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|name = Season 1
 
|name = Season 1
 
|image = [[File:Season 1 iTunes logo.jpg|250px]]
 
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|original run = December 17, [[1989]] – May 11, [[1990]]
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|original run = December 17, [[1989]] – May 13, [[1990]]
 
|episodes = 13
 
|episodes = 13
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|showrunners = [[Matt Groening]]<br>[[James L. Brooks]]<br>[[Sam Simon]]
 
|previous = [[Shorts season 3|Ullman shorts]]
 
|previous = [[Shorts season 3|Ullman shorts]]
 
|next = [[Season 2|2]]
 
|next = [[Season 2|2]]
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|boxset = [[The Complete First Season]]
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|boxset = ''[[The Complete First Season]]''
 
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The '''first season''' originally aired from December 17, 1989 with "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", to May 11, 1990 with "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]". Matt Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon were the show runners of the season.<ref name="Roasting">Richmond, pp. 16–17</ref></onlyinclude>
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'''Season 1''' is the first broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from December 17, [[1989]], with "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", to May 13, [[1990]], with "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]". The season was made up of [[production season 7G]] episodes. [[Matt Groening]], [[James L. Brooks]], and [[Sam Simon]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunners]] for the season.
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''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the season was intended to debut in fall of 1989 with "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", which also includes much of the main characters' debut.<ref name="Groening"/> But, after the workprint of the episode was met unfavourably and being deemed as unusable, 70% of its animation had to be redone, thus delaying "Some Enchanted Evening" until having finally being aired as the season finale on May 13, 1990.<ref name="Silverman">{{cite video | people=Silverman, David|date=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> It was originally thought that subsequent episodes such as "[[Bart the Genius]]" would turn out just as bad as "Some Enchanted Evening" but there were only minor problems in production that were fortunately easy to fix and were suitable for airing.<ref name="The Simpsons season 1- Wikipedia">{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_1) |title=The Simpsons (season 1)- Wikipedia |publisher=wikipedia.org |date= |accessdate=December 29, 2010}}</ref> As "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" was being overhauled, the producers decided to replace it with the season's Christmas special, "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", on December 17, 1989 as the season premiere.<ref name="Groening">{{cite video | people=Groening, Matt|date=2001|title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The timing was very fortunate, as the episode would have had to be aired in the Christmas holidays of 1989 regardless of any other issues. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" would also become ''The Simpsons''<nowiki>'</nowiki> first ever episode broadcast.
 
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The season won an Emmy award and had four other nominations. "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" won "Outstanding Animated Program," for which "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]" was also a nominee. "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]" was nominated for "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special"; "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special"; and "The Simpsons Theme," composed by Danny Elfman, was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music".<ref name="Emmy">[http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php Emmy Awards official site] "The Simpsons" "1989–1990" ''emmys.org''. Retrieved on July 3, 2007</ref>
 
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All 13 episodes of Season 1, including extras such as the "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" workprint, were released on DVD on September 25, 2001 in Region 1 and September 24, 2001 in Regions 2 and 4. It is the first of the Complete Seasons of ''The Simpsons'' released in boxsets for home media.
 
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" was originally intended to be broadcast in the fall of 1989, which would have made it the first episode of the season and of the series.<ref name="Groening"/> However, the workprint was of such poor quality that the series premiere was delayed, as the episode had to be redone. 70 percent of "Some Enchanted Evening" had to be redone, so the episode remained in production until being broadcast at last on May 13, 1990, which made it the season's final episode. The [[FOX]] producers persuaded the ''Simpsons'' creative team to open the series "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]" airing it just before Christmas the same year on December 17, 1989 as it had to be for it was a making it the season premiere and ''The Simpsons'' first episode. As the episode was a Christmas special, the producers were already locked into airing it on or near that date. The producers considered aborting ''The Simpsons'' completely if the second episode in production, "[[Bart the Genius]]", turned out as bad as "Some Enchanted Evening". Fortunately, only minor errors were present, which were easily fixed.<ref name="The Simpsons season 1- Wikipedia"/>
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''The Simpsons'' and the season were intended to debut in fall of 1989 with "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", which also includes much of the main characters' debut.<ref name="Groening"/> But, after the workprint of the episode was met unfavorably and deemed unusable, 70% of its animation had to be redone, thus delaying "Some Enchanted Evening" until it finally aired as the season finale on May 13, 1990.<ref name="Silverman">{{Com|Silverman, David|Some Enchanted Evening|First|(2001).|link=David Silverman}}</ref> It was originally thought that subsequent episodes such as "[[Bart the Genius]]" would turn out just as bad as "Some Enchanted Evening", but there were only minor problems in production that were fortunately easy to fix and were suitable for airing. As "Some Enchanted Evening" was being overhauled, the producers decided to replace it with the season's Christmas special, "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", on December 17, 1989 as the season premiere.<ref name="Groening">{{Com|Groening, Matt|Some Enchanted Evening|First|(2001).|link=Matt Groening}}</ref> The timing was very fortunate, as the episode would have had to air during the Christmas holidays of 1989 regardless of any other issues. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" would also become the first ever episode broadcast.
  
