beard. Homer responds by choking Bart and enlisting him to make Christmas better. On Christmas Eve, Homer receives his check, ($13.70 for over 40 hours work.) Homer takes Bart to the dog races as a final chance for Christmas money. They discovered a gem in the third race, Santa's Little Helper. How could this dog loose on Christmas Eve? The odds were 99 to 1. They were going to be rich. Homer put all of his money on Santa's Little Helper, and to his horror, he never even finished the race. As Homer and Bart were scouring the parking lot for winning tickets, they saw the track manager throw out a dog. It was not just any dog, it was Santa's Little Helper. When Bart and Homer came home to their worried family, they had a good Christmas after all. Now they had a dog. (Pond) "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was not the typical Christmas story. It dealt with body art, sleeping in the work place, sibling rivalry, stealing a Christmas tree, a misbehaved son, and gambling. Although it was unorthodox, it was very successful. In fact it was so successful that Fox network decided to air it again on Christmas Eve. (Dale and Trich, 19)Fox had finally captured the teen audience. One of the surveyed said “We were hooked from the first don’t have a cow man to why you little...” A sophomore at U.C.L.A attributed his addiction to “The Simpsons” to his love of Saturday morning cartoons. He argued that “when I was a little kid I feel in love with cartoons. When I started to grow up I realized that they were for little kids, the Simpsons are cartoons with an edge.” Unlike Saturday morning cartoons which tackled subjects like anvils and mice. “The Simpsons” Deals with adultery, violence on a more gothic level, as well as the use of alcohol and drugs. “The Simpsons push the envelope of what a cartoon can do while at the same time the fact that it is a carton gives it more creative freedom ...
