在这部辛普森一家 第八季动画/喜剧片中,FOX迄今为止最成功的电视连续剧。该剧最初是The Tracey Ullman Show的副产品，作为它的一分钟补白。 The Tracy Ullman Show的执行制片人，James L. Brooks 和 Sam Simon觉得这些人物可以做成一个半小时的电视剧，于是他们立刻动手，开始了这部在电视台黄金时间段，历时最久的卡通系列剧。 辛普森一家的频繁出场，让他们得到了广泛的认同，比如说，他们为Butterfinger Candy Bars做的大量商业广告。 “辛普森一家”最早是FOX喜剧小品“The Tracey Ullman Show”中的一系列动画小品，该动画主要刻画了辛普森一家在Springfield的生活。辛普森家的家长，Homer,他不是传统意义上的“居家男人”。他作为家长，努力想领导他的没大没小的家庭成员，可经常情况是，他才是那个被领导的。无论情况多困窘，辛普森一家幸福的住在一起。这个家庭里有loving，蓝头发的女家长Marge，麻烦大王-儿子Bart，优秀的出人意料的女儿Lisa，还有婴儿-Maggie。这个家庭从来不会变老，但Springfield小镇的背景却在随着年代变化。Springfield的居民通常由以下演员配音：Hank Azaria（包括Moe，酒保），Harry Shearer（Homer的老板Mr.Burns，邻居Ned Flanders）。著名的客串配音演员还有，迈克尔·杰克逊(饰一个神经病人，幻想自己就是迈克尔·杰克逊)， 达斯汀·霍夫曼，Bob Hope, William H.Macy, Kathleen Turner, Johny Carson, Nsync, Paul McCarthey，甚至还有滚石乐队。
In "The Thing and I," Bart hears something in the attic one night and his parents tell him that it's his conjoined twin brother, Hugo. Hibbert then reveals that there was an irregularity when he was born and one of the twins was pure evil. Marge and Homer then locked Hugo in the attic and fed him a bucket of fish heads once a week. When Hugo tries to sew him and Bart back together, but Hibbert reveals that Bart was always the evil twin. In "The Genesis Tub," Lisa accidentally creates a rapidly evolving universe in a small tub. This new race calls Lisa a God and Bart the Devil after he attacks. Lisa is brought down to the race's size and is therefore unable to help her people. In "Citizen Kang," Kang and Kodos abduct Homer and tells the aliens of a presidential election after being asked for their leader. The aliens then steal the identity of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole to be elected and take over Earth. Homer tries to get the real guys back, but accidentally kills them. When he gets back, he reveals Kang and Kodos' true identities, but they still take over Earth.
邪不胜正。
