It’s been 36 years since the Simpsons were first drawn, so of course they’d look quite different now than back in the day. I go over a lot of things in the video, including the creative staff, directors, animation studios domestic and abroad, guest animators, and the general evolution of TV animation in the past 3 decades. All just to say the art style peaked in Season 3.

0:00 Intro
0:49 A Rough Tracey
2:02 Showtime
3:12 2-3x the Charm
5:36 (most of) The Golden Age
7:50 A Wackier Shade of Yellow
9:37 Wonders or Blunders?
11:21 Oh Yeah, They Made a Movie
12:18 Expanding the Definition
15:26 Selman Says