"Behind the Laughter" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season. A clip show, it is presented in a narrative format, with Jim Forbes as narrator. The episode portrays the Simpson family as actors playing themselves on a sitcom, and tells a fictional story of how The Simpsons began. This episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour).
This non-canon episode is a parody of Behind the Music...
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"Behind the Laughter" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season. A clip show, it is presented in a narrative format, with Jim Forbes as narrator. The episode portrays the Simpson family as actors playing themselves on a sitcom, and tells a fictional story of how The Simpsons began. This episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour).
This non-canon episode is a parody of Behind the Music, the VH1 biography show, even sharing the same narrator, Jim Forbes. It begins with the Simpson family history and how they got into show business. The first part of the fake documentary follows the family from their weak beginnings to their exceptional prosperity. A television show, a recording contract, a lot of awards, and countless wealth follow Homer's inadequate video "pilot".
However, problems begin to arise as the Simpsons' fame continues. After a funny stunt causes him injury (the cliff plummet from "Bart the Daredevil", after a...
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