by Rebecca Mikulin

Created on: April 07, 2009

Saturday morning cartoons used to be the staple entertainment for a large percentage of the country's youth. There was a time when kids would jump out of bed early on Saturday to watch a plethora of classics such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tom & Jerry. What happened to that? Well, those kids grew up. Now let's forget those innocent escapades and move on to the world of raunchy humor, political statements, and all manner of niceties for the "more mature" viewer (I prefer to say older, as mature usually doesn't come into play). At the forefront of these more "adult" cartoons: The Simpson's.

If you've ever watched the series then you're familiar with this kooky "all-american" animated family consisting of the fun-loving (and donut-loving) but generally useless Homer, his doting wife Marge, brainiac daughter Lisa, troublemaker son Bart and baby Maggie (who's pretty much just there most of the time). Throughout the series we've seen this family in all manner of Homer-induced trouble, and in entertaining interaction with the eclectic members of the town of Springfield (bordered by the beautiful states of Ohio, Nevada, Maine and Kentucky).

Following Grandpa's "senior moment" of prophecy during church, Bart is in trouble for public nudity for taking up his father's dare. While Homer does a less-than-fatherly job of making him feel better, Homer spots a pig being used in one of Krusty the Clown's commercials and decides to bring him home to save him from being made into a pork sandwich.

Meanwhile Lisa has been throwing her efforts into raising awareness about the abysmal conditions in Lake Springfield and is finding out just how much people don't care about the environment...but some underhanded tactics make the townspeople listen anyway. Lake Springfield is clean, but thanks to Homer and his pet pig it will soon be even worse than before, triggering a response from the EPA that could result in the horrible deaths of the entire town. Springfield's fate lies in Homer's hands...God help them.

I've had a lot of friends comment that I was the "young one" in the relationship, but my ex-significant other habitually belies that observation with his avid love of everything comedically immature, including some of his favorite shows - The Simpson's, Family Guy, American Dad, and the list goes on.

I confess that I have, on occasion, enjoyed The Simpson's,
but I'm definitely not as big of a fan as my ex-other half and got annoyed quickly if he watched it too much. That said, I

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