- From: News Corp Australia Network
- September 14, 2014
IN one sense, not much has changed for The Simpsons in a quarter of a century.
Patriarch Homer is still a lovable, beer-swilling doofus and wife Marge, with her unchanging shock of towering blue hair, as long suffering as ever. Ten-year-old Bart is a perennial juvenile delinquent, with a knack for finding and causing trouble, with younger sister Lisa the constant brains and moral core of the family. Then there’s baby Maggie, always sucking noisily on her pacifier, exasperated at the mayhem unfolding around her.In the foreword to the new book The Simpsons Family History, which traces the chaotic clan’s adventures from Homer’s many jobs to the growing family and run-ins with motley residents of Springfield such as the evil power plant owner Monty Burns, Matt Groening says: “Millions (billions?) of people have watched the Simpsons grow up for a quarter of a century. And by grow up I mean stay pretty much the same. Of course, Homer and Marge never age, Lisa and Bart are forever stuck in the second and fourth grades, respectively, and Maggie will never outgrow that blue onesie or lose that soggy pacifier. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a beginning to the never-ending Simpsons saga. Homer and Marge had their first meet-cute, first date, first kiss, and first (of many) weddings. Bart pulled his first prank, caused his first international scandal, and got beaten up the first (of many) times. Lisa blew her first saxophone solo, staged her first protest, and had her first (of many) disappointments. And Maggie spoke her first word (albeit in private).”
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