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The Simpsons unveils new opening credits
After 20 years and 429 episodes, cartoon television's most iconic opening sequence has been given a makeover.
The opening credits for The Simpsons has been reworked to coincide with the television show's premiere in high definition.
And it comes complete with a none-too-subtle Bart writing "HDTV is worth every cent" on his school blackboard while the boxy old television set in the Simpsons family living home is replaced with its upmarket, flat-screen cousin hanging from the wall.
The gist of the opening sequence remains the same each of the Simpsons family members races home through Springfield to gather on the couch a number of details have been changed.
When the opening frame zooms in from clouds to reveal the town of Springfield, school bullies Jimbo and Kearney can now be seen sawing the head off the Jebediah Springfield statue in the town square.
Spaced-out school bus driver Otto decides to swallow the glowing nuclear rod that lands in his bus after Homer throws it from his car, while Maggie now has a run-in with her despised mono-browed baby nemesis at the supermarket.
Several characters not seen in the old sequence, which was last changed in 1990, are also now introduced to viewers in the opening credits.
Sideshow Bob takes a swipe at archenemy Bart with a sword, the Rich Texan character is seen firing his pistols into the air and a weary Apu is seen cradling his baby octuplets.
The Simpsons family first appeared in a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987.
Two years later the half-hour series was a worldwide hit, before The Simpsons Movie grossed over $800 million worldwide last year.
The Simpsons unveils new opening credits
After 20 years and 429 episodes, cartoon television's most iconic opening sequence has been given a makeover.
The opening credits for The Simpsons has been reworked to coincide with the television show's premiere in high definition.
And it comes complete with a none-too-subtle Bart writing "HDTV is worth every cent" on his school blackboard while the boxy old television set in the Simpsons family living home is replaced with its upmarket, flat-screen cousin hanging from the wall.
The gist of the opening sequence remains the same each of the Simpsons family members races home through Springfield to gather on the couch a number of details have been changed.
When the opening frame zooms in from clouds to reveal the town of Springfield, school bullies Jimbo and Kearney can now be seen sawing the head off the Jebediah Springfield statue in the town square.
Spaced-out school bus driver Otto decides to swallow the glowing nuclear rod that lands in his bus after Homer throws it from his car, while Maggie now has a run-in with her despised mono-browed baby nemesis at the supermarket.
Several characters not seen in the old sequence, which was last changed in 1990, are also now introduced to viewers in the opening credits.
Sideshow Bob takes a swipe at archenemy Bart with a sword, the Rich Texan character is seen firing his pistols into the air and a weary Apu is seen cradling his baby octuplets.
The Simpsons family first appeared in a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987.
Two years later the half-hour series was a worldwide hit, before The Simpsons Movie grossed over $800 million worldwide last year.
