The stereotypical nature of the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon has long been the subject of controversy. This was particularly highlighted by Indian-American comedian Hari Kondabolu 's documentary The Problem with Apu.

In the film, Kondabolu states that as a child he was a fan of The Simpsons and liked Apu, but he now finds the character's stereotypical nature troublesome.

Defenders of the character responded that the show is built on comical stereotypes, with creator Matt Groening saying, "that's the nature of cartooning.

Groening stated at the same time that the character would remain in the show. The criticisms were referenced in the season 29 episode " No Good Read Goes Unpunished ", when Lisa breaks the fourth wall and addresses the audience by saying, "Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect.

What can you do? In October , it was reported that Apu would be written out of the show, [] which Groening denied. On June 26, , in light of the various Black Lives Matter protests , Fox announced that non-white characters such as Carl Carlson and Dr.

Hibbert , among others will no longer be voiced by white actors. Numerous Simpson-related comic books have been released over the years.

So far, nine comic book series have been published by Bongo Comics since Brooks, Al Jean, George Meyer, Mike Reiss , John Swartzwelder , Jon Vitti , David Mirkin , Mike Scully , Matt Selman , and Ian Maxtone-Graham.

James L. Brooks originally thought that the story of the episode " Kamp Krusty " was suitable for a film, but he encountered difficulties in trying to expand the script to feature-length.

On August 10, , 20th Century Fox announced that a sequel is in development. Collections of original music featured in the series have been released on the albums Songs in the Key of Springfield , Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons and The Simpsons: Testify.

The song was written by Michael Jackson , although he did not receive any credit. In , it was officially announced that The Simpsons Ride , a simulator ride , would be implemented into the Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.

However, Sideshow Bob is loose from prison to get revenge on Krusty and the Simpson family. Numerous video games based on the show have been produced.

Some of the early games include Konami 's arcade game The Simpsons and Acclaim Entertainment 's The Simpsons: Bart vs. The popularity of The Simpsons has made it a billion-dollar merchandising industry.

The Simpsons has been used as a theme for special editions of well-known board games, including Clue , Scrabble , Monopoly , Operation , and The Game of Life , as well as the trivia games What Would Homer Do?

Several card games such as trump cards and The Simpsons Trading Card Game have also been released. Many official or unofficial Simpsons books such as episode guides have been published.

Many episodes of the show have been released on DVD and VHS over the years. When the first season DVD was released in , it quickly became the best-selling television DVD in history, although it was later overtaken by the first season of Chappelle's Show.

However, on April 19, , Al Jean announced that the Season 17 DVD would be the last one ever produced, leaving the collection from Seasons 1 to 17, Season 20 released out of order in , with Seasons 18, 19, and 21 onwards unreleased.

In , about companies around the world were licensed to use Simpsons characters in their advertising. These included "Buzz Cola", "Krusty-O" cereal, pink doughnuts with sprinkles, and "Squishees".

By , 20th Century Fox had greatly increased merchandising efforts. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the television series.

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