These Secrets About The Simpsons Will Make You Say Ay Caramba!

10. The Bush family weren't fans of the show. In October 1990, then-First Lady Barbara Bush called the show “the dumbest thing ever” [she] ever seen,” prompting the show's writers to write a response to Marge Simpson, who claimed the family tried their best. The first lady then apologized.

In early 1992, then-President George Bush Sr. said during a speech as part of his failed re-election campaign: “We are going to continue to try to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.” The writers responded in the show's next broadcast, in a replay, with the opening sequence showing the family watching the speech and Bart responding, “Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We also pray for an end to the depression.”

11. Although the show was a Sunday night staple for most of its run, its initial success there, becoming the first Fox series to rank among the top 30 highest-rated shows of the season in its first season, prompted the network to move it to Thursdays, airing opposite The Cosby Showthat's the number one show. It will remain there until season six, when it will be moved back to Sunday.

12. Godley Smith The voice of Lisa is the only main cast member to regularly voice only one character.