31 years ago today, January 8, 1995: #TheSimpsons episode “Homer the Great” first aired on Fox.

30 years ago today, the Pin Pals played a team that just plain sucked. “Team Homer” first aired on January 7, 1996.

30 years ago today, January 7, 1996, #TheSimpsons episode “Team Homer” first aired on Fox.

32 years ago today, January 6, 1994, #TheSimpsons episode “Homer the Vigilante” first aired on Fox.

29 years ago today, we never found out what Bart said to Mabel, he said. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997.

29 years ago today, Homer Simpson had an epic chili pepper-induced hallucination. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997. Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.

29 years ago today, January 5, 1997, #TheSimpsons episode “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)” first aired on Fox.

28 years ago today, January 4, 1998, “All Singing, All Dancing,” the fourth and penultimate clip show of #TheSimpsons, first aired on Fox.

#OnThisDay January 1, 1992, “The Simpsons: Bart’s House of Weirdness” was released by Konami for MS-DOS. #TheSimpsons

#OnThisDay January 1, 1993, “Simpsons Comics and Stories” was published by Welsh Publishing. It was a one-shot comic book edition of the magazine Simpsons Illustrated. Due to its success, the Bongo Comics group was created. #TheSimpsons

If you start "Treehouse of Horror X" tonight at 11:44pm at 52 seconds, you will ring in the year 2000 with Dick Clark and the citizens of Springfield. #HappyNewYear #OhNo #ItsHappening #TheSimpsons

If you start "The Trouble with Trillions" tonight at 11:58pm at 44 seconds, you will ring in the new year with the citizens of Springfield. #HappyNewYear #WillThisHorribleYearNeverEnd #TheSimpsons

If you start "Itchy & Scratchy Land" tonight at 11:46pm at 52 seconds, you will ring in the new year with T.G.I. McScratchy's. #HappyNewYear #TheSimpsons #PleaseKillMe

29 years ago today, December 29, 1996, Ned Flanders lost his diddly mind on the town of Springfield. “Hurricane Neddy” first aired on Fox.

29 years ago today, December 29, 1996, “Hurricane Neddy” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons

34 years ago today, December 26, 1991: “I Married Marge” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons

Me putting together my five year old’s Marble Run game this morning. Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

Phil Hartman as the Grinch, from a 1994 Behind the Scenes special on TNT. Not directly related to The Simpsons, but this clip was too good to not share, since Phil was a regular Simpsons guest star during this time.

28 years ago today, December 21, 1997: “Miracle on Evergreen Terrace” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons #Christmas

27 years ago today, December 20, 1998: “Mayored to the Mob” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons

35 years ago today, December 20, 1990: “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons

38 years ago today, December 20, 1987: “Scary Stories” first aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. #TheSimpsons

26 years ago today: Look at this Fox lineup from December 19, 1999!

“Watchu talkin’ bout, everyone?” 26 years ago today, The Simpsons had Christmas dinner with Gary Coleman, Mr. Burns, Smithers and Moe. “Grift of the Magi” premiered on this date, December 19, 1999.

#OnThisDay December 19, 1999, “Grift of the Magi” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons #Christmas

#OnThisDay December 18, 1994, “Fear of Flying” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons

#OnThisDay December 18, 1988, "Simpson Xmas" first aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. #TheSimpsons #Christmas

30 years ago today, Don Brodka (that’s right, Don Brodka) banned Bart from the Try-N-Save for attempted theft. “Marge Be Not Proud” first aired December 17, 1995.

#OnThisDay December 17, 1995: "Marge Be Not Proud" first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons #Christmas

#OnThisDay December 17, 1992: "Homer's Triple Bypass" first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons

#OnThisDay December 17, 1989, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” (S01E01) (a.k.a. “The Simpsons Christmas Special”) first aired on Fox. It was the first episode of #TheSimpsons to air.

32 years ago today, Robert Goulet’s wife and manager Vera Novak said for him to shut up. The Simpsons episode “$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)” premiered on December 16, 1993.

#OnThisDay December 16, 1993, “$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)” premiered on Fox. #TheSimpsons

#OnThisDay December 15, 1996, “Lisa's Date with Density” first aired on Fox network. #TheSimpsons

On December 13, 1987, "The Perfect Crime" first aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. Wr: Matt Groening. Animation: David Silverman, Wes Archer and Bill Kopp. #TheSimpsons

TV Guide, December 12-18, 2004. #TheSimpsons

I appreciate they’ve kept up the recurring gag of future Maggies not speaking, so much so that it is very weird to see Maggie finally speak.

Happy National Ding-a-Ling Day! #TheSimpsons

Gamepro Magazine, December 1990. #TheSimpsons

The first commercials for “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” (aka “The Simpsons Christmas Special”) started airing around this time in December 1989. Most of the footage in the earliest ads were from the Tracey Ullman shorts, mainly “Simpson Xmas.”

33 years ago this month, December 1992, "The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man" was released in North America by Acclaim for the Nintendo Entertainment System. #TheSimpsons

#OnThisDay December 9, 1993, “The Last Temptation of Homer” first aired on Fox. Guest-starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy Simmons, Werner Klemperer as Col. Klink and Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz. Dir: Carlos Baeza. Wr: Frank Mula. EP: @davidmirkin.bsky.social. #TheSimpsons

35 years ago this month: A MAD Peek Behind The Scenes At #TheSimpsons Studio. Art by Sam Viviano. Appeared in MAD Magazine #299, December 1990.

28 years ago today, Lionel Hutz made his final speaking appearance on #TheSimpsons. “Realty Bites” first aired on Fox on December 7, 1997.

On this day, December 6, 1990, the music video for the pop single “Do the Bartman,” directed by Brad Bird, premiered on Fox. #TheSimpsons

35 years ago today, Homer Simpson jumped Springfield Gorge on Bart’s skateboard. “Bart the Daredevil” premiered December 6, 1990. #TheSimpsons

#OnThisDay December 5, 1991 “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” first aired on Fox. #TheSimpsons