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During this season, [[Judd Apatow]] submitted a script which saw Homer being hypnotized into thinking he was 10. The script has been produced into an episode entitled "[[Bart's New Friend]]" that aired in [[season 26]] on January 11, [[2015]].
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== Awards ==
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{{TRsT|{{W|42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|42nd Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program}}<ref name="Emmy42Anim">[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"]</ref>|2}}
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{{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}}
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{{TB|{{small|[[James L. Brooks]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Sam Simon]], [[Richard Sakai]], [[Al Jean]], [[Mike Reiss]], [[Larina Jean Adamson]], [[Margot Pipkin]], [[Gábor Csupó]], [[David Silverman]], [[John Swartzwelder]]}}}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"}}
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{{TB|{{small|[[James L. Brooks]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Sam Simon]], [[Richard Sakai]], [[Al Jean]], [[Mike Reiss]], [[Larina Jean Adamson]], [[Margot Pipkin]], [[Gábor Csupó]], [[David Silverman]], [[Mimi Pond]]}}}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|4}}
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{{TBT|{{W|42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|42nd Primetime Emmy Award}} for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-single-camera-picture-editing-for-a-miniseries-or-a-movie Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners - Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"}}
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{{TB|[[Brian K. Roberts]] and [[Ric Eisman]]}}
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{{TBT|{{W|42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|42nd Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation|Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-a-comedy-series-or-a-special Television Academy - "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special – 1990"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"}}
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{{TB|[[Brad Brock]], [[Gary Montgomery]], and [[Jim Fitzpatrick]]}}
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{{TBT|{{W|42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|42nd Primetime Emmy Award}} for Outstanding Achievement In Main Title Theme Music<ref>[https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-original-main-title-theme-music Television Academy - Outstanding Achievement In Main Title Theme Music]</ref>}}
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{{TB|N/A ("[[Theme Song]]")}}
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{{TB|[[Danny Elfman]]}}
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== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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{{TBT|[[File:Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire promo.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|1 - 1}}
 
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{{TB|'''"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"'''
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{{TB|'''"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"'''}}
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"The Simpsons Christmas Special"}}
 
 
{{TB|December 17, 1989}}
 
{{TB|December 17, 1989}}
 
{{TB|[[David Silverman]]}}
 
{{TB|[[David Silverman]]}}
 
{{TB|[[Mimi Pond]]}}
 
{{TB|[[Mimi Pond]]}}
 
{{TB|7G08}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|Christmas is coming, and it's going to be a difficult one due to the family's financial woes: Homer's expected Christmas bonus at work doesn't come through, and the family is forced to spend money previously set aside for shopping on an expensive tattoo removal procedure for Bart. Homer tries to earn money by other means such as being a department store Santa Claus, and the family does their best to have a good holiday in spite of the circumstances.|7}}
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{{TCsT|It's a not-so-merry [[Christmas]] for [[Simpson family|the Simpsons]] when [[Mr. Burns]] decides to cut the Christmas bonuses and [[Marge]] has to spend the family's Christmas savings to erase a tattoo [[Bart]] thinks will make a great Christmas present. To hide the fact he didn't get the bonus, Homer takes a second job as a mall Santa.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TBT|[[File:Bart the Genius.jpg|200px]]}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Bart the Genius]]"'''}}
 
