Is "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" really the first episode?
Sorry if my question is a silly one. I wasn't even born when the first ever Simpsons episode was aired. I am watching them from the beginning but I'm wondering was there any shows before the S1E01 - "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" ?
In the 138th special episode (The Simpsons [7x10] The Simpson's 138th Show Spectacular), it shows some clips they didn't air, which I can recall most of them. But the characters look much different so I'm not sure it was a parody or whether there was some shows prior to the first official episode.
Sherlock had such episode. Can anyone remember if there was anything aired before the first episode? Also, that very first episode starts without any specific introduction to characters. Is it the norm?
Best Answer
Not exactly, there are The Simpsons shorts which aired before "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
The Simpsons shorts are a series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety show The Tracey Ullman Show for three seasons, before the characters spun off into The Simpsons, their own half-hour prime time show. It features the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
Five of these shorts were later used in the clip show episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" on the half-hour show, which was released on the Season 7 DVD.
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Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire was indeed the series premiere of The Simpsons (although it was the 8th episode produced). But before that, the family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, some of which looked cruder than later ones. The Simpson's 138th Show Spectacular features some footage from these shorts.
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