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The Simpsons House (needs to be ported to the wiki!)

We've all seen the fictional cartoon house that our favorite familiy lives in, except not all people know about the existing house in Henderson, Nevada. In 1997, Kaufman and Broad Corp. worked with FOX Broadcasting Company to create the a lifesize and livable replica of the fictional TV Home. The house is 2,200 square feet. There was a contest to see who would win the house. Nearly 15,000,000 people applied to win. The winner was Barbara Howard. She's 63 years old. Howard applies for many prizes and often gives them away to needy people, according to her daughters. The address of the home is The Simpsons House, 712 Red Bark Lane in Kaufman and Broad Corp.'s Springfield Community South Valley Ranch (The Simpsons live in The City of Springfield). The house has many different colors. It includes all the rooms features on the show. It includes all of the props like the sail-boat painting and The Simpson's swingset. Here you can find many different articles, pictures and video regarding the house.

The Cajun Controversy (needs to be ported to the wiki!)

The Cajun Controversy

The second episode of the fourth season entitled A Streetcar Named Marge is considered a classic but before it came out The Simpsons were under fire for making offensive remarks about New Orleans. It started when the first two episodes were released to television reviewers. One from New Orleans published the lyrics to a song that maked horrible remarks about New Orleans in a local newspaper: New Orleans! Home of pirates, drunks, and whores! New Orleans! Tacky, overpriced, souvenir stores! If you want to go to hell, you should make that trip, To the Sodom and Gomorrah on the Mississipp'! New Orleans! Stinking, rotten, vomiting, vile! New Orleans! Putrid, brackish, maggoty, foul! New Orleans! Crummy, lousy, rancid, and rank! Unfortunately, the plot of the episode was unknown and if they would've watched it they would've seen that it was for a play based on A Streetcar named Desire. The show was not making fun of New Orleans for no reason. According to Jeff Martin, the song was parodying an opening of another play that was about how horrible London was. The people of New Orleans were so angry that many of the local stations pulled the episode from airing. On the episode's commentary, Mike Reiss said someone called and threatened to "kill" the Bart balloon that was coming to a Mardis Gras Parade. In their next episode, The Simpsons responded by having the chalkboard gag be, "I will not defame New Orleans."

Simpson vs Bush (needs to be ported to the wiki!)

Since the beginning of The Simpsons, it seems that Former President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush had it out for the show. In a magazine, First Lady Barbara Bush described The Simpsons as the "stupidest thing" she had ever seen. A letter, signed by Marge Simpson was sent to The First Lady chastising her for saying things about her family. She argued that they were very similiar. "I always believed in my heart that we had a great deal in common. Each of us living our lives to serve an exceptional man. A letter signed by Barbara Bush was sent back to Marge. Although it was slightly sarcastic, they thought there was finally peace between them. However, in a speech George H.W. Bush Sr. said that American families should be "less like The Simpsons and more like The Waltons." The show retaliated by having The Simpsons watch the speech and Bart complaining that they were a lot like the Waltons, "we're praying for the end of the depression too."

A Tribute To Phil Hartman (needs to be ported to the wiki!)

A Tribute to Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman was known on The Simpsons for his various voices. Probably the best known characters were Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure. Phil's excellent comedic timing made the characters very memorable. Phil Hartman was also very famous on Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately, Phil Hartman was murdured by his wife, Brynn on May 28th, 1998. His wife had severe emotional problems. After one angry night she shot Phil while he was asleep and then committed suicide shortly after police arrived. Phil will always be remembered for his remarkable contributions to comedy and The Simpsons.

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