Simpsons Facts

Watching every episode of The Simpsons back-to-back would take about 12 days of non-stop viewing—over 293 hours across 801 episodes.

The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.

God is the only Simpsons character with five fingers on each hand, while every other character has just four.

John Swartzwelder, a writer for The Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop, drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes. When California passed an anti-smoking law in 1998, he bought the booth and installed it in his house so he could keep writing the same way.

The Simpsons are yellow because creator Matt Groening thought it was a good way to catch channel surfer’s attention when they saw a flash of yellow.

Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.