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{{TB|[[Jon Vitti]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|Springfield Elementary School has an intelligence test, and Bart cheats by switching his name with that of class brain Martin Prince on their test papers. With his name associated with Martin's test score, Bart is considered to be a genius. Bart is then enrolled at the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, but struggles both academically and socially at his new school. With no one aware that Bart cheated, Homer and Bart develop a close father/son relationship. Everything goes back to normal, however, when Bart confesses to the switch.
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] swaps papers with [[Martin Prince]] during an intelligence test at school. When the school psychologist compiles the test results, he refers Bart to the [[Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children]]. The new school's laid-back liberal ethos suits Bart just fine—until he's asked to show evidence of his neglected genius.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Marcia Wallace]] as [[Edna Krabappel]] and [[Ms. Melon]].|7}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Marcia Wallace]] as [[Edna Krabappel]] and [[Ms. Melon]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TBT|[[File:Homer's Odyssey (Mr. Burns Looking Out the Window).png|200px]]}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Homer's Odyssey (Mr. Burns Looking Out the Window).png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|3 - 3}}
 
{{TB|3 - 3}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"'''}}
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{{TB|[[Jay Kogen]] & [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]}}
 
{{TB|[[Jay Kogen]] & [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]}}
 
{{TB|7G03}}
 
{{TB|7G03}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Homer is fired after he causes an accident due to being distracted by greeting Bart and his class on their field trip to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Depressed and unemployed, Homer considers suicide until he notices the dangers around town and becomes a safety crusader. When Homer targets the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns re-hires him and promotes him to safety inspector.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] is fired from his job as technical supervisor at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]. Unable to provide for his family, he contemplates ending it all—until he discovers a new life path as a campaigner for safety.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:There's No Disgrace Like Home (Promotional image).png|200px]]}}
 
  
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{{TBT|[[File:There's No Disgrace Like Home promo 1.png|200px]]}}
 
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{{TB|'''"[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]"'''}}
 
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{{TB|[[Al Jean]] & [[Mike Reiss]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|The Simpson family attends the company picnic at the Burns manor. After seeing the other families at the picnic, Homer notices his own family's shortcomings and dysfunctions and decides to improve everyone's behavior, pawning the family's television set to pay for a family therapy session at Dr. Marvin Monroe's clinic. The session is a flop, but when Homer forces Monroe to honor his "double your money back" guarantee, the family ends up with enough money to buy a much better TV.|7}}
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{{TCsT|After an embarrassing experience at the [[Company Picnic|company picnic]], [[Homer]] begins to wonder if his family is too dysfunctional. He makes the family attend family therapy sessions with [[Dr. Marvin Monroe]], an unorthodox psychotherapist who uses shock therapy in an attempt to "cure" them.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TBT|[[File:General Bart (Bart the General).png|200px]]}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Bart the General]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Bart the General]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|February 4, 1990}}
 
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{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
 
{{TB|[[John Swartzwelder]]}}
 
{{TB|7G05}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|Bart runs afoul of Nelson Muntz, the school bully, who begins attacking Bart every day after school. Homer suggests fighting back, which does not work. Desperate for a solution, Bart visits Grampa for advice. Grampa takes Bart to meet Herman, who suggests that Bart rally all of the school children and declare war on Nelson. Bart and his army attack Nelson and successfully manage to convince him to give up his bullying ways.|7}}
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{{TCsT|After defending [[Lisa]] from school bully [[Nelson Muntz]], [[Bart]] becomes Nelson's latest school bullying target. Sick of the harassment and torment, Bart, [[Grampa]], and [[Herman]] rally the town's children to fight back against Nelson and his cronies.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TBT|[[File:Moaning Lisa.jpg|200px]]}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Moaning Lisa]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Moaning Lisa]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|February 11, 1990}}
 
{{TB|February 11, 1990}}
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{{TB|Wes Archer}}
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{{TB|[[Wes Archer]]}}
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{{TB|[[Al Jean]] & [[Mike Reiss]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|Lisa is continually unhappy, and it begins to affect her performance at school. Nothing that Marge and Homer try seems to help. Lisa then meets jazz musician and fellow saxophone player Bleeding Gums Murphy, who helps Lisa to express her depression by playing the blues on her sax. They write a blues number together, and the family visits a jazz club to hear Bleeding Gums sing and play it.
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] meets a new friend, [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], a jazz musician who helps her cope with the blues. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] and [[Homer]] duke it out in [[Super Slugfest|video game boxing]].
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Ron Taylor]] as [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] and [[Miriam Flynn]] as [[Ms. Barr]].|7}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Ron Taylor]] as [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] and [[Miriam Flynn]] as [[Ms. Barr]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TBT|[[File:The Call of the Simpsons promo.png|200px]]}}
 
