The Tracey Ullman Show shorts
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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.
Season 1: 1987
7 short episodes
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| 101 | April 19 | Good Night | 
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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. Homer and Marge attempt to calm their children to sleep, with the opposite results.
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| 102 | May 3 | Watching TV | 
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Bart and Lisa quarrel during commercial breaks over what channel they'll watch. Repeatedly Maggie comes up to the television and changes the channel. Later Homer is saying some speech about family matters then stops when the show comes back on.
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| 103 | May 10 | Jumping Bart | 
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Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him.
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| 104 | May 31 | Babysitting Maggie | 
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Marge puts Bart and Lisa in charge of babysitting Maggie. They watch TV while Maggie gets electrocuted, falls down the stairs, and falls off the roof.
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| 105 | June 21 | The Pacifier | 
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| Bart and Lisa aim to steal Maggie's pacifier. | |||
| 106 | June 28 | Burping Contest | 
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| The kids have a burping contest. | |||
| 107 | July 12 | Dinner Time | 
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| A typical dinner time with The Simpsons. | |||
Season 2: 1988-1989
19 short episodes
| # | Airdate | Title | Screenshot |
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| 201 | September 22 | Making Faces | 
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| Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. | |||
| 202 | October 4 | The Funeral | 
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| Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. | |||
| 203 | October 11 | Maggie's Brain | 
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| A look inside Maggie's mind. | |||
| 204 | October 18 | Football | 
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| Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football. | |||
| 205 | October 25 | House of Cards | 
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| Bart tries to make a house of cards, but Lisa & Maggie make noises that have the "house" fall every time. | |||
| 206 | November 1 | Bart and Homer's Dinner | 
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| Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves. | |||
| 207 | November 8 | Space Patrol | 
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| Bart, Lisa and Maggie play a game of "Space Patrol" while Homer and Marge are out.
Lisa plays a superhero with Maggie as her sidekick, while Bart puts a jug on his head with the pretense of it being the helmet of an alien warlord. However, his head accidentally plops into it and the jug is left stuck on his head. Lisa "frees" Bart from the jug using a croquet mallet. Lisa and Maggie then hide, allowing Bart, stumbling in a daze amongst pieces of the precious broken jug lying on the floor, to take the blame. | |||
| 208 | November 15 | Bart's Haircut | 
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| Bart has his hair cut too short by a barber. | |||
| 209 | November 22 | World War III | 
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| Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night. | |||
| 210 | December 13 | The Perfect Crime | 
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| Marge bakes a batch of delicious cookies. Bart attempts to steal them, but burns his fingers trying to pick them up. Everyone except Bart and Maggie leave the kitchen to let them cool down, and Bart takes this opportunity to swipe them, muttering to himself "Aha! The perfect crime!" Homer and Marge come back to find the tray empty. Homer suspects Maggie of eating the cookies, but as a witness she knows exactly who took them and guides them along a trail of cookies running across the floor. His family catch him lying on his back in his bedroom amidst a pile of cookie crumbs. Looking up at them with his stomach full, he groans, "There is no perfect crime." His head bangs back down on the ground and Maggie, secretively, snacks on an uneaten cookie. | |||
| 211 | December 20 | Scary Stories | 
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| Bart tells Lisa & Maggie a series of scary stories (in the middle of the dark) only to believe they're coming true. | |||
| 212 | January 10 | Grampa and the Kids | 
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| Grampa spends time with the kids.
