The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts are an American animated TV series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety television program "The Tracey Ullman Show" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into "The Simpsons", their own half-hour prime-time show. It features Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The series was created by Matt Groening, who designed the Simpson family and wrote many of the shorts. The shorts first aired on April 19, 1987 starting with "Good Night". The final short to air was "TV Simpsons", originally airing on May 14, 1989. "The Simpsons" later debuted on
Monchhichis (TV series) Monchhichis (TV series) Monchhichis is an American cartoon series based on the stuffed toy line of dolls, released by the Japanese company Sekiguchi Corporation. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, it premiered on ABC on September 10, 1983 as part of "The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show", replacing "Pac-Man" (which by then, had been given its own half-hour time slot) from the previous season. The series aired as part of a package show with "The Little Rascals" and "Richie Rich" through the end of 1983, but as early as January 7, 1984, because of lower-than-anticipated ratings, the package show was split up into two