Simpsons Essays

The Simpsons was created by Matt Groening. The programme is mainly about a crazy “yellow” family. It’s been broadcasting for about over a decade. The idea of creating The Simpsons came from a framed cartoon strip “Life in Hell”. It was hanging in the office of James L. Brooks, executive …

My name is Ushna Amin and I would like to put forward an idea about a new character for your TV sitcom the Simpsons. My character is a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy. I have been watching your show for around 8 years and although it is a very good program I …

The Simpsons is the most successful animated feature in television history. In this essay I will discuss some of the features of The Simpsons that make it so successful from the brilliant and intelligent Mini-narratives to the predictable but hilarious stereotypes. Although The Simpsons is entertaining it also has a …

“Good art that reaches thirty million people and makes them feel connected may have more to offer us now than great art that reaches three thousand and makes them feel more or less alone. In our time the standards for art have changed, expanded. The future belongs to Bart Simpson.” …

A sitcom is a situational comedy television series. Sitcoms usually use comic devices to make them funny like puns, violence and exaggeration. They use satire, farce, parody, jokes, gags and slapstick to entertain the audience. Sitcoms usually last 30 minutes if shown on commercial TV and they involve chracters having …

As T.V was getting more and more popular some shows had started, which fitted into a category of “Sitcoms”. These types of shows were both humorous and situational. The type of comedy which was comic devices like violence which is funny in cartoons or in real life the way the …

Question: ‘Evaluate the extent to which the Simpsons follow the convention of a typical sitcom. Refer to a specific episode that you have watched to support your evaluation’. The Simpsons is a typical sitcom where a situation comedy takes place. Despite being an animation, the simpsons present as a realistic …