* This is Grampa's first appearance. | |||
| 213 | January 24 | Gone Fishin' (Sort of) | 
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| Bart and Homer go on a fishing trip. Homer asks Bart for a balogna sandwich, but Bart forgot the bologna. He puts the bait on the sandwhich instead. Later on they hit rapids and Homer is almost knocked unconscious. They later fall off of a waterfall. | |||
| 214 | February 7 | Skateboarding | 
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| Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way round. | |||
| 215 | February 14 | The Pagans | 
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| The kids discuss paganism. | |||
| 216 | February 21 | Closeted | 
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| Bart locks himself in the closet, and when he busts out, he finds out that the family has gone out without him. | |||
| 217 | February 28 | The Aquarium | 
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| At an aquarium Bart swims with the sharks...literally. | |||
| 218 | March 6 | Family Portrait | 
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| Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait. | |||
| 219 | March 13 | Bart's Hiccups | 
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| Lisa and Maggie try to cure Bart's hiccups...the hard way. | |||
| 220 | March 20 | The Money Jar | 
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| The kids try to steal money from Marge's money jar.. | |||
| 221 | May 1 | The Art Museum | 
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| The Simpsons go to the art museum. | |||
| 222 | May 8 | Zoo Story | 
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| Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. | |||
Season 3: 1988-1989
19 short episodes
| # | Airdate | Title | Overview |
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| 301 | November 6 | Shut Up, Simpsons | Maggie squeaks her toy, causing a chain reaction of anger in the family. |
| 302 | November 13 | Shell Game | Bart tries to hide the cookies he stole from the jar from his parents. |
| 303 | November 20 | The Bart Simpson Show | Bart puts on his own show after Homer tells him to stop watching cartoons. |
| 304 | November 27 | Punching Bag | Bart, Lisa and eventually Marge take out their frustrations on a punching bag with Homer's picture on it. |
| 305 | December 18 | Simpson Christmas | Bart's version of christmas. |
| 306 | January 15 | The Krusty the Clown Show | The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. |
| 307 | January 29 | Bart the Hero | Sent out to exercise, Bart foils a robbery attempt. |
| 308 | February 5 | Bart's Little Fantasy | Bart tells a story about large kids who throw their small parents into a small room. |
| 309 | February 12 | Scary Movie | Bart, Lisa and Maggie go to the movie to see "The Happy Little Elves Return" (much to Bart's dismay), but Bart convinces the girls to see "Space Mutants" instead. Guess who's the scaredy-cat! |
| 310 | February 19 | Homer Hypnotism | Homer tries hypnosis to calm down his crazy kids. |
| 311 | February 26 | Shoplifting | Bart's attempt to swipe some chocolate is foiled. |
| 312 | March 12 | Echo Canyon | The family drives to Echo Canyon, takes turns making echoes, and Bart almost makes a boulder crunch the family car. |
| 313 | March 19 | Bathtime | Homer makes Bart take his "Sunday Night Bath", only to flood the bathroom. |
| 314 | March 26 | Bart's Nightmare | Bart has a nightmare after eating every single cookie from the cookie jar. |
| 315 | April 16 | Bart of the Jungle | The kids swing from the trees off Homer's ties. |
| 316 | April 23 | Family Therapy | Homer takes the family to a psychologist. |
| 317 | April 30 | Maggie in Peril (Chapter One) | Bart kicks Maggie's ball out of sight and she takes off to retrieve it back. (To be Continued...) |
| 318 | May 7 | Maggie in Peril (The Thrilling Conclusion) | Part 2. Maggie floats in the air hanging on to balloons and lands safely back in her playpen. |
| 319 | May 14 | TV Simpsons | Homer attempts to fix the telvision antenna on the roof. |
See also
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| Characters: | Homer Simpson | Marge Simpson | Bart Simpson | Lisa Simpson | Maggie Simpson | Other characters | |||
| Production:
| Cast members | Writers | Broadcasting | Awards | Songs | |||
| Media releases:
| Episodes | Tracey Ullman shorts | Complete list of media | The Simpsons Movie | |||
| Hallmarks:
| Opening sequence | Chalkboard gag | Sax solo gag | Couch gag | Halloween episodes | Recurring jokes | Guest stars | |||
| Publications:
| DVDs | Video games | Simpsons Comics | Bart Simpson Comics | Other publications | |||
| Related media:
| Futurama > Life in Hell | The Critic | Mission Hill | |||
| Miscellaneous:
| Neologisms | Homer Simpson's jobs | Vehicles | Do the Bartman | |||
External links
- [Watch Simpsons shorts]
- [The Dr. N!Godatu web page]
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