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November 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): ‘The Simpsons’ happens to be an American television series that is of the animated type, which has been constructed by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. ‘The Simpsons’ has been a series that has been typified by its dissident and sardonic caricature of a proletarian American way of life. The family of ‘The Simpsons’ satirizes several facets of the human behavior. It mocks segments of the American societal traditions. It also parodies American television and its consumerist mores. The family of ‘The Simpsons’ has been christened as the most loved family of America. The family includes Maggie, Bart, Lisa, Homer and Marge.

This is a piece of news that will delight the admirers of ‘The Simpsons’ to the hilt. Fox television enunciated on Thursday that it has supplied the green signal for the 23rd season of the series. This is an additional betterment of the stature of ‘The Simpsons’, which already is the lengthiest comedic series on American television. Al Jean, the executive producer, has remarked that ‘The Simpsons’ is pleased to remain at home and on Fox and it does not desire to journey into the real world for many more years.

The journey of ‘The Simpsons’ commenced in 1989 after which it has been taking the mickey out of the American social order. The eccentric stories of ‘The Simpsons’ have attained an incredible 27 Emmy Awards. Homer’s exasperated grumble, ‘’D’Oh!’’, has been incorporated into the Oxford English Dictionary and the family has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Another season signifies that the number of episodes of ‘The Simpsons’ will cross the 500 mark. ‘The Simpsons’ has been telecast in a staggering 50 languages and in more than 100 nations. Even the generally prim and traditionalist Vatican has lauded ‘The Simpsons’. Its official newspaper has asserted that Bart and Homer were Catholics.

Several celebrities will grace ‘The Simpsons’ with their presence in Springfield, which happens to be the fictionalized city in which the series is set. Some of the superstars, who will appear in ‘The Simpsons’ in the forthcoming episodes, are Halle Berry, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, Rachel Weisz, Jon Hamm, etc. The pop marvel, Katy Perry, will also emerge in a live-action sequence alongside the dummies of ‘The Simpsons’.