutal, angst-ridden humorin his cover story at the time of the show’s launchtitled “TVIs Hell Can Matt Groening’s Subversive HumorSurvive Prime Time?” More than merely surviving, the Simpsons won an Emmy their first season and caused a sensa- tion among viewers. Not everyone was amused, though. Parents rried about Bart claiming to be iderachiever — and proud Barbara Bush. called the the dumbest thing” she eversaw. Mrs. Bush eventually came around, as did manyother viewersinitially put off by the merci less satire of institutions like church, school, work andfamily. Not to mention Homer's celeb tion of his ownstupidity and seemingly inhuman appetite for doughnuts andbeer. With so muchtime having passed since the Simpsonsjoined us,it’s fair to ask whethertheir popularityis a sign the showhas toned down or whether our culture has simply become more show that parents didn’t want watch.” So what makes millions of us same episode with cleverrefer ences to Moby Dick or Shakes. peare, Barney thebarfly will emit a beerbelch so powerful it makes his lips flap like a pennant At the end of the day, though. the positive message of familial love pushes throughall the cul tural satire. “We'll get complaints once in a Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie headfor a picnic in this 1991 frame from “The Simpsons,” celebratingits 10th anniversary today. while about Homer's dririking, with Homerin Moe's bar: “It was but heisn’t presented as a role model. He’s anidiot,” Scully said “People don’t look up to him for tat a chanceto get the world’s smart est man and theworld’s stupidest man togetherin the sameplace.” drinking too much orbeinglazy But perhaps the highest high but they look up to himforloving AT BREWVIES Cen eae ec) brow endorsement earnedby the his family.” One of the most remarkable Simpsonscame in 1998 when the American poet laureate, Robert Pinsky, penneda reflection titled “My Favorite Show” for The Neu York Times Magazine, saying the Simpsons “penetrated to the na ture oftelevisionitself.” feats the showhaspulledoff is its sterling reputation amongintel lectuals. Two prominent scientists have made guest appearances on the show, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physi. cist whose brilliance has been compared with Einstein’s. Never mind that Homerinitially mis. took Hawking for LarryFlynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine; both men use wheelchairs. Scully explains the reasoning behind inviting Hawking on the Ae THEATERS Te reer Finalist in The 1999 Rocky Mountain Laugh Off Fri & Sat @ 9° $6 Kaysville 21N. han fat eee ay CINEMAS F! Must be 21 with ID iaPreeceLI orn 463-2909 wwwlaughstv.com FOR LOVE OF THE GAME DOUBLE JEOPARDY(2) 9: showand having him do a scene Hiw Well Do You Know Homer & Co.? Take the Quiz TV.fow well do you know them? Takithe following quiz and find outanswers are below. Idow muchis Maggie worth? (acarding to the supermarket scaner in the openingcredits) 2What did Homergive uphis soul for? 3. Who shotMr.Burns? 4. What household appliance turned outto be a time machine, transporting Homerback millions of years? 5. Why did the baby-sitter ac- cuse Homerof sexual harassment? 6. Bart decimated the ecosys- tem of Australia. How? 7. 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