The Simpsons is one of Americas most popular television shows. It ranks as the number one television program for viewers under eighteen years of age. However, the ideals that The Simpsons conveys are not always wholesome, sometimes not even in good taste. It is inevitable that The Simpsons is affecting children. Matt Groening took up drawing to escape from his troubles in 1977. At the time, Groening was working for the L.A. Reader, a free …showed first 75 words of 2228 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2228 total…around them will. Perhaps people fear The Simpsons because they can see a little of The Simpsons in themselves. We all have inner child's trying to get out that behave just like Bart. We all do "pull a Homer" sometimes. It just happens. The show doesn't make us do it. It just happens. If this world did not have The Simpsons children would behave in the same manner, they just might laugh quite as much.