European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Don t have a cow the Simpsons sky to Europe Symik Genalo new York Bureau just when you thought Europe was getting safer what with the Wall coming Down and peace breaking out All Over Bart Simpson arrives. Beginning sept. 2, sky one will Start Broad casting original episodes of Fox television s the Simpsons. Although the show has t been available on to in Europe until now the notorious family and its even More notorious son Are Well known to the viewing audience Here through their to shirt line As Well As through extensive coverage they be been getting in the Media. The cartoon family also was seen fleetingly on american military television stations in its first incarnation. The Simpsons started in a series of 30-Sec Ond spots on the Tracey Ullman show in 1987. Now their own show tells the Story of Homer and Marge Simpson and their three offspring Bart Don t have a cow Manisa and baby Maggie. They re not just another Bunch of pretty faces. With their bulging eyes and eager rated overbite they re a prime example of creator Matt greening s cartooning style. They re lovable in a mutant sort of Way says Groening. They re a hallucination of a the parents in the Simpsons Are named after greening s own parents. But the similarity ends there. His father is nothing like the irascible Homer Simpson he says whose typical dialogue consists of Why you Little and hey come Back Here you Little these Are usually addressed to son Bart. Greening s Mother does t have the outrageous Blue bouffant hairstyle of Marge Simp son but Groening says she does have much of the Saint like patience exhibited by her cartoon namesake. Marge Simpson can usually be heard utter ing there there Homer As she tries to Calm Down her High Strung husband. The plots revolve around the almost daily crises that arise in the Simpson household which Are at times More than bizarre. The show is open to so Many different styles of humor says Groening. We do some very close observational stuff about the Way families relate to each other and we do extremely wild sight gags like Bart getting his eyes Bart an Anagram for brat has turned out to. Be the True Star of the series zooming around their Hometown of Springfield on his skate Board either in trouble or planning some scheme that will end up getting him there Lisa Hie quiet member of the family is generally involved in the scheming with Bart but she always manages to drop out of the picture when it comes time for getting caught. For someone touted As the world s greatest underachiever and proud of it Man his t shirt proclaim Little Bart has accomplished a lot in such a Young life. Lisa Homer Bart Marge and Maggie Simpson above and creator Matt Groening below. Underachieving sends the wrong message to Tho students he did t Call himself an underachiever he does not aspire to be an underachiever argues Groening. If you la recall in Ono episode Bart saves the voices behind the characters Are provided by a cast that includes Julie Kavner Margea feature player on the Tracey Ullman show and Harry Shearer Homer s Boss among others former member of the saturday night live Crew guest voices have included Penny Marshall Lav erne and Shirley and Marsha Wallace Bob Newhart show there were reports denied by pox thai talk show Host Larry King would be the voice of god in one episode. Also a tabloid Story said Elizabeth Taylor would Supply the voice of baby Maggie should she Ever speak there arc reports of feelers from representatives of Michael Jackson and who Opio Goldberg about doing voice overs on the show what s next7 the show has fostered a i Cra live sideline of licensed items in . I to in popular to shirts bad Tufnell a ,.or Posi Dent of publicity says in Addi Ion to tin u Ual line of key , Dils towels and calendars there will be a rap record in october featuring Tho Simp on Farny and Harper Collins i to look publisher is coming out wit the Simpsons Xmas Book in time for Tho Holiday season he is by far the most popular character on the Simpson to shirt line and he has even spawned what is probably the first racial crossover of a character with the creation of Black Bart t shirts there is one of him As Rasta Man where he s saying Don t have a cow mon1". I h a supposed jamaican accent All reactions Are not positive though Bart has met with some resistance among educators Sev eral school principals have banned the wearing of Simpson to shirts feeling Bart s attitude about to s Irv Ato a loonie a ,1.1.1.ji.it Kerr in tar Leiu i Jion in i of Tiff the i
