During the first three seasons of the television variety show The Tracey Ullman Show, two different series of animated shorts were run before and after commercial breaks. One was created by cartoonist Matt Groening featuring a family known as The Simpsons and another was a lesser known series by M.K. Brown named Dr. N!Godatu.
The Simpsons
Good Night
"Good Night" was the first ever Simpsons short to air on The Tracey Ullman Show. The five main family members - Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie - were first introduced in this short.
Synopsis:
Homer tucks in Bart assuring him that he need not worry about the human brain. Marge tucks in Lisa telling her not to let the bed bugs bite, to which Lisa becomes frightend. As Marge tucks in Maggie, she sings Rock-a-Bye Baby while Maggie imagines falling to her death from a tree. When Marge and Homer go to bed, they feel satisfied, not realizing the kids have become too distraught to sleep as a result of them. They invite the kids to get in the bed with them, and everybody falls asleep shortly thereafter.
Notes:
Maggie can be heard saying "good night", something that has happened rarely throughout the run of the series.
Quotes:
Bart: Um dad, what is the mind? Is it just a simple of impulses or is it something tangible?
Homer: Relax. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. (laughs)
Marge: Good night Lisa. Sweet Dreams. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite.
Lisa: Bed bugs?!
Homer: We may be the best parents in the world.
Marge: Mmm, good night dear.
Homer: Good night.
(the children enter the bedroom screaming)
Marge: All right, climb in.
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Jumping Bart
Babysitting Maggie
The Pacifier
Burping Contest
Dinner Time
Making Faces
The Funeral
Maggie's Brain
Football
House Of Cards
Bart & Dad Eat Dinner
Space Patrol
Bart's Haircut
World War III
The Perfect Crime
Scary Stories
Grandpa & The Kids
Gone Fishin'
Skateboarding
The Pagans
The Closet
The Aquarium
Family Portrait
Bart's Hiccups
The Money Jar
The Art Museum
Zoo Story
Shut Up Simpsons
The Shell Game
The Bart Simpson Show
Punching Bag
Simpson Christmas
The Krusty The Clown Show
Bart The Hero
Bart's Little Fantasy
Scary Movie
Home Hypnotism
Shoplifting
Echo Canyon
Bathtime
Bart's Nightmare
Bart Of The Jungle
Family Therapy
Maggie In Peril - Chapter One
Maggie In Peril - The Thrilling Conclusion
TV Simpsons
Dr. N!Godatu
The Office
Blind Date
Freeway
Fish Tank
The Dream
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Last updated: 06-06-2005 04:21:23
