"either of Groening or Csupo's initial recordings (from the show's early episodes). Other than her sucking noise, Maggie has been known to make other noises, such as occasional squeals and babbling. In most instances, these vocalisations are provided by either Nancy Cartwright or Yeardley Smith. Although she had previously spoken in fantasies and dream sequences, Maggie's first word spoken in the normal continuity of the series occurred in ""Lisa's First Word"", when she was voiced by Elizabeth Taylor. Although it was only one word (""Daddy""), Taylor had to record the part numerous times before the producers were satisfied. James Earl"
"Lisa's First Word ""Lisa's First Word"" is the tenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on December 3, 1992. In the episode, as the Simpson family gathers around Maggie and tries to encourage her to say her first word, Marge reminisces and tells the story of Lisa's first word. Elizabeth Taylor appeared for the voicing of Maggie's first word. The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and written by Jeff Martin. After its initial airing on Fox, the episode was later released as part of a 1999 video"
"is almost always seen as a baby. She has blonde spiked hair like Lisa. Her first word was ""daddy"", shown at one point after Homer tucks her in. She is almost 2 years old and still uses a pacifier despite teething, although this was mentioned in a Treehouse of Horror episode (""Starship Poopers"") and is not considered canon. She was quite prominent in the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" shorts, often being featured alongside Bart and Lisa but has since become the least seen and heard of the five main Simpsons. It has been revealed that Maggie has outstanding artistic and academic"
"Fourth Season"". The episode was again included in the 2003 DVD release of the ""Greatest Hits"" set, but this time the set did not include ""Trash of the Titans"". Lisa's First Word ""Lisa's First Word"" is the tenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on December 3, 1992. In the episode, as the Simpson family gathers around Maggie and tries to encourage her to say her first word, Marge reminisces and tells the story of Lisa's first word. Elizabeth Taylor appeared for the voicing of Maggie's first word."
"Maggie Simpson Margaret ""Maggie"" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She first appeared on television in the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Maggie was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. She received her first name from Groening's youngest sister. After appearing on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" for three years, the Simpson family was given their own series on the Fox Broadcasting Company which debuted December 17, 1989. Maggie is the youngest child of Homer and Marge,"
"performance as Maggie was praised by critics. She was named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show by IGN. Taylor also appeared on AOL's list of their favorite 25 ""Simpsons"" guest stars. Todd Everett at ""Variety"" called the last scene in the episode, where Maggie speaks her first word, ""quite a heart-melter"". He added that ""it is probably no surprise that the casting of Elizabeth Taylor as the voice for baby Maggie Simpson's first word was a publicity stunt [...] No mind, the episode in question delivered well-rounded view of series' multiple attractions."" ""Total Film""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Nathan"
"Bart was two during the flashback. Maggie's first word was provided by the Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who would also voice herself in the season four finale, ""Krusty Gets Kancelled"". While promoting the episode, the producers initially did not reveal who the voice of Maggie would be, prompting speculation as to the identity of the actress. Although it was only one word, the voice came out ""too sexy"" and Taylor had to record the part numerous times before the producers were satisfied and thought it sounded like a baby. Several sources, including John Ortved's ""The Simpsons"" history article ""Simpsons"
"a television series to receive this recognition while the show is still in production. The stamps, designed by Matt Groening, were made available for purchase on May 7, 2009. In a USPS poll, Maggie's stamp was voted the most popular of the five. Bibliography Maggie Simpson Margaret ""Maggie"" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She first appeared on television in the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Maggie was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. She received"
