The 29 Best Chalkboard Gags In "Simpsons" History (PICTURES)

"The Simpsons" is in its 21st season, making it one of the longest running shows of all time. Over the past two decades its producers have churned out over 450 episodes, each with an opening chalkboard gag. We sifted through hundreds of openings to narrow it down to the top 29 for your amusement and judgment. Vote!

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freeus said on 29 Sunday 2009 am30 11:47 am: I heart Bart

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[hypnotoad72]

06:57 PM on 12/22/2009

When the Halloween episodes get dull, then you know the show is in trouble.

This year's Halloween show proved to be just that. :( Didn't expect it to be as dull, either.

[agingpunk]

04:25 PM on 12/10/2009

Chief Wiggum as Egyptian slave driver: "Where's your Messiah now?" Ha!!

[FilthyHarry]

10:06 PM on 12/01/2009

I like: I will not make pointless lists just to drive clicks.

[airmikee99]

04:24 PM on 12/01/2009

Not sure why my last comment was cut off after the link.

My favorite:

Chalkboard­ing is not torture.

[airmikee99]

04:23 PM on 12/01/2009

http://www­.snpp.com/­guides/cha­lkboard.op­enings.htm­l

[Tyler-Durden]

03:13 PM on 12/01/2009

it's still a great show, but i sure do miss the days when you'd be in stitches throughout the WHOLE show. in the late 80s/early 90s, we'd get together in huge groups just to watch, and we'd have to fight to not laugh too hard so we could hear the next gag.

nowadays you're lucky if you get more than one good hard laugh.

[airmikee99]

04:20 PM on 12/01/2009

Interestin­g, because there was only one episode shown in the late 80's. The first episode aired 12/17/89.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and we all have different senses of humor. Personally I think the first five seasons of the Simpsons aren't funny at all anymore, and the newer ones are hilarious.

[Octoberluna]

07:04 PM on 12/01/2009

Some of us were indoctrina­ted during the Tracy Ulman show where the Simpson's had their debut going to and coming from commercial­.

[Tyler-Durden]

12:38 PM on 12/02/2009

yes, interestin­g.

sorry i didn't break out my calendar from 20 yrs ago before making my comment. it was a guesstimat­e.

but thanx for factchecki­ng me. dorrk.

[MsMassachusetts]

10:42 AM on 12/01/2009

Seeing as how Bart is 21 now, they really should be making Gary Coleman jokes.

[Octoberluna]

07:05 PM on 12/01/2009

I would like to get nerdy and point out that Bart is NOT 21 but an even older 31. He's been 10 for 21 years +

[ProudTEXLiberal]

12:28 AM on 12/01/2009

From Sundays episode - “Teacher's Unions Are Not Ruining This Country"

[kittymac]

01:12 PM on 11/30/2009

Seen in London, 2004: While not on the program (to the best of my knowledge)­, my favorite 'chalkboar­d' was a large billboard for the show that read, "Britain is not my war bitch"
Classic!

[RevSpaminator]

12:32 PM on 11/30/2009

"Beans are not musical nor are they a fruit."

[Mislav Miki]

06:19 PM on 11/30/2009

But they're goooood!

[JavaManiac]

11:11 AM on 11/30/2009

Have the Simpsons not done a Glenn Beck at the chalkboard yet???

[Uggg]

10:44 AM on 11/30/2009

now lets see maggie's pricing at the check out

[airmikee99]

04:22 PM on 12/01/2009

http://sim­psons.wiki­a.com/wiki­/Maggie_Si­mpson

During the show's opening credits, Maggie is run through a supermarke­t checkout scanner, which reads that she is worth $847.63 (a reference to the monthly cost of infant-rea­ring in 1989). In "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacula­r," the scanner instead reads "NRA4EVER,­" a reference to the running joke that the show's creators are right-wing radicals.

[JScott]

03:05 AM on 11/30/2009

I'll have to freeze frame the recordings of the show to see some of these, they happen too fast in the real time show.

[smilodon1]

01:00 AM on 11/30/2009

My favorite: Goldfish do not bounce.

[Swooning]

10:49 AM on 12/01/2009

Aw, you beat me to it. That's the best one ever.

[Zack Teague]

12:41 AM on 11/30/2009

It's facebook not assbook. classic!