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Barney Gumble
Barnard "Barney" Gumble is a recurring character in the American animated TV series ''The Simpsons''. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the series premiere episode " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". Barney is the town drunk of Springfield and one of Homer Simpson's friends. His loud belches and desperation for alcohol serve as frequent sources of humor on the show, though Barney sobered up in the Season 11 episode " Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" before relapsing three years later. Barney was inspired by the cartoon character Barney Rubble from ''The Flintstones'' and by several barflies from other television programs. In 2004, Castellaneta won an Emmy Award for voicing various characters, including Barney. Barney can be seen in ''The Simpsons'' opening credits since 2009, passed out under a pile of leaves (but still holding his beloved bottle of Duff Beer) and being awoken by Bart Simpson skateboarding over his stomach, causing him to let out his t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge Simpson, Marge, Bart Simpson, Bart, Lisa Simpson, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson, Maggie. Set in the fictional town of Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield, in an unspecified location in the United States, it caricatures society, Western culture, television and the human condition. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of The Simpsons shorts, animated shorts with producer Brooks. He created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name; he thought Simpson was a funny name in that it sounded similar to "simpleton". The shorts became a part of ''The Tracey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Simpson
Bartholomew Jo-Jo "Bart" Simpson is a character in the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' who is part of the titular family. Bart made his television debut in the short " Good Night" on '' The Tracey Ullman Show'' on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Bart while waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. Initially called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip '' Life in Hell'', Groening developed a new set of characters. Unlike the other Simpson family members, who were named after Groening's relatives, Bart's name is an anagram of ''brat''. After two years on ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', the Simpson family received their own series, which premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989. Bart has appeared in every episode of ''The Simpsons'' except " Four Great Women and a Manicure". Always ten years old, Bart is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge Simpson and the brother of Lisa and Maggie. Known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
$pringfield
"$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)", simply known as "$pringfield", is the tenth episode of the The Simpsons season 5, fifth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 91st episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the United States on December 16, 1993. In the episode, Springfield (The Simpsons), Springfield legalizes gambling to revitalize its economy. Mr. Burns opens a casino where Homer Simpson, Homer is hired as a blackjack dealer. Marge Simpson, Marge develops a gambling addiction, Bart Simpson, Bart opens a rival casino in his tree house, and Burns' appearance and mental state deteriorate à la Howard Hughes. The episode was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, and directed by Wes Archer. Gerry Cooney and Robert Goulet guest starred as themselves. The episode features cultural references to the films ''Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worryi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High School
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. There may be other variations in the provision: for example, children in Australia, Hong Kong, and Spain change from the primary to secondary systems a year later at the age of 12, with the ISCED's first year of lower secondary being the last year of primary provision. In the United States, most local secondary education systems have separate middle schools and high schools. Middle schools are usually from grades 6–8 or 7–8, and high schools are typically from grades 9–12. In the United Kingdom, most state schools and privately funded schools accommodate pupils between the ages of 11 and 16 or between 11 and 18; some UK privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way We Was
"The Way We Was" is the twelfth episode of the The Simpsons season 2, second season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox in the United States on January 31, 1991. In the episode, Marge Simpson, Marge tells the story of how she and Homer Simpson, Homer first met and fell in love. Flashing back to 1974, it is shown how Homer Childhood sweetheart, falls in love with Marge in high school and tries to get close to her by enlisting her as his French tutor. After several hours of Grammatical conjugation, verb conjugation, Marge falls for Homer too, only to become enraged when he admits he is not a French student, since the time she spent tutoring him meant she didn't have time to prepare for an important debate. Marge rejects Homer's invitation to the prom and goes with Artie Ziff, who turns out to be a terrible date and Marge realizes that it is Homer she really wants. The episode was written by Al Jean, Mike R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Star Is Burns
"A Star Is Burns" is the eighteenth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on Fox in the United States on March 5, 1995. In the episode, Springfield decides to hold a film festival, and famed critic Jay Sherman is invited to be a judge. The story involves a crossover with the animated series ''The Critic''. Jay Sherman was the main character on the show. ''The Critic'' was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously written for ''The Simpsons'' but left following the fourth season, and produced by James L. Brooks, who was also a producer for ''The Simpsons''. The show had premiered on ABC in January 1994, but was canceled despite positive critical reception. The series moved over to Fox in 1995 and was put in the timeslot directly after ''The Simpsons''. Brooks pitched a crossover episode as a way to promote ''The Critic'' and decided that a film festival would be a good way to introduce Sherman; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Ned Flanders
"Viva Ned Flanders" is the tenth episode of the The Simpsons season 10, tenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox in the United States on January 10, 1999. In the episode, Ned Flanders, who is revealed to be 60 years old, feels that he has not lived his life to the fullest. He asks for help from his neighbor, Homer Simpson, who takes Ned to Las Vegas to show him "the right way to live". However, while there, the two become intoxicated and accidentally marry two cocktail waitresses named Amber and Ginger. The episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Neil Affleck. The revelation of Ned's age was heavily debated between the ''Simpsons'' staff, and the decision to make him 60 years old could have been inspired from a joke by ''Simpsons'' writer Ron Hauge. A scene in the episode, as well as the episodes closing credits, features the song "Viva Las Vegas (song), Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor of Germany#Nazi Germany (1933–1945), the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of Holocaust victims, about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and moved to German Empire, Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1919 he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921 was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and Culture of Ireland, culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaels, Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while Kingdom of England, England's 16th/17th century Tudor conquest of Ireland, conquest and Plantations of Ireland, colonisation of Ireland brought many English people, English and Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scottish people, Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Republic of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common History of Poland, history, Culture of Poland, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizenship, citizens of Poland, regardless of heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The population of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out of an overall population of 38,512,000 (based on the 2011 census), of whom 36,522,000 declared Polish alone. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora (the ''Polish diaspora, Polonia'') exists throughout Eurasia, the Americas, and Australasia. Today, the largest urban concentrations of Poles are within the Warsaw metropolitan area and the Katowice urban area. Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treehouse Of Horror XVII
"Treehouse of Horror XVII" is the fourth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the seventeenth ''Treehouse of Horror'' episode. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 5, 2006. In "Married to the Blob", Homer eats green extraterrestrial slime and morphs into a rampaging blob with an insatiable appetite; in "You Gotta Know When to Golem", Bart uses Krusty's golem to wreak havoc on his tormentors; and in "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid", the residents of a late-1930s Springfield refuse to believe news of an actual alien invasion after being duped by Orson Welles's ''The War of the Worlds'' radio broadcast. It was written by Peter Gaffney and directed by David Silverman and Matthew C. Faughnan. Dr. Phil McGraw and Sir Mix-a-Lot guest star as themselves, Richard Lewis and Fran Drescher guest voice as the male and female Golems, respectively. In its original run, the episode received 10.43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simpson Tide
"Simpson Tide" is the nineteenth episode of the The Simpsons season 9, ninth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox in the United States on March 29, 1998. After being fired from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer Simpson, Homer decides to join the United States Navy Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve. The episode was both the second and last to be written by Joshua Sternin and Jennifer Ventimilia and the final episode directed by Milton Gray. It guest-starred Rod Steiger as Captain Tenille and Bob Denver as himself, with one-time ''Simpsons'' writer Michael Carrington (voice actor), Michael Carrington making an appearance as the Drill Sergeant. The episode makes many references to popular culture, especially contemporary culture, with its title and plot elements being derived from the 1995 film Crimson Tide (film), ''Crimson Tide''. This was the last episode Jean and Reiss executive produced toget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
