Oh, Marge, cartoons don’t have any deep meaning. They’re just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh.— Homer
Oh, Marge, cartoons don’t have any deep meaning. They’re just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh.— Homer
Our very first glimpse of The Simpsons, these are short clips which aired on the Tracey Ullman Show from 1987 to 1989, before and after ad breaks. Here you can read about them and download all 48 episodes!
Homer & Marge say goodnight to their kids, scaring them with philosophy and "bedbugs".
Bart & Lisa are supposed to be babysitting Maggie, however, she sneaks off and gets into all sorts of trouble.
Bart & Lisa try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, however, Maggie has quite a few spare.
Bart, Lisa & Maggie make scary faces at each other, much to Marge's objections.
The family attend a funeral. Bart is looking forward to seeing a dead body, but faints when he does.
Bart tells Lisa and Maggie scary stories, but get frightened by something else.
The kids spend time with their Grandpa, who tells them of the good old times.
Bart goes skateboarding, but it turns out Lisa and even Maggie are better than him.
Homer takes the kids to an aquarium, however Bart gets into the tank with the sharks!
The family take a trip to the art museum, where Bart takes an interest in a certain painting...
The Simpsons go to the zoo, where they see a family of monkeys which look familiar...
Bart tries to steal cookies again, but this time outwits his parents by hiding it under one of three bowls.
When Homer tells the kids they cannot watch Itchy & Scratchy, Bart rips out the insides of the television and creates his own show!
Bart, Lisa & Maggie go to see the Krusty The Clown Show filmed live, however Bart doesn't believe Krusty is a real clown.
Bart tells a story of a planet where the children are the parents and the parents are the children.
Bart eats too many cookies and has nightmares that his family are after him.
Homer tells the kids to go play outside, so they dress up in their parents' clothes and play 'Jungle'.
Dad takes the family to a psychiatrist to determine why they don't laugh any more.
Maggie loses her ball and goes chasing after it, but falls over a waterfall.
Maggie manages to survives the fall and arrives home with the help of some helium balloons, without being noticed.
Homer takes the TV over from the kids. They go outside and fly a kite...and it gets stuck in the antennae, destroying the TV picture.
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