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   In article <75s49ad7fq0s5o8n0788dn6t3dighrvi45@4ax.com>, Hunter   
    wrote:   
   > On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:26:05 -0500, David  wrote:   
   >   
   > >http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire   
   > >   
   > >"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" or "The Simpsons Christmas   
   > >Special" was the first full-length episode of The Simpsons (not a   
   > >short)...   
   > >   
   > >It originally aired on December 17, 1989.   
   >   
   > As a program but I date their birthday from when they started to   
   > appear on "The Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987.   
      
   It's even older than that if you date it as a rip-off of The   
   Flintstones / Jetsons ... which in turn is a rip-off of The   
   Honeymooners.   ;-)   
      
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