"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."
"that he hopes she never says a word. But as soon as he turns off the light and closes the door, Maggie takes her pacifier out of her mouth and utters the word ""daddy"", before going to sleep. ""Lisa's First Word"" was written by Jeff Martin, and directed by Mark Kirkland. ""The Simpsons"" writers Mike Reiss and Al Jean were discussing about having an episode where Maggie would say her first word, and Reiss thought it would be cute to have her say ""daddy"" when no one could hear her. Jeff Martin was assigned to write the episode because he"
"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"
"Jones voiced Maggie in ""Treehouse of Horror V"". Maggie would later have brief dialogue in ""Treehouse of Horror IX"", voiced by Harry Shearer, who used his Kang voice. In earlier episodes, Yeardley Smith did many of Maggie's squeaks, cries, laughs and occasional speaking parts, although in the later seasons her parts are done by Nancy Cartwright (including a single word spoken during the end credits of ""The Simpsons Movie""). Jodie Foster voiced a Howard Roark-inspired Maggie in the season 20 episode ""Four Great Women and a Manicure"". In the occasional episodes set in the future (""Lisa's Wedding"", ""Bart to the"
"abilities, much like her sister Lisa. The episodes taking place in the future often show her as some kind of businesswoman. Maggie rarely speaks, but has been voiced by several different actors including Jodie Foster, Elizabeth Taylor, James Earl Jones, Harry Shearer (who used his Kang voice) in ""Starship Poopers"", Yeardley Smith, and Nancy Cartwright. Abraham Jebediah ""Abe"" Simpson II (better known simply as Grampa), voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is the patriarch of the Simpson family, the father of Homer. He is a World War II veteran who was later sent to the Springfield Retirement Castle by Homer. He is"
"Julie Kavner Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress. She first attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, the younger sister of Valerie Harper's title character in the sitcom ""Rhoda"", for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is best known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She also voices other characters for the show, including Marge’s mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, and sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier. Known for her improvisation and distinctive ""honeyed gravel voice"", Kavner was cast"
"Maggie Roswell Maggie Roswell (born November 14, 1952) is an American actress from Los Angeles, California. She is well known for her voice work on the Fox network's animated television series ""The Simpsons"", in which she has played recurring characters such as Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten, as well as several minor characters. This work has earned her both an Emmy Award nomination and an Annie Award nomination. Maggie Roswell made her acting break-through in the 1980s with appearances in films such as ""Midnight Madness"" (1980), ""Lost in America"" (1985), and ""Pretty in Pink"" (1986),"
"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,"
"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"
"well-meaning and extremely patient wife of Homer and mother of Bart, Lisa and Maggie. She often acts as the voice of reason, but displays exaggerated behavior traits of stereotypical mothers and takes the blatant dysfunctionality of her family for granted, unlike the other family members, who are aware that they are eccentric. Her most notable physical feature is her blue hair, styled into an improbably high beehive. Julie Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award in 1992 for voicing Marge in the episode ""I Married Marge"". For her performance in ""The Simpsons Movie"", Kavner received a nomination for ""Best Voice Acting"
"Theatre on Sunday nights with The Sirens. Maggie Roswell Maggie Roswell (born November 14, 1952) is an American actress from Los Angeles, California. She is well known for her voice work on the Fox network's animated television series ""The Simpsons"", in which she has played recurring characters such as Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten, as well as several minor characters. This work has earned her both an Emmy Award nomination and an Annie Award nomination. Maggie Roswell made her acting break-through in the 1980s with appearances in films such as ""Midnight Madness"" (1980), ""Lost in"
"Maggie out of the cage and tells Homer that she has some 'S&M for him' - scrubbing and mopping, since he is dressed for the job anyway. As Marge giggles, Homer fires a dart borrowed from the doctors into her, which sends her straight to sleep. The writers of ""The Simpsons"" were told that actress Drew Barrymore wanted to guest star in the series and pitched several possible episodes for her. These included what became the plot of this episode, with Barrymore voicing Becky, as well as another which would see her voice Krusty the Clown's daughter. The latter idea"
"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"
"Mona Simpson (The Simpsons) Mona Penelope Simpson (née Olsen) is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She has been voiced by several actresses, including Maggie Roswell, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, and most prominently, Glenn Close. Glenn Close's performances as Mona have been well received by critics and she was named one of the top 25 guest stars on the show by IGN. Mona was the estranged wife of Abe Simpson and the mother of Homer Simpson. In the episode ""Mother Simpson"" where she was introduced, it was established that Homer believed that his mother was"
"New School"", but lost to Eartha Kitt, who did Yzma in the same series. Currently DiCicco provides the voice of Toby the cactus and the sounds of the mule Clementine on ""Sheriff Callie's Wild West"". DiCicco has also contributed to several video games, including ""Psychonauts"", ""Kingdom Hearts II"", ""Hot Shots Tennis"", and ""Pimp My Ride"". Jessica DiCicco Jessica Sonya DiCicco () is an American actress known for voicing in animated television series and video games. Some of her major voice roles in animation include Maggie in ""The Buzz on Maggie"" and Flame Princess in ""Adventure Time"". She was the voice"
