Lisa's First Word Bart was two during the flashback. Maggie's first word was provided by the Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who would also voice herself in the season four finale, "Krusty Gets Kancelled". While promoting the episode, the producers initially did not reveal who the voice of Maggie would be, prompting speculation as to the identity of the actress. Although it was only one word, the voice came out "too sexy" and Taylor had to record the part numerous times before the producers were satisfied and thought it sounded like a baby. Several sources, including John Ortved's "The Simpsons" history article "Simpsons
Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons) first season, it was the first episode in production and was intended to be the first episode to air from the half-hour show. The series is a spin-off from "The Tracey Ullman Show" in which the family already appeared in a series of animated one-minute shorts. The characters were already created, but had to be further developed in order to carry a half-hour show. The episode was therefore meant as an introduction to the characters. "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and writer/producer Sam Simon (of such television series as "Cheers") wrote the script for the episode. Both Groening and Simon