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"The Simpsons Theme", also referred to as "The Simpsons Main Title Theme" in album releases, is the theme music of the animated television series The Simpsons. It plays during the opening sequence and was composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, after series creator Matt Groening approached him requesting a theme.
The Simpsons. Song: "The Simpsons Theme" by Danny Elfman. ... And this quirky song, with its fitting lyrics and catchy snaps, only makes it ten times better. Watch on Prime Video. 32.
The season 28 episode "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", which aired on September 25, 2016, features a couch gag that is a parody of the Adventure Time opening, called "Simpsons Time", recreated with characters from The Simpsons. The song for this opening is sung by Pendleton Ward, who sung the theme song for Adventure Time, and also created the show.
The episode begins in medias res, in which Bart Simpson appears to be mannerly. Bart breaks the fourth wall by offering to tell the show's audience why he has changed. Two months earlier at Grandparents' Day, Bart changes the lyrics of a song for the grandparents visiting, and Principal Skinner takes him to detention, and also punishes Grampa for trying to intervene.
This is a parody of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP reverse, in which Paul McCartney is in the same pose. [6] Homer meets George Harrison at the Grammy party. Barney's Japanese conceptual artist girlfriend is a parody of Yoko Ono. [2] Their song repeats the phrase "Number 8" and a burp by Barney, a reference to the Beatles ...
Elfman recalls first meeting with Simpsons creator Matt Groening to view an uncoloured, 2D sketch of the series’ now-iconic opening sequence.
The song is based on "Ya Got Trouble" from the 1958 musical The Music Man, which also concerns a fast-talking salesman conning a small town, with the chorus repeating the word "trouble" under dialogue. [2] During the song, the residents of Springfield get "swept up in Lanley's patter". [2]
Several of the songs featured in the episode are references to actual musicals. "Springfield, Springfield", sung by Bart and Milhouse, is a reference to "New York, New York", from On the Town. [7] Krusty's "Send in the Clowns" uses different lyrics from the original version by Stephen Sondheim. [7]