The Tracey Ullman Show shorts

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The Simpsons made their TV debut on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987

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.

Although none of them have been released on DVD (with the exception of the Good Night on The Simpsons season 1 DVD), some were shown in the clip show The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular, which was released on the season 7 DVD.

Matt Groening has announced that The Tracey Ullman Show shorts will soon be available on Mobile.[1]

1 Season 1: 1987
2 Season 2: 1987-1988
3 Season 3: 1988-1989
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Season 1: 1987

7 short episodes

#	Airdate	Title
101	April 19	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. Homer and Marge attempt to calm their children to sleep, with the opposite results. Maggie can be heard saying "good night". She rarely talks throughout the run of the series.
102	May 3	Watching TV
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. A piece of music from the Tracey Ullman show plays at one part or another during the short.
103	May 10	Jumping Bart
Homer makes several attempts to have Bart jump into his arms. Each time Bart jumps Homer is distracted and fails to catch him. Towards the end of the episode boxing gloves are delivered, presumably the ones used in the episode Punching Bag.
104	May 31	Babysitting Maggie
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. Maggie sticks a fork in an electrical socket thereby electocuting herself, she crawls up the stairs and falls down them in insane Slinky fashion then she climbs onto the roof in hot pursuit of a butterfly, and falls off it.
105	June 21	The Pacifier
Lisa and Bart try to get Maggie to stop sucking on her pacifier, but Maggie, who has an entire drawerful of them, refuses to kick the habit.
106	June 28	Burping Contest
Despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lisa and even Maggie compete in a contest to see who can make the most disgusting burp
107	July 12	Dinner Time
Marge serves the family purple goop for dinner, insisting that they say grace first.

[edit] Season 2: 1987-1988

22 short episodes

#	Airdate	Title
201	September 22	Making Faces
Despite Marge's warnings, the kids make faces. Maggie unclearly speaks in this episode. This marks the first time a Simpson character's teeth turn razor-sharp.
202	October 4	The Funeral
Bart is determined to see his uncle's corpse...but not for long. This is the only appearance of Uncle Hubert.
203	October 11	Maggie's Brain
Bart and Lisa wonder what's inside Maggie's mind.
204	October 18	Football
Homer teaches Bart about the importance of Football. The first mentioning of "Frosty Chocolate Milkshakes".
205	October 25	House of Cards
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
Bart can't stomach it when he and Homer are forced to fend for themselves.
207	November 8	Space Patrol
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
Bart has his hair cut too short by a barber. This is the first time we hear a character from The Simpsons series say a curse word.
209	November 22	World War III
Homer wakes up the family to practice for a nuclear drill... in the middle of the night.
210	December 13	The Perfect Crime
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. Marge 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
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
Grampa spends time with the kids. This is Grampa's first appearance.
213	January 24	Gone Fishin' (Sort of)
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 sandwich instead. Later on they hit rapids and Homer is almost knocked unconscious. They later fall off of a waterfall.
214	February 7	Skateboarding
Bart teaches his sisters how to skateboard...or is it the other way round.
215	February 14	The Pagans
The kids discuss paganism. This is the first time Bart calls his dad "Homer".
216	February 21	Closeted
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
At an aquarium Bart swims with the sharks...literally. This is the first time we see a naked Simpsons character. This also marks Lisa Simpson saying the word hell in this short.
218	March 6	Family Portrait
Homer has trouble taking a normal family portrait. This is the first time Homer strangles Bart
219	March 13	Bart's Hiccups
Lisa and Maggie try to cure Bart's hiccups...the hard way.
220	March 20	The Money Jar
The kids try to steal money from Marge's money jar..
221	May 1	The Art Museum
The Simpsons go to the art museum. This is the first time we hear Bart say "Whoooa, Mama!". This also marks the first time Bart says "AY CARUMBA!"
222	May 8	Zoo Story
Homer unwisely teases a monkey at the zoo and gets a faceful of poo for his trouble. This is the shortest Simpsons Short (approximately forty-six seconds).

[edit] Season 3: 1988-1989

19 short episodes

#	Airdate	Title
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. First appearance of Itchy and Scratchy. This is the first time we hear Lisa call her dad "Homer".
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 "A Christmas Carol".
306	January 15	The Krusty the Clown Show
The kids get to see Krusty's show live for the first time. First appearance of Krusty the Clown. This is the first time Homer says "D'oh!".
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! First mentioning of "The Happy Little Elves".
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
In this sequel to "Shell Game", 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 television antenna on the roof.