"their advertising. As a promotion for ""The Simpsons Movie"", twelve 7-Eleven stores were transformed into Kwik-E-Marts and sold ""The Simpsons"" related products. These included ""Buzz Cola"", ""Krusty-O"" cereal, pink doughnuts with sprinkles, and ""Squishees"". In 2008 consumers around the world spent $750 million on merchandise related to ""The Simpsons"", with half of the amount originating from the United States. By 2009, 20th Century Fox had greatly increased merchandising efforts. On April 9, 2009, the United States Postal Service unveiled a series of five 44-cent stamps featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, to commemorate the show's twentieth anniversary. ""The Simpsons"""
"she converted to Buddhism. Lisa plays the baritone saxophone, and some episodes use that as a plot device. According to Matt Groening, the baritone saxophone was chosen because he found the thought of an eight-year-old girl playing it amusing. He added, ""But she doesn't always play a baritone sax because the animators don't know what it looks like, so it changes shape and color from show to show."" One of the hallmarks of the show's opening sequence is a brief solo Lisa plays on her saxophone after being thrown out of music class. ""The Simpsons"" composer Alf Clausen said that"
"Dan Higgins Dan Higgins is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Go West, The Temptations, Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker, Lisa Stansfield and Eros Ramazzotti. He has over 300 motion picture soundtracks to his credit. He is also known as the saxophone sound of Bleeding Gums Murphy from The Simpsons. Dan Higgins was born on June 17, 1959 in Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State and is a proud Beaver alum. It is rumored he now works in sales"
"for a company in Texas called Uline. He is often nick named ""Higgy-Bear Higgins"". Dan Higgins Dan Higgins is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Go West, The Temptations, Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker, Lisa Stansfield and Eros Ramazzotti. He has over 300 motion picture soundtracks to his credit. He is also known as the saxophone sound of Bleeding Gums Murphy from The Simpsons. Dan Higgins was born on June 17, 1959 in Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State"
"Lisa's Sax ""Lisa's Sax"" is the third episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> ninth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 19, 1997 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. In the series' sixth flashback episode, it is explained how Lisa got her saxophone. The episode was executive produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss and was the first episode Jean wrote by himself as all of his previous writing credits had been shared with Reiss. It was directed by Dominic Polcino and guest starred Fyvush Finkel, who appeared as himself portraying Krusty in a film. Homer and"
"Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Art Davis. He played with the house band for the Dennis Miller TV show, and toured with the Doc Severinsen big band.He has recorded music for hundreds of movies and television programs, including playing the saxophone of Lisa in the popular television show ""The Simpsons"". He solos on the sound track for ""Mystic River"" and ""Million Dollar Baby"". Webb has been featured on over 150 jazz recordings, including 20 under his own name, or as co-leader, for Posi-Tone Records. Doug Webb Doug Webb (born 1960) is an American musician. Webb was born in Chicago and moved"
"""Determined to Succeed"". Hank Azaria Henry Albert Azaria ( ; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer best known for his voice characterizations of a variety of characters in the animated television sitcom ""The Simpsons"" (1989–present), which include Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, the Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and others. After attending Tufts University, he joined the series with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season, with many of his performances on the show being based on famous actors and characters. In addition to his work on"
"Hank Azaria Henry Albert Azaria ( ; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer best known for his voice characterizations of a variety of characters in the animated television sitcom ""The Simpsons"" (1989–present), which include Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, the Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and others. After attending Tufts University, he joined the series with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season, with many of his performances on the show being based on famous actors and characters. In addition to his work on ""The Simpsons"", Azaria"
