The Simpsons is an American sitcom that
shows \middle class lifestyle ∈ cartoon form.
The half-hour episodes take place ∈ and
around the fictional town of Springfield and
make fun out of American culture and society.
Since the show started ∈1989 the Simpsons
have been broadcast over 500 times. This
makes it the longest running sitcom ∈
American television history. In 2007 a fulllength
movie, The Simpsons Movie, made
over half a billion dollars. The Simpsons has
won many prizes, including the Emmy
Awards. In the year 2000, Time magazine
named it the best television series of
the century and the cartoon characters of The
Simpsons received their own ⋆ on
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. The Simpson
family consists of 5 main characters. Homer is
the rather clumsy, beer-drinking father. He
works at a nuclear power plant ∈Springfield
and is married to Marge Simpson, a typical
American \middle class housewife. The couple
has three children. Bart is a ten-year old
who constantly gets into trouble. Lisa is a
highly intelligent eight-year old who has
become a vegetarian and a Buddhist. Maggie,
the family’s baby, is often shown with
a pacifier. The Simpsons have two pets, a dog
named Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball, a
cat. Even though the
series focuses around animated characters,
many human celebrities have starred on The
Simpsons ∈ the past, for example, Bill
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Clinton, Tony Blair, Tom Jones or Mel Gibson.
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A expressão “Hollywood’s Walk of Fame” (l. 17) significa:
