Santa's Little Helper event; however, their plan fails and a drunk shark that's discovered at the event becomes the new mascot instead. Santa's Little Helper gladly returns to the Simpson family. Santa's Little Helper's initial appearance on "The Simpsons" was in the first episode of the series, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", which aired on Dec. 17, 1989. Since then, he has become a recurring character. "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening told "TV Guide" in 2000 that "we [the staff] painted ourselves into a corner with our Christmas episode. Once we wrote the dog into the show, we were stuck with him."
The Simpsons Sing the Blues film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "The Simpsons Sing the Blues". The record soon became the fastest-selling album to emerge from a television show since the "Miami Vice" soundtrack in 1985. Disney also issued of Caribbean songs sung by "The Little Mermaid" Sebastian as well as an album of songs sung by the cast of "Dinosaurs", a series often compared to "The Simpsons" during its run. "Do the Bartman" inspired a dance, "The Bartman", that was popular in early 1991. The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons Sing the Blues is the first album released as an offshoot of "The