"Ann Marie Calhoun Ann Marie Calhoun (née Simpson; born May 26, 1979) is an American classically trained violinist who has performed as a bluegrass and rock musician in a number of prominent acts, including Jethro Tull, Steve Vai, Dave Matthews Band, Ringo Starr, A.R.Rahman and Mick Jagger's SuperHeavy. She is the sister of violinist Mary Simpson. She was born Ann Marie Simpson in 1979 in Virginia to a ""hillbilly dad"", a ""documented descendant of Pocahontas"", who plays banjo; and a ""Chinese mom"", who was a classically trained pianist. Her brothers play guitar and her sister, Mary Simpson, is an accomplished"
"Lisa's Pony ""Lisa's Pony"" is the eighth episode in the third season of the American animated television series ""The Simpsons"". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 7, 1991. In this episode, Homer goes drinking at Moe's Tavern instead of buying a new reed for Lisa's saxophone, resulting in her flopping at the school talent show. Desperate to win back his daughter's love, Homer gives Lisa the one thing she has always wanted: a pony. Homer struggles with two jobs to cover the cost of sheltering and feeding the pony. Lisa, upon seeing what"
"offer because his grandchildren were fans of the show. In the final scene of the episode, Borgnine plays a guitar and sings campfire songs with the children. Borgnine was a guitar player in real life, so he brought his own guitar with him to the recording studio. Borgnine apologized because he felt that he was not being able to sing very well, but Nancy Cartwright, who provides the voice of Bart, thought his voice ""added to the authenticity of his character"". ""The Simpsons""s creator Matt Groening thought the recording sessions with Borgnine were ""so much fun"". Hank Azaria, who provides"
"criticized the show for. Lisa's Pony ""Lisa's Pony"" is the eighth episode in the third season of the American animated television series ""The Simpsons"". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 7, 1991. In this episode, Homer goes drinking at Moe's Tavern instead of buying a new reed for Lisa's saxophone, resulting in her flopping at the school talent show. Desperate to win back his daughter's love, Homer gives Lisa the one thing she has always wanted: a pony. Homer struggles with two jobs to cover the cost of sheltering and feeding the pony."
"player"". Lisa plays the baritone saxophone, but according to Matt Groening, ""she doesn't always play a baritone sax because the animators don't know what it looks like, so it changes shape and color from show to show."" After the switch to HD production, Lisa has also occasionally performed her solo on an instrument other than the saxophone. As of Season 20 to 29, she has played a trumpet, violin or fiddle, tuba, baritone horn, clarinet, theremin, and harp. In this last instance, she drags the instrument with her and continues playing once Mr. Largo orders her out of the room."
"performing with band Family Stone at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Jerry Martini Gerald L. Martini (born October 1, 1943) is an American musician, best known for being the saxophonist for Sly and the Family Stone. Martini was born in Denver, Colorado. He had an introduction to music at a very early age. At the age of 5, Martini had learned how to play the ukulele from his Hawaiian next door neighbors and would play in the neighborhood for quarters. At the age of 10 he was playing the accordion. Then at the age of 12 it"
"career. From 2004 to 2010, Hendrickson-Smith was a member of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Hendrickson-Smith is currently a member of The Tonight Show band with The Roots, after joining the band in February 2014. Hendrickson-Smith currently resides in New York. Ian Hendrickson-Smith Ian Hendrickson-Smith is an American jazz saxophonist. He is best known for being a former member of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings from 2004 to 2010 and playing with The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Hendrickson-Smith was born in New Orleans and graduated from State College Area High School in 1992. He later studied"
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet ""Homer's Barbershop Quartet"" is the first episode of ""The Simpsons"" fifth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 30, 1993. The episode was written by Jeff Martin and directed by Mark Kirkland. It features the Be Sharps, a barbershop quartet founded by Homer Simpson. The band's story roughly parallels that of The Beatles. George Harrison and David Crosby guest star as themselves, and The Dapper Dans provide the singing voices of the Be Sharps. The episode begins with the Simpson family as they attend a swap meet. There, Bart Simpson"