"escapes and takes Homer's car for a ride. Basile also added that ""whether watching 'The Happy Elves' or falling down, Maggie is the cutest baby in the Simpson family"". Comedian Ricky Gervais named ""And Maggie Makes Three"" his second favorite episode of the show and said that the scene in the end where Homer puts up pictures of Maggie over his desk gave him ""a lump in the throat thinking about it"". Todd Everett at ""Variety"" called the scene in ""Lisa's First Word"" where Maggie speaks her first word ""quite a heart-melter"". In 2006, Elizabeth Taylor was named thirteenth on"
"collection: ""The Simpsons: Greatest Hits"", and released again on the 2003 DVD edition of the same collection. The episode features cultural references to two chains of fast food restaurants, Wendy's and McDonald's, as well as a reference to the 1981 arcade video game ""Ms. Pac-Man"". ""Lisa's First Word"" received positive reception from television critics, and acquired a Nielsen rating of 16.6. The Simpson family are trying unsuccessfully to get Maggie to speak, inspiring Marge to share the story of Lisa's first word. The story flashes back to March 1983 where Homer, Marge and Bart originally lived in an apartment on"
"scene required. Maggie's comedic hallmarks include her tendency to stumble and land on her face while attempting to walk, and a penchant for sucking on her pacifier, the sound of which has become the equivalent of her catchphrase and was originally created by Groening during the Tracey Ullman period. In the early seasons of the show, Maggie would suck her pacifier over other characters' dialogue, but this was discontinued because the producers found it too distracting. With few exceptions, Maggie never speaks but participates in the events around her, emoting with subtle gestures and facial expressions. Maggie's first lines were"
"and ""Maggie Simpson's Alphabet Book"" were released on September 12, 1991. Other merchandise includes dolls, posters, figurines, jigsaw puzzles, and T-shirts. Maggie was made into an action figure as part of the ""World of Springfield"" toy line, and was released in the wave one playset ""Living Room"", featuring her and Marge in the living room of the Simpsons house. Maggie has appeared in commercials for Burger King, Butterfinger, C.C. Lemon, Domino's Pizza, Ramada Inn and Subway. Maggie has appeared in other media relating to ""The Simpsons"". She is a character in every one of ""The Simpsons"" video games, including the"
"Marge Simpson Marjorie Jacqueline ""Marge"" Simpson ( Bouvier) is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"" and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Marge was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening while he was waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on ""Life in Hell"" but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the character after his"
"Brand New Badge"" where she is able to non-fatally shoot a group of mobsters in rapid succession with a rifle that she apparently hides in her crib. Maggie is usually frightened and exasperated by Homer's attempts to bond with her, but has on several occasions stepped in to save Homer's life: once from drowning, once from being shot by mobsters, once from being kidnapped by a tow truck driver, and once from being shot by Russ Cargill, head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Matt Groening first conceived Maggie and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in"
"thud on the floor, but this was toned down in the later seasons. She has penchant for her pacifier, on which she is always seen sucking. Maggie has performed a number of feats that suggest she is a genius. She has spelled out E=MC² with her baby blocks, driven Homer's car, escaped from the Springfield daycare center, written her name on an Etch A Sketch, played Internet poker, spelled words with her baby blocks, played Lisa's saxophone, and treated her pacifier like a cigarette. However, the rest of the Simpsons family are unaware of Maggie's maturity and Marge carries Maggie"
"IGN's ""Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances"" list for her performance as Maggie in ""Lisa's First Word"". James Earl Jones, voice of Maggie in ""Treehouse of Horror V"", was named the seventh greatest guest star on the show in the same list. In 2000, Maggie and the rest of the Simpson family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. Four children's books, written by Maggie Groening (after whom Maggie was named) and illustrated by Matt Groening, entitled ""Maggie Simpson's Book of Animals"", ""Maggie Simpson's Counting Book"", ""Maggie Simpson's Book of Colors and Shapes"""
"debut with the rest of the Simpsons family on April 19, 1987 in the short ""Good Night"". In 1989, the shorts were adapted into ""The Simpsons"", a half-hour series that would air on the Fox Broadcasting Company. Maggie and the rest of the family remained the main characters on this new show. The entire Simpson family was designed so that they would be recognizable in silhouette. The family was crudely drawn, because Groening had submitted basic sketches to the animators, assuming they would clean them up; instead, they just traced over his drawings. Maggie's physical features are generally not used"
