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
The Tracey Ullman Show was a series of animated shorts created by M.K. Brown, and animated by Klasky-Csupo. It was seen during season 1 only, and was the first cartoon seen on Ullman's show. The shorts followed the somewhat surreal life of Dr. Janice N!Godatu, who calmly and cheerfully addressed the camera as she detailed her latest misadventure. The character was voiced by Julie Payne. The feature appeared in the first two "Ullman" episodes, then alternated more-or-less every other week with the "Simpsons" shorts (see below). After appearing 6 times, "Dr. N!Godatu" was dropped at the conclusion of the first season of Ullman's show.