Interesting Facts About The Simpsons

1. The creator of the show, Matt Groening named the characters after his own family members but substituted “Bart” for his own name.

2. The yellow hue for the characters was chosen because the producers wanted the show to stand out. So when people will flip through different channels. The Simpsons could easily grab their attention.

3. Two days were taken to compose the theme song by Danny Elfman. He said that it was the most popular piece of music he ever created in his entire career.

4. Its town of Springfield was named for its generic Anywhereness. Over many episodes, the town's geography has contained rivers, deserts, mountains or whatever the story requires.

5. In the show's early-'90s heyday, many school principals banned the T-shirts of Bart Simpson. By saying that he was a bad role model for the children.

6. All the characters in the show have four fingers but there is only one character who has been given five fingers, God.

7. The six main voice actors earned $30,000 per episode until 1998. From then until 2004, they earned $125,000 per show. Today, they get a whopping £400,000 per episode.

8. While Lisa’s first word was “Bart” and Maggie’s was “Daddy”, the first words out of young Bart’s mouth were “Ay caramba!”.

9. Michael Jackson guest-starred as a mental patient during a third-season episode, "Stark Raving Dad," in which Homer Simpson is sent to a mental institution. Due to agreement reasons, he was credited as John Jay Smith.

10. Harry Shearer said he modelled the voice of wicked tycoon Mr Burns in part on that of Ronald Reagan.

11. Harry Shearer said he modelled the voice of wicked tycoon Mr Burns in part on that of Ronald Reagan.

12. In a speech of George H. W. Bush said that American families should be more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.

13. Many celebrities were offered to play guest starring roles on the show but they turned down. Some of them were Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Michael Caine, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Anthony Hopkins, Quentin Tarantino and Prince.

14. Ringo Starr was the first Beatle to be a guest star on the show.

15. Due to being a rating flop, the Arabic version of the show was cancelled after only 34 episodes.