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{{TB|'''"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"'''}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|The Simpsons go camping in their dilapidated RV, and problems arise when the RV is destroyed by falling off a cliff. The family are separated in the woods, where Maggie is cared for by bears and Homer (who has lost his clothes and is wearing a heavy coating of mud instead) is mistaken for a hideous Bigfoot-like monster. Homer is captured and taken to a lab, and not allowed to return home until the scientists are convinced that he really is a human being.
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{{TCsT|[[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] go on a camping trip where they get lost in the woods and lose all of their camping equipment. [[Homer]] ends up getting mistaken for [[Bigfoot]]. Meanwhile, [[Maggie]] meets some bears.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Cowboy Bob]].|7}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Cowboy Bob]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TB|'''"[[The Telltale Head]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|February 25, 1990}}
 
{{TB|February 25, 1990}}
 
{{TB|[[Rich Moore]]}}
 
{{TB|[[Rich Moore]]}}
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{{TB|7G07}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|The episode opens with Bart and Homer being chased and cornered by an angry mob, and Bart has the severed head of Jebediah Springfield's statue. Bart explains his actions: He cut off the head to impress a trio of troublemakers he was trying to make friends with, but the stunt backfired as the act of vandalism outraged the whole town, including Bart's three would-be friends. Bart then confessed to his family what he had done, and Homer, feeling responsible, agreed to help him put the head back. Finishing his story, Bart says the incident made him realize he was taking the town's heritage for granted, of which they were all guilty. Touched by the story, the crowd forgives Bart, and he puts the head back.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] cuts off the head of the [[Statue of Jebediah Springfield|Jebediah Springfield statue]] to be cool to some bullies, but the entire town becomes outraged and begins searching for the vandal.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TB|'''"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|March 18, 1990}}
 
{{TB|March 18, 1990}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Marge becomes unhappy when her birthday present from Homer is a bowling ball (which he clearly intended for himself) as she does not even bowl. To spite Homer, Marge sets out to learn to bowl, and ends up taking lessons from an instructor named Jacques, who pursues an affair with her. Marge nearly gives in, but at the last minute chooses to stay with Homer, surprising him by showing up at the nuclear power plant.
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] buys [[Marge]] {{ap|Homer|bowling ball|a bowling ball}} for her birthday, and she accuses him of only buying it for himself. To spite him, she begins to learn how to bowl, helped by [[Jacques]], who becomes romantically interested in Marge.
  
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Jacques]].|7}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Albert Brooks]] as [[Jacques]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TB|10 - 10}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Homer's Night Out]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Homer's Night Out]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|March 25, 1990}}
 
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{{TB|Rich Moore}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Bart takes a picture of Homer dancing with Princess Kashmir, a belly dancer. The photo is then copied all over Springfield, and when Marge sees it she at first thinks that Homer is having an affair. Homer explains the photo, but a still-angry Marge kicks him out of the house and demands that Homer introduce Bart to Princess Kashmir in person to show him that women are not sex objects.
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] purchases a [[spy camera]] through a catalog, and [[Homer]] goes to a stag party at a local restaurant. At the party, Bart snaps a picture of Homer dancing with a belly dancer, [[Princess Kashmir]]. Soon, all of [[Springfield]] sees the picture, and [[Marge]] kicks him out of the house
  
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'''Guest Starring:''' [[Sam McMurray]] as [[Gulliver Dark]].|7}}
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'''Guest Starring:''' [[Sam McMurray]] as [[Gulliver Dark]].|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TB|'''"[[The Crepes of Wrath]]"'''}}
 
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{{TB|[[George Meyer]], [[Sam Simon]], [[John Swartzwelder]] & [[Jon Vitti]]}}
 
{{TB|[[George Meyer]], [[Sam Simon]], [[John Swartzwelder]] & [[Jon Vitti]]}}
 
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{{TCsT|color=white|After Bart blows up [[Springfield Elementary]]'s toilets by flushing a cherry bomb, Principal Skinner decides to put Bart into a student exchange program. Bart ends up in France, where he is hosted by a pair of criminals and becomes a national hero when he exposes their plan to spike wine with antifreeze. Back in Springfield, the Simpsons host an Albanian student named Adil. Unbeknownst to the family, he is actually a spy in search of nuclear secrets. Touched by Adil's interest in his work, Homer ends up giving Adil the secrets he's after by showing him all over the nuclear plant.|7}}
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{{TCsT|After pulling a prank, [[Principal Skinner]] suggests [[Bart]] should partake in a foreign exchange scheme. Bart ends up in [[France]], working for some crooks who want to put antifreeze in wine. Meanwhile, back in [[Springfield]], [[Adil Hoxha]], an [[Albania]]n boy with an interest in [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Homer's workplace]], is exchanged to the Simpsons as part of the scheme.|7|color=white}}
  
