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The Tracey Ullman Show was an American television variety show starring Tracey Ullman . It debuted on April 5 , 1987 , as the Fox network ' s second prime - time series after " Married ... with Children ", and ran until May 26 , 1990 . The show is produced by ___MASK79___ and ___MASK98___ Television . The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers , featuring choreography by Paula Abdul . Matthew Abram " Matt " Groening (; born February 15 , 1954 ) is an American cartoonist , writer , producer , animator , and voice actor . He is the creator of the comic strip " Life in Hell " ( 1977  2012 ) and the television series " The Simpsons " ( 1989  present ) and " Futurama " ( 1999  2003 , 2008  2013 ). " The Simpsons " has gone on to become the longest - running U . S . primetime - television series in ___MASK60___ , as well as the longest - running animated series and sitcom . The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the ___MASK65___ . The series is a satirical depiction of working - class life epitomized by the Simpson family , which consists of Homer , Marge , Bart , Lisa , and Maggie . The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture , society , television , and the human condition . `` Bart vs . Thanksgiving '' is the seventh episode of The Simpsons ' second season . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 22 , 1990 . In the episode , Lisa makes a table centerpiece for the Thanksgiving dinner , which Bart accidentally destroys . After he is sent to his room by his parents , Bart runs away from home and stays at a soup kitchen for homeless people . Bart returns home eventually and climbs to the roof of the Simpson family ' s house , where he hears Lisa sobbing . He apologizes to her , and the family happily enjoys a meal of leftovers . The episode was written by George Meyer and directed by David Silverman . Voice actor Greg Berg guest starred as Rory , one of the homeless people at the soup kitchen . The episode features cultural references to Macy ' s Thanksgiving Day Parade , and the three poets Allen Ginsberg , Jack Kerouac , and Edgar Allan Poe . Since airing , the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics . It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11 . 9 , and was the third highest - rated show on the Fox network the week it aired . The ___MASK65___ ( often shortened to / commonly referred to as Fox ) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox . The network is headquartered at the ___MASK98___ studio lot on Pico Boulevard in the Century City section of Los Angeles , with additional major offices and production facilities at the Fox Television Center in nearby West Los Angeles and the Fox Broadcasting Center in Yorkville , Manhattan , New York . It is the third largest major television network in the world based on total revenues , assets , and international coverage . Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . Germany ' s capital and largest metropolis is ___MASK67___ . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The Simpson family are cartoon characters featured in the animated television series " The Simpsons ". The Simpsons are a nuclear family consisting of married couple Homer and Marge and their three children Bart , Lisa and Maggie . They live at 742 Evergreen Terrace in the fictional town of Springfield , United States and they were created by cartoonist Matt Groening who conceived the characters after his own family members , substituting " Bart " for his own name . The family debuted April 19 , 1987 in " The Tracey Ullman Show " short " Good Night " and were later spun off into their own series which debuted on December 17 , 1989 . The human condition is " the characteristics , key events , and situations which compose the essentials of human existence , such as birth , growth , emotionality , aspiration , conflict , and mortality ." This is a very broad topic which has been and continues to be pondered and analyzed from many perspectives , including those of religion , philosophy , ___MASK60___ , art , literature , anthropology , psychology , and biology . Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada , in the United States , in some of the Caribbean islands and in Liberia . It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year . Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan . Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States , and around the same part of the year in other places . Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions , it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well .