Happy Birthday, Simpsons!
It was twenty years ago today, Homer Simpson taught the land to strangle his son.
On April 19, 1987 The Tracey Ullman Show aired a two-minute animated short by Matt Groening that introduced the world to the Simpsons, a family from Springfield, USA. And, quite literally, television has never been the same. The Simpsons has gone on to become one of the longest continuously-aired television shows in American history. What had been seen as "good grief, look what they’re shoveling onto the children now" has become one of the most honored and most respected shows of all time.
Michael Pinto points us to a Parade interview with Simpsons producer Al Jean.
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Cynopsis reports that Harmony Gold has re-launched the famous Robotech brand. It has already signed three new licensing and merchandising deals for the original Robotech animated series with FUNimation Entertainment for the US and Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. EXIM Licensing Group took the series for the Latin American territory while Empire International Merchandising Corporation has it for Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Step-sibling 
Fifty-two (there’s that number again) years ago today, the first McDonald’s franchise opened up in Des Plaines, IL, just north of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