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{{TB|'''"[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|'''"[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|April 29, 1990}}
 
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{{TB|[[Brad Bird]]}}
 
{{TB|[[Brad Bird]]}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Krusty the Clown is accused, tried, and convicted of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart, and Sideshow Bob takes his place as TV show host. Bart, however, believes that Krusty was framed. He enlists Lisa's help, and together they uncover evidence showing that the robber was actually Sideshow Bob in disguise. Krusty is freed and Sideshow Bob goes to jail, thus beginning the long-standing enmity between Sideshow Bob and Bart.
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] becomes incredibly sad when his TV hero [[Krusty the Clown]] is arrested for a convenience-store robbery. As the town turns against Krusty, [[Homer]] has to testify against the clown.
  
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Season 1
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Season Information
No. of episodes: 13
Original run: December 17, 1989 – May 13, 1990
Showrunner(s): Matt Groening
James L. Brooks
Sam Simon
DVD boxset: The Complete First Season
Previous season: Next season:
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Season 1 is the first broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from December 17, 1989, with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", to May 13, 1990, with "Some Enchanted Evening". The season was made up of production season 7G episodes. Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon served as the showrunners for the season.

History[edit]

The Simpsons and the season were intended to debut in fall of 1989 with "Some Enchanted Evening", which also includes much of the main characters' debut.[1] But, after the workprint of the episode was met unfavorably and deemed unusable, 70% of its animation had to be redone, thus delaying "Some Enchanted Evening" until it finally aired as the season finale on May 13, 1990.[2] It was originally thought that subsequent episodes such as "Bart the Genius" would turn out just as bad as "Some Enchanted Evening", but there were only minor problems in production that were fortunately easy to fix and were suitable for airing. As "Some Enchanted Evening" was being overhauled, the producers decided to replace it with the season's Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", on December 17, 1989 as the season premiere.[1] The timing was very fortunate, as the episode would have had to air during the Christmas holidays of 1989 regardless of any other issues. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" would also become the first ever episode broadcast.

Awards[edit]

Award Episode Crew Result
42nd Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program[3] "Life on the Fast Lane" James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Richard Sakai, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Larina Jean Adamson, Margot Pipkin, Gábor Csupó, David Silverman, John Swartzwelder Won
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Richard Sakai, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Larina Jean Adamson, Margot Pipkin, Gábor Csupó, David Silverman, Mimi Pond Nominated
42nd Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special[4] "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Brian K. Roberts and Ric Eisman
42nd Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation[5] "The Call of the Simpsons" Brad Brock, Gary Montgomery, and Jim Fitzpatrick
42nd Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Main Title Theme Music[6] N/A ("Theme Song") Danny Elfman

Episodes[edit]

Picture # Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire promo.png 1 - 1 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" December 17, 1989 David Silverman Mimi Pond 7G08
It's a not-so-merry Christmas for the Simpsons when Mr. Burns decides to cut the Christmas bonuses and Marge has to spend the family's Christmas savings to erase a tattoo Bart thinks will make a great Christmas present. To hide the fact he didn't get the bonus, Homer takes a second job as a mall Santa.
Bart in class.png 2 - 2 "Bart the Genius" January 14, 1990 David Silverman Jon Vitti 7G02
Bart swaps papers with Martin Prince during an intelligence test at school. When the school psychologist compiles the test results, he refers Bart to the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children. The new school's laid-back liberal ethos suits Bart just fine—until he's asked to show evidence of his neglected genius.

Guest starring: Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel and Ms. Melon.

Homer's Odyssey (Mr. Burns Looking Out the Window).png 3 - 3 "Homer's Odyssey" January 21, 1990 Wes Archer Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky 7G03
Homer is fired from his job as technical supervisor at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Unable to provide for his family, he contemplates ending it all—until he discovers a new life path as a campaigner for safety.
There's No Disgrace Like Home promo 1.png 4 - 4 "There's No Disgrace Like Home" January 28, 1990 Gregg Vanzo &
Kent Butterworth 		Al Jean & Mike Reiss 7G04
After an embarrassing experience at the company picnic, Homer begins to wonder if his family is too dysfunctional. He makes the family attend family therapy sessions with Dr. Marvin Monroe, an unorthodox psychotherapist who uses shock therapy in an attempt to "cure" them.
Bart the General promo.png 5 - 5 "Bart the General" February 4, 1990 David Silverman John Swartzwelder 7G05
After defending Lisa from school bully Nelson Muntz, Bart becomes Nelson's latest school bullying target. Sick of the harassment and torment, Bart, Grampa, and Herman rally the town's children to fight back against Nelson and his cronies.
Moaning Lisa promo.png 6 - 6 "Moaning Lisa" February 11, 1990 Wes Archer Al Jean & Mike Reiss 7G06
Lisa meets a new friend, Bleeding Gums Murphy, a jazz musician who helps her cope with the blues. Meanwhile, Bart and Homer duke it out in video game boxing.

