Homer Simpson was born in 1956, making him 34 years old at the start of the show. His mother Mona left for political radicalism after seeing Joe Namath in 1969. Homer met his first girlfriend at Camp See-A-Tree, who was actually Marge. He experienced traumatic childhood experiences including leaving his mother at grade school
First opening sequence introduced in "Bart the Genius" Christmas special. Features crude animation by Kevin Petrilak with dark blue sky and "THE SIMPSONS" text. Shows Springfield with power plant, school, and family's daily life. Includes Bart's chalkboard gag, Homer's uranium rod incident, and family's drive
"D'oh!" first appeared in BBC radio's "It's That Man Again" (1939-1949). Jimmy Finlayson popularized it as "damn!" in 1929's "Men O' War". Dan Castellaneta shortened it to "d'ooooooh" for animation