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1 position in the Nielsen ratings.
Its the difference between active and passive, and it touches a growing restlessness in the country.
But there is no tiny-tree-morphs-into-big-tree miracle for the Simpsons.
That first episode ofThe Simpsonswas one of them.
What in Gods nameisthis?
So did the language.
When I heard Bart say Im Bart Simpson.
Who the hell are you?
for the first time, reader, I gasped.
In 2018, if our president said Who the hell are you?
Theres a reason for that: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire wasnt just a pilot.
In 1989, Fox was still a young online grid.
