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2008 is the year the nineteenth season of The Simpsons continued. It is also the year when many writers striked, affecting many shows including the Simpsons, which was cut short of three episodes.
Contents
January
- 6th: "E Pluribus Wiggum" aired for the first time.
- 14th: Elsie Castellaneta, mother of Dan Castellaneta, died.
- 27th: "That '90s Show" aired for the first time.
February
- 10th: "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" won a WGA Award in the animation section.[1]
- 12th: The Writers Guild of America strike ended.
- 17th: "Love, Springfieldian Style" aired for the first time.
- 23rd: Dora K. Warren, mother of Harry Shearer, died.
March
- 2nd: "The Debarted" aired for the first time.
- 9th: "Dial "N" for Nerder" aired for the first time.
- 11th: The Simpsons Game soundtrack was released.
- 30th: "Smoke on the Daughter" aired for the first time.
April
- 13th: "Papa Don't Leech" aired for the first time.
- 27th: "Apocalypse Cow" aired for the first time.
May
- 3rd: Bongo Comics Free-For-All 2008 is released on Free Comic Book Day.
- 4th: "Any Given Sundance" aired for the first time.
- 11th: "Mona Leaves-a" aired for the first time.
- 15th: The Simpsons Ride opens in Florida.
- 18th: "All About Lisa" aired for the first time.
Season 19 ended.
June
July
August
September
- 1st: Don LaFontaine, voice-over for the majority of the trailers, died.
- 5th: Homer's Colonoscopy aired for the first time.
- 26th: Paul Newman, actor and guest star, died.
- 28th: Season 20 started.
"Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" aired for the first time.
October
- 5th: "Lost Verizon" aired for the first time.
- 6th: The Complete Eleventh Season is released on DVD for the United Kingdom.
- 7th: The Complete Eleventh Season is released on DVD for North America.
- 19th: "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" aired for the first time.
November
- 2nd: "Treehouse of Horror XIX" aired for the first time.
- 6th: The Complete Eleventh Season is released on DVD for Australia.
- 9th: "Dangerous Curves" aired for the first time.
- 16th: "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" aired for the first time.
- 30th: "MyPods and Boomsticks" aired for the first time.
December
- 7th: "The Burns and the Bees" aired for the first time.
- 25th: Eartha Kitt, singer and guest star, died.
