Today is the first day of the rest of your short, brutish existence as a sentient creature before being snuffed out into utter nothingness for all eternity.

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more.

Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?

I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now.

I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! "Attempted murder"? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." Homer Simpson

Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.