"addition to her live action roles, Roswell did some voice acting in animated films and shows, including the voice of Teegra in ""Fire and Ice"" from 1983. This led to her being hired on the animated television series ""The Simpsons"" in 1989. Her first appearance was in the season one episode ""Homer's Night Out"", in which she voiced the character Princess Kashmir (a belly dancer who seduces Homer). Out of the total thirteen episodes of the first season, Maggie Roswell appeared in four; however, they were only minor roles. Maggie Roswell did not become a regular cast member until the"
"most recent, ""The Simpsons Game"". Alongside the television series, Maggie regularly appears in issues of the Simpsons comics, which were first published on November 29, 1993 and are still issued monthly. Maggie also plays a role in The Simpsons Ride, launched in 2008 at Universal Studios Florida and Hollywood. Maggie starred in the 3D short-film ""The Longest Daycare"", which was shown in theaters before """" in 2012. On April 9, 2009, the United States Postal Service unveiled a series of five 44-cent stamps featuring Maggie and the four other members of the Simpson family. They are the first characters from"
"the credits, there is a dedication ""Dedicated to the Memory of Elizabeth Taylor"" beneath a picture of Maggie Simpson. Taylor voiced Maggie's first word, ""Daddy"", in the fourth season episode ""Lisa's First Word"". The episode title is a pun on the song ""Love is a Many-Splendored Thing"" based on the Academy Award winning film. A rendition of the classical music theme of Around The World In 80 Days can also be heard briefly at the beginning of the episode. Homer has a dream with three pop culture references to parental abuse in the media, but Homer is the abused victim"
"as Maggie Simmons, Maggie is one of the earliest characters invented by scriptwriter William J. Bell, and executive producer Betty Corday. The character was brought on as a potential love interest for already established character – Mickey Horton. This was originally intended to put the character in close contact with the soap's core family, the Hortons. Shortly after her arrival on the serial in 1973, Maggie married Mickey, thus establishing her to the soap's core family. Maggie is the mother of Melissa Horton (whom she adopted), Summer Townsend, Daniel Jonas, Janice Barnes (whom she fostered) and Sarah Horton (whose biological"
"Marge announces to Homer that she is pregnant with Maggie, a photo of the baby can be seen in the background. In its original broadcast, ""And Maggie Makes Three"" finished 47th in the ratings for the week of January 16 to January 22, 1995, with a Nielsen rating of 10.3. The episode was the fourth highest rated show on the Fox network that week, beaten only by ""Melrose Place"", ""Beverly Hills, 90210"", and the ""Rock 'n' Roll Skating Championship"". Since airing, the episode has received many positive reviews from fans and television critics. One-time ""The Simpsons"" writer and comedian Ricky"
"Lisa and Maggie Simpson. She was raised by her parents, Jacqueline and Clancy Bouvier. She has a pair of sisters, the joyless Patty and Selma, both of whom vocally disapprove of Homer. In ""The Way We Was"" (season two, 1991), it is revealed via flashback that Marge attended Springfield High School, and in her final year met Homer Simpson, after they both were sent to detention—Homer for smoking in the bathroom with Barney, and Marge for burning her bra in a feminist protest. She was at first wary of Homer, but agreed to go to the prom with him, although"
"Simpson family The Simpson family consists of fictional characters featured in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". The Simpsons are a nuclear family consisting of married couple Homer and Marge and their three children Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. They live at 742 Evergreen Terrace in the fictional town of Springfield, United States, and they were created by cartoonist Matt Groening, who conceived the characters after his own family members, substituting ""Bart"" for his own name. The family debuted on Fox on April 19, 1987 in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" and were later spun off into their own"
"And Maggie Makes Three ""And Maggie Makes Three"" is the thirteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 22, 1995. In the episode, Homer recounts the story of Maggie's birth when the kids ask why there are no photos of her in the family album. The episode was written by Jennifer Crittenden, and directed by Swinton O. Scott III. This was both Crittenden and Scott's first episode on ""The Simpsons"". It features cultural references to television series such as ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" and ""Knight Rider"". Since"
