Good Night (The Simpsons) bedtime platitudes" was very simplistic, and doubts many people even watched the airing of the short. However, the book explains the significance of Good Night as "the first baby steps of an institution that would become one of the most-watched TV shows on earth and the most influential cultural enterprise of its time". The short is featured on disc 3 of "The Complete First Season" DVD. Good Night (The Simpsons) "Good Night" (also known as "Good Night Simpsons") is the first of forty-eight Simpsons shorts that appeared on the variety show "The Tracey Ullman Show". It originally aired on the
The Dana Carvey Show "The Dana Carvey Show"." In the summer following the show's cancellation, Smigel continued to develop more cartoon ideas which would be used on "SNL"'s "TV Funhouse". Smigel noted that the show had many options in terms of networks. Carvey says that his "first instinct" was to produce the show for HBO, while CBS would have guaranteed several more episodes than the series eventually received. However, the duo was "overly tempted" by the reigning profile of ABC and its primetime offer. The network originally planned in airing 10 episodes and did not interfere with the show's creativity, simply wanting a good