Season 5: “Marge, this may be hard to believe, but I’m trapped inside two vending machines.” Emmys for voice work went to: Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), and Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel). This season introduced mainstays Fat Tony, Lunchlady Doris, and the Van Houtens. The show consistently churns out high-quality episodes, many of which remain fan favorites nearly 30 years later. The pivotal third season is where The Simpsons really hits its stride. Burns hires a bunch of ringers for the employee softball team, Homer is tempted by Lurleen, Sideshow Bob marries then nearly murders Selma, and Herb returns so Homer can make amends. Bart is nearly convicted of murdering Skinner, Krusty reunites with his father, Rabbi Krustofski, cough syrup is the secret ingredient in the Flaming Moe, and Bart uses his birthday present to fake a well-based emergency. In the third season, Homer ends up in a mental health facility with Michael Jackson and becomes the harbinger of Ned’s Left-handed Emporium. Season 8: “I hope I didn’t brain my damage.” Most episodes were well received, though the sad ending between Homer and his half-brother Herb didn’t sit well with fans, and the writers eventually responded to criticism with a happier conclusion at the end of the third season. Hibbert, Comic Book Guy, Groundskeeper Willie, and Troy McClure for the first time. While viewers of the second season found Bart’s stunts and his eccentric family to be quite endearing, it also introduced fans to the likes of Mayor Quimby, Dr.

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Homer meets and bankrupts his half-brother, and Marge paints Burns in the nude. Homer stops Bart’s attempt to jump the gorge by jumping it himself, Marge learns a lesson in censorship, and Homer has 22 hours to live after eating Fugu but learns nothing. In the second season of The Simpsons, Homer cheats on insurance forms to regrow some hair, Bart catches a three-eyed fish, and Dancin’ Homer becomes the Springfield Isotopes’ new mascot.

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