The Simpsons Short
"Good Night"
Homer tucks in Bart in the very first scene. 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
Episode no.	1
Prod.  code	MG01
Orig.  airdate	April 19, 1987
Written by	Matt Groening
Directed by	Wesley Archer, David Silverman, and Bill Kopp
Runtime	01:49

"Good Night" is the first Simpsons short that appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Abram Groening (ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAY-ning) (born February 15 1954 is an American Cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland Wesley "Wes" Meyer Archer (born November 26, 1961) is a Television Animation director. David Silverman (born on 15 March 1957 in New York City, New York) is an Animator best known for directing numerous episodes Bill Kopp (born in Rockford Illinois on April 17 1962) is an American Animator and Voice actor who animated the Whammy on the 1980s 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 Tracey Ullman Show was a weekly American Television Variety show, hosted by British Comedian and onetime pop singer ^[1] It originally aired April 19, 1987, during the third episode of The Tracey Ullman Show and was the first appearance of the Simpson family on television. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Simpson family is a family of Fictional characters featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. After three seasons on Tracey Ullman, the shorts would be adapted into the animated show The Simpsons. Good Night has since been aired on the show in the episode The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular, along with several other Ullman shorts, and it was also included in the Season 1 DVD set. " The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular " is the tenth episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season, and is as the title suggests The following Simpsons DVDs are all compilation releases in various regions

Synopsis

Maggie in her first appearance in the Ullman short "Good Night. "

Marge and Homer say goodnight to their kids but all does not go to plan. Marjorie "Marge" Simpson (née Bouvier) is a Fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. Bart philosophically contemplates the wonders of the mind, Lisa hears Marge say "Don't let the bed bugs bite" and fears that her bed bugs will eat her, and Maggie is traumatized by the lyrics of "Rock-a-bye Baby". Bartholomew J "Bart" Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. Margaret "Maggie" Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. " Rock-a-bye Baby " may be an American nursery rhyme and lullaby whose melody may be a variant of the English satirical ballad Lilliburlero. Ultimately, all of the kids decide to sleep with their parents.

Origins

Groening first conceived of the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. James L Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, Screenwriter and director. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to present his Life in Hell series. Life is Swell (originally titled Life in Hell until early 2007 is a weekly Comic strip by Matt Groening. When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life's work, Groening decided to go in another direction. ^[2] He hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family, and named the characters after his own family. Bart was modeled after Groening's older brother, Mark, but given a different name which was chosen as an anagram of "brat. An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew' passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter' is a type of Word play "^[3]

This short was written and storyboarded by Matt Groening. ^[4] The family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead they just traced over his drawings. ^[2] The animation was produced at Klasky Csupo,^[5] with Wesley Archer, David Silverman, and Bill Kopp being animators. Klasky Csupo Inc (pronounced "Class-key Chew-po" is a multimedia entertainment production company located in Los Angeles Wesley "Wes" Meyer Archer (born November 26, 1961) is a Television Animation director. David Silverman (born on 15 March 1957 in New York City, New York) is an Animator best known for directing numerous episodes Bill Kopp (born in Rockford Illinois on April 17 1962) is an American Animator and Voice actor who animated the Whammy on the 1980s ^[4]

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