THEY’RE telly’s most dysfunctional family - and now a new documentary series lifts the lid on what goes on behind the scenes of The Simpsons.
The hit animated sitcom first aired in 1989 and is the longest-running scripted show in history - which at times has appeared to predict the future.
Brian Volk-Weiss, director of the new six-part documentary series Icons Unearthed: Simpsons tells the Sun: “What surprised me is that, there's never been a real documentary about The Simpsons. “We could have made 10 episodes, there's that much material.” Here we reveal some of the show's most surprising revelations - including why the characters are yellow.
Early inspiration TV producer and screenwriter Ken Estin got the idea to hire underground cartoonist Matt Groening after receiving a birthday card of his Life in Hell comic strip, which features anthropomorphic rabbits.
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