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Simpsons opening TV history

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from The Simpsons S20E21 (2008)
Created by Matt Groening
Distributed by Fox
Posted bySteve Anderson

A lightning history montage of TV family sitcoms from the opening of The Simpsons

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The Simpsons TV history opening

by Steve Anderson

The Simpsons opening turns into a montage of references to past TV sitcoms

Continuing its 20-year obsession with mining the cultural artifacts of American popular culture for intertextual allusions, this opening of The Simpsons pays homage to a spectrum of past TV family sitcoms from The Honeymooners and Dick van Dyke to the Brady Bunch and Cheers. Like all "lightning histories," the montage leaves little room for interpretation or commentary, instead evoking momentary recognition or nostalgia that flattens the past into a cascading sequence of recognizable, iconic moments and images.

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