Guest starring: Ron Taylor as Bleeding Gums Murphy and Miriam Flynn as Ms. Barr.

The Call of the Simpsons promo.png 7 - 7 "The Call of the Simpsons" February 18, 1990 Wes Archer John Swartzwelder 7G09
The Simpsons go on a camping trip where they get lost in the woods and lose all of their camping equipment. Homer ends up getting mistaken for Bigfoot. Meanwhile, Maggie meets some bears.

Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Cowboy Bob.

Bart Worried About the Statue (The Telltale Head).png 8 - 8 "The Telltale Head" February 25, 1990 Rich Moore Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon & Matt Groening 7G07
Bart cuts off the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue to be cool to some bullies, but the entire town becomes outraged and begins searching for the vandal.
Life on the Fast Lane promo.png 9 - 9 "Life on the Fast Lane" March 18, 1990 David Silverman John Swartzwelder 7G11
Homer buys Marge a bowling ball for her birthday, and she accuses him of only buying it for himself. To spite him, she begins to learn how to bowl, helped by Jacques, who becomes romantically interested in Marge.

Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Jacques.

Princess Kashmir & Homer.png 10 - 10 "Homer's Night Out" March 25, 1990 Rich Moore Jon Vitti 7G10
Bart purchases a spy camera through a catalog, and Homer goes to a stag party at a local restaurant. At the party, Bart snaps a picture of Homer dancing with a belly dancer, Princess Kashmir. Soon, all of Springfield sees the picture, and Marge kicks him out of the house

Guest Starring: Sam McMurray as Gulliver Dark.

The Crepes of Wrath.png 11 - 11 "The Crepes of Wrath" April 15, 1990 Wes Archer & Milton Gray George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti 7G13
After pulling a prank, Principal Skinner suggests Bart should partake in a foreign exchange scheme. Bart ends up in France, working for some crooks who want to put antifreeze in wine. Meanwhile, back in Springfield, Adil Hoxha, an Albanian boy with an interest in Homer's workplace, is exchanged to the Simpsons as part of the scheme.
Krusty Gets Busted title card.png 12 - 12 "Krusty Gets Busted" April 29, 1990 Brad Bird Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky 7G12
Bart becomes incredibly sad when his TV hero Krusty the Clown is arrested for a convenience-store robbery. As the town turns against Krusty, Homer has to testify against the clown.

Guest starring: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.

Some Enchanted Evening.png 13 - 13 "Some Enchanted Evening" May 13, 1990 David Silverman &
Kent Butterworth 		Matt Groening & Sam Simon 7G01
Homer and Marge go out for dinner one night while Bart, Lisa and Maggie are watched by a babysitter named Ms. Botz. Unbeknownst to the family, Botz is known as the Babysitting Bandit, a criminal who robs the homes of families she babysits for.

Guest starring: Penny Marshall as Lucille Botz, June Foray as Babysitting receptionist and Paul Willson as Howard, Sr.


Script covers[edit]

  • 7G02 Script.jpg
  • 7G03 Script.jpg
  • 7G07 Script.jpg
  • 7G08 Script.jpg
  • 7G11 Script - Original Title.jpg
  • 7G12 Script.jpg
  • 7G13 Script.jpg

Releases[edit]

All 13 episodes of Season 1, including extras such as the "Some Enchanted Evening" workprint, were released oin The Complete First Season on September 25, 2001 in Region 1 and September 24, 2001 in Regions 2 and 4. It is the first of the Complete Seasons of The Simpsons released in boxsets for home media.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groening, Matt (2001). Commentary for "Some Enchanted Evening", in The Simpsons: The Complete First Season.
  2. ↑ Silverman, David (2001). Commentary for "Some Enchanted Evening", in The Simpsons: The Complete First Season.
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners - Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special – 1990"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Achievement In Main Title Theme Music


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