"while going through a list of Lisa's interests, and Jean told Reiss, ""Lisa likes ponies; we [should] give her a pony."" While writing down ideas for the story, they decided to explore the consequences of having a pony in a suburban house. Carlos Baeza served as animation director for the episode. ""The Simpsons"" creator Matt Groening said animating horses is ""the most difficult thing to do."" The animators used Eadweard Muybridge's famous and other photo references as models for Princess. In the talent show scene, Lisa is lit up by a spotlight when she performs with her saxophone. After the"
"Avenue art gallery to support his young family which also commemorates the birth of his first-born son, Merton Simpson Jr. The couple had another son named, Kenneth Simpson in 1959. Merton and Beatrice Simpson divorced in 2008. He is survived by his two sons, Merton Jr. and Kenneth Simpson. Along with art, Simpson has always possessed a deep passion for music which has at times complemented his artwork. He learned to play the saxophone, tenor sax, clarinet and flute as a youth in Charleston. Simpson played with the famed Jenkins Orphanage Band. Later in life he played with various jazz"
"Her first work in film scoring was in 1962, ""How the West was Won"", then continuing, ""Doctor Zhivago"" and ""The Sound Of Music"".<!-- <ref> Sally Stevens Sally Stevens is an American singer, actress and a vocal contractor. She has sung on hundreds of ""The Simpsons"" episodes, and sings the main title, which has been in use since the inception of the show. She also sings the main title for ""Family Guy"" and has worked for Seth MacFarlane, the creator of the show, as vocal contractor and singer since the inception of the series. She has sung, and been vocal contractor"
"""The Simpsons"" to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. His win came for the season 25 episode ""Four Regrettings and a Funeral"". Harry Shearer Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film ""Real Life"" with Albert Brooks and started writing for Martin Mull's television"
"Grampa Simpson Abraham Jebediah ""Abe"" Simpson II, better known as Grampa Simpson, is a main character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". He made his first appearance in the episode entitled ""Grampa and the Kids"", a one-minute Simpsons short on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", before the debut of the television show in 1989. Grampa Simpson is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who also voices his son, Homer Simpson. He is also the grandfather of Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson. In the 1000th issue of ""Entertainment Weekly"", Grampa was selected as the Grandpa for ""The Perfect TV Family"". Grampa Simpson is"
"the series. The song was written by ""The Simpsons"" creator Matt Groening and DJ Jazzy Jeff, and produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff and John Boylan. DJ Jazzy Jeff provided the drum programming, keyboards, and scratches on ""Deep, Deep Trouble"". The song is a rap performed by the character Bart Simpson about his trouble-making antics. Groening has described it as ""the tragic story of Bart Simpson, a bad youth gone worse."" ""The Simpsons"" cast member Nancy Cartwright, who voices Bart on the show, provided the character's voice in ""Deep, Deep Trouble"" as well. The characters Homer Simpson and Maggie Simpson are"
"Stevie Nicks' 2014 album, """". Ann Marie Calhoun Ann Marie Calhoun (née Simpson; born May 26, 1979) is an American classically trained violinist who has performed as a bluegrass and rock musician in a number of prominent acts, including Jethro Tull, Steve Vai, Dave Matthews Band, Ringo Starr, A.R.Rahman and Mick Jagger's SuperHeavy. She is the sister of violinist Mary Simpson. She was born Ann Marie Simpson in 1979 in Virginia to a ""hillbilly dad"", a ""documented descendant of Pocahontas"", who plays banjo; and a ""Chinese mom"", who was a classically trained pianist. Her brothers play guitar and her sister,"
"Lisa Simpson Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She is the middle child and most intelligent of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa was born as a character in ""The Tracey Ullman Show"" short ""Good Night"" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed her while waiting to meet James L. Brooks. Groening had been invited to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic ""Life in Hell"", but instead decided to create a new set of characters. He named the elder Simpson daughter after his younger"
