The animated sitcom "The Simpsons" has captivated American families nationwide of all races, ages, and ethnicity. It is the longest running comedy-animated series that has attracted a huge following within the last seventeen years. The audience can't simply get enough of the "yellow people" in the town of Springfield, which strangely represents an exaggerated form of our society. "The Simpsons" has influenced the evolution of animated situational comedy of the 90's allowing shows like "Family …showed first 75 words of 1720 total…

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