"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"
"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"
"Jessica DiCicco Jessica Sonya DiCicco () is an American actress known for voicing in animated television series and video games. Some of her major voice roles in animation include Maggie in ""The Buzz on Maggie"" and Flame Princess in ""Adventure Time"". She was the voice of Nickelodeon's educational channel block Noggin and Miguzi on Cartoon Network. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for voicing Malina in ""The Emperor's New School"". DiCicco was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is television and film actor Bobby DiCicco Her family moved to New York City when she was young. In second grade,"
"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"
"Future"", ""Future-Drama"", ""Holidays of Future Passed"", ""Days of Future Future""), although an older Maggie is depicted, as a running gag within these episodes she is never shown speaking, or has become mute. Nancy Basile at About.com said her favorite Maggie scenes on ""The Simpsons"" are the ones that show her acting more like an adult than a one-year-old. Some of her favorite Maggie scenes include scenes from ""Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"" and ""Lady Bouvier's Lover"" where Maggie meets her unibrowed archenemy, Baby Gerald, and the one scene from """" in which Bart is supposed to babysit Maggie, but she"
"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"
"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"""
"spoken in ""Good Night"", the first short to air on ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", after the family falls asleep. On this occasion, Liz Georges provided the voice of Maggie. Rather than talking, Maggie is well known for producing a characteristic ""sucking"" sound from her pacifier. This sound effect was originally provided by the show's creator Matt Groening, for early episodes of ""The Tracey Ullman Show"", and also by Gabor Csupo (who was also the animation executive producer, for the first 60 episodes). The sucking noise is heard in all of Maggie's appearances to date, and is usually archive audio from"
"Emmy Award nominations. ""Gone Maggie Gone"" was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. Dan Castellaneta won the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Emmy for voicing Homer in the episode ""Father Knows Worst""; Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer were also nominated for the episodes ""Eeny Teeny Maya Moe"" and ""The Burns and the Bees"", respectively. The winners were announced on September 12, 2009. ""The Simpsons"" was the only series to be nominated in the Animation category at the Writers Guild of America Awards in 2010. The nominees were: Stephanie Gillis for"
"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"
"as the voice of J. Jonah Jameson, while Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon, and Jonathan Franzen make cameos as themselves. During its first airing, the episode gained 9.31 million viewers, beating the previous episode. Homer awakens to find numerous reminders of ""Don't Forget"" all over the house (written on his stomach, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II's flanks and in Maggie's alphabet cereal.) Marge reminds the family they are to watch Grampa in the Senior Olympics, and Homer groans about it, thinking that this is what he was supposed to remember. Right after the family leaves, Moe leaves a"
"decided to rename the series ""Baby Talk"" before fall promotions began. In the first season, Maggie Campbell (Julia Duffy) was adjusting to life as a single mother from the start. It was explained that Mickey's father, who got Maggie pregnant while she was unmarried, had never separated from his supposed ex-wife. Maggie left the father but she decided to keep her baby as the one positive centerpiece from the failed relationship. Little Mickey quickly expressed out loud to viewers his realization that there was no daddy around when Maggie responded to the amorous advances of many of the single men"
"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 building superintendent who became Maggie's new potential love interest. Living next door to the Campbells was sarcastic single mom Anita Craig (Francesca P. Roberts), whose infant daughter Danielle (played by Alicia and Celicia Johnson, voiced by Vernee Watson-Johnson) also had her thoughts featured regularly in play with Mickey's. Tony Craig (Wayne Collins) was Anita's young son, while Susan Davis (Jessica Lundy) was Maggie's best friend and co-worker at an accounting firm. Tom Alan Robbins did appear as Dr. Fleisher in the opening scene of the second-season premiere. To ease confusion for returning viewers, writers wanted to carry over one"
"Rachael MacFarlane Rachael Ann MacFarlane Laudiero (born March 21, 1976) is an American voice actress and singer best known as the voice of character Hayley Smith on the animated television show ""American Dad!"", which was co-created by her older brother Seth MacFarlane. She also voiced Supreme Leader Numbuh 362 in """" and Kate Lockwell in ""Starcraft II"". In addition to voice acting, MacFarlane has also been involved in other aspects of animation, such as being a production manager for ""The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy"" and ""Welcome to Eltingville"" and she wrote an episode of ""The Grim Adventures of"
"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"
"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"
"Baby Mickey (played by Ryan & Paul Jessup, voiced by Tony Danza), as he commented to the audience on the misgivings and new wonders of his world. Danza made an appearance in one episode as Mickey's father. Mickey's mother, Maggie Campbell, was played by two different actresses -- Julia Duffy during the spring 1991 run, and Mary Page Keller for the show's only full season—at different points during the series' short existence. Connie Sellecca was the first actor cast in the role of Maggie, but, dissatisfied with the role, she quit after a few episodes had been taped. This caused"