"Pamela Hayden Pamela Hayden (born November 28, 1953) is an American actress and voice actress, known for providing various voices for the animated television show ""The Simpsons"", most notably Milhouse Van Houten. Hayden provides various voices on ""The Simpsons"" including Bart's unlucky best friend Milhouse Van Houten, teenage thug Jimbo Jones (with Nancy Cartwright as Kearney and Tress MacNeille as Dolph, though ""The Telltale Head"" had MacNeille as Jimbo Jones while Hayden voiced Dolph), Ned Flanders' first-born son Rod Flanders (Nancy Cartwright voices Todd Flanders), Chief Wiggum's wife and Ralph Wiggum's mother Sarah, Lois Pennycandy and Lisa's on-again, off-again friend"
"of children and sets out on his path to become the school prankster. On his way to purchase a new air conditioner, Homer discovers that a musical instrument is a way to encourage a gifted child, and subsequently sacrifices his air conditioner money to buy Lisa her first saxophone. In the present, Marge mentions that there is some money in the air conditioner account, so Homer decides to buy another saxophone for Lisa. ""Lisa's Sax"" is the first episode that Al Jean had ever been credited as having written by himself. Before this episode, all of his writing credits had"
"Editions of the schoolbooks and reveals the teachers' lack of education, it is up to Bart to figure out who stole the books. Realizing his sister is the culprit, Bart takes the blame and returns to his life as a bad student and detention regular, while Lisa goes back to being a good student. As Bart spents his time in detention, Lisa plays her saxophone outside his classroom to comfort him. The episode was written by George Meyer and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. Mike Reiss, show runner of ""The Simpsons"" with Al Jean at the time, said Meyer wrote most"
"sings in this episode later reappeared in expanded form on ""The Simpsons Sing the Blues"" CD. Mr. Largo, Lisa's music teacher, was partly inspired by a music teacher Matt Groening had as a kid. The designs of the boxers in the video game Homer and Bart play were loosely based on Homer and Bart, and the referee in the game was based on a character from Matt Groening's ""Life in Hell"" comic strip. Bleeding Gums Murphy was loosely based on the famous blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson. Ralph Wiggum, Bleeding Gums Murphy, and Jacqueline Bouvier (during Marge's childhood flashback) all"
"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"
"bluegrass fiddler. She is married to guitarist Mike Einziger. Simpson began taking violin lessons at the age of three. As she says: ""I actually don't remember learning how to play, because I started when I was three. I feel like I've always known."" The first hint of her talent came at the age of four when Simpson and her father were watching a Redskins game on television. After the band played ""Hail to the Redskins"", he suddenly heard it again, only this time on the violin. ""She picked it up through her ears, and it came out through her fingers"
"writer) inspired Milhouse's look. In 2018 Rapper Magneto Dayo released a song titled ""Millhouse Memoirs"" (simpsonwave) referencing the character. Milhouse Van Houten Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a fictional character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"", voiced by Pamela Hayden, and created by Matt Groening who named the character after President Richard Nixon's middle name. Later in the series, it is revealed that Milhouse's middle name is ""Mussolini."" Milhouse is Bart Simpson's best friend in Mrs. Krabappel's fourth grade class at Springfield Elementary School, is insecure, gullible, and less popular than Bart. Milhouse is often led into trouble by"
"About Springfield"". Bill Oakley William Lloyd ""Bill"" Oakley (born February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series ""The Simpsons"". Oakley and Josh Weinstein became best friends and writing partners at high school; Oakley then attended Harvard University and was Vice President of the ""Harvard Lampoon"". He worked on several short-term media projects, including writing for the variety show ""Sunday Best"", but was then unemployed for a long period. Oakley and Weinstein eventually penned a spec script for ""Seinfeld"", after which they wrote ""Marge Gets a Job"", an episode of"
"Bartek composed original music. Sam Phipps Sam ""Sluggo"" Phipps (born 1953) is an American saxophone player, best known for being a member of the new wave band Oingo Boingo. Sam Phipps was born in Los Angeles, California. He played piano and trombone from an early age, but an interest in surf rock lead him to begin playing saxophone at age 15. Between 1971 and 1972, Phipps attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Prior to the formation of Oingo Boingo, Phipps met future members Danny Elfman and Leon Schneiderman while they were friends of his sister. While performing in Europe"