"to the character, stating, ""It's really weird to have people think you're a cartoon."" Marge's beehive hairstyle was inspired by the titular Bride in ""Bride of Frankenstein"" and the style that Margaret Groening wore during the 1960s, although her hair was never blue. Marge debuted with the rest of the Simpson family on April 19, 1987, in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"". In 1989, the shorts were adapted into ""The Simpsons"", a half-hour series airing on the Fox Network. Marge and the Simpson family remained the main characters on this new show. Matt Groening believes that episodes featuring"
"that it was ""the best ever first script"" that she had read. All 43 episodes were written by Steven Moffat. During production of series two, he was having an unhappy personal life after the break-up of his first marriage. His wife's new lover was represented in the episode ""The Big Finish?"" by the character Brian Magboy (Simon Schatzberger), a name inspired by Brian: Maggie's boy. Moffat brought in the character so that all sorts of unfortunate things would happen to him, such as having a typewriter dropped on his foot. This period in Moffat's life would also be reflected in"
"her inability to talk, Maggie calls the police on her family before taking hold of Marge and attempting to pull her off Homer. With help from an edible taffy-like substance and a robot, the entire Simpson family is arrested for causing a domestic disturbance. After a short time in jail, they are released by a social worker named Gabriel, whom Homer mistakes for an angel sent from Heaven. Gabriel moves in with the family to help them be functional again. After observing the family's quirks, Gabriel takes the family to a forest and diagnoses the family's problems accordingly: Marge tries"
"""And Maggie Makes Three"" (1995) and the latest being ""The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"" (1997). Crittenden was taking a beginners' writing program at 20th Century Fox when former ""The Simpsons"" show runner David Mirkin hired her on the show. Crittenden's only writing experience before that had been as an intern on the ""Late Show with David Letterman"". 20th Century Fox had introduced Crittenden to Mirkin, and Mirkin read a script of hers that he liked so he hired her. In addition, she wrote and executive produced ""Everybody Loves Raymond"", and served as a writer and producer on later seasons"
"obviously intended for his own personal use given the fact the ball had Homer's name engraved on it. Marge decides she will keep the gift for her own use and goes bowling for the first time. This is seen destroyed in ""The Simpsons Movie"". In the episode ""And Maggie Makes Three"", Homer tells the family the story of Maggie's birth. In this story, Homer explains how he quit his job at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to work at the Bowl-A-Rama, which was Homer's dream job. This episode reveals where the bowling pins go after they are knocked over; the pins"
"Four Great Women and a Manicure ""Four Great Women and a Manicure"" is the twentieth episode of the twentieth season of ""The Simpsons"". First broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on May 10, 2009, it was the second Simpsons episode (after ""Simpsons Bible Stories"") to have four acts instead of the usual three. The episode tells four tales of famous women featuring ""Simpsons"" characters in various roles: Selma as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa as Snow White, Marge as Lady Macbeth and Maggie as Howard Roark from Ayn Rand's ""The Fountainhead"". Jodie Foster performs the voice of Maggie"
"The writers decided to respond by privately sending a polite letter on September 28 to Bush where they posed as Marge Simpson. On October 9, Bush sent a reply: ""Dear Marge, How kind of you to write. I'm glad you spoke your mind ... I foolishly didn't know you had one. I am looking at a picture of you ... depicted on a plastic cup ... with your blue hair filled with pink birds peeking out all over. Evidently, you and your charming family — Lisa, Homer, Bart and Maggie — are camping out. It's a nice family scene. Clearly"
"and guest appearances on television shows such as ""Remington Steele"", ""Masquerade"", and ""Happy Days"". She appeared frequently in the sketch comedy ""The Tim Conway Show"" from 1980 to 1981, and did voice acting for a few animated films and television shows. Roswell also performed in some theater plays, including one in 1988 directed by Julia Sweeney. In 1989, Maggie Roswell was hired for the first season of ""The Simpsons"". She played a few minor characters until she became a regular cast member with the introduction of Maude Flanders in the second season. In 1994, Roswell and her husband Hal Rayle"