Year The Simpsons Started 'link'

Behind the scenes, 1989 was chaos. Voice actors—Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith—recorded in a cramped studio. Animators in South Korea worked from rough storyboards. The show’s budget was modest; the jokes were razor-sharp. No one expected it to last past one season.

Teachers who started their careers in 1989 recall it as a time before computers or the internet were common in classrooms, as discussed in this Reddit thread . year the simpsons started

But on December 17, 1989, after months of hype (“The Simpsons are coming!” read T-shirts and billboards), the Christmas special “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” aired. No one was killed. No nuclear meltdowns. Instead, Homer, desperate for Christmas cash, lost his bonus and ended up at a dog track. He bet on a losing greyhound named Santa’s Little Helper. The dog lost. Homer took him home anyway. Behind the scenes, 1989 was chaos