As Homer would say, “WOO HOO!”

 Fox has just renewed “The Simpsons” for a record breaking 29th and 30th seasons, further establishing itself as the longest-running scripted TV show in American television as it is guaranteed to run through 2019 to celebrate its 30th season.

According to Rolling Stone, “The Simpsons” upcoming season will surpass the TV show “Gunsmoke,” which has a record of 635 episodes. 

“The Simpsons” will make it to 669 episodes, the largest amount for any scripted show. 

Since its release in 1989, “The Simpsons” has revolutionized pop culture to an unprecedented degree: winning 32 Emmys; producing a movie that made more than $500 million; making its mark on theme parks across the country; capturing the video game world; and selling boatloads of merchandise. 

According to Vanity Fair, “The show quickly set a precedent by altering the entertainment landscape and laying down a foundation for contemporary shows such as “Family Guy”, “South Park”, and practically every show that adult swim offers, with its witty and slapstick humor.”

Many of these shows creators have recognized this. 

“I think‘The Simpsons’ created an audience for prime-time animation that had not been there for many, many years,” ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane told Vanity Fair. “As far as I’m concerned, they basically re-invented the wheel. They created what is in many ways – you could classify it as – a wholly new medium. It’s just wholly original.” 

Some shows have had trouble coming up with ideas that “The Simpsons” hasn’t covered.

“‘The Simpsons’ is the bane of our existence…They have done so many parodies, tackled so many subjects,” said “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone. 

Some may wonder, especially with the emergence of these shows, how and why the “The Simpsons” has gone on as long as it has. The answer lies in its relatability. 

“The Simpsons” first aired in the late ’80s and continued through the early ’90s as part of the popular “lovingly dysfunctional family” wave of shows. This continued into the 21st century as their crude depiction of family life became entertaining and endearing.

While “The Simpsons”  has greatly marked our past, they will continue to mark our future, or have they already?

“The Simpsons” have a reputation for predicting future events,  including everything from the trend of riding in on a wrecking ball to international disasters, to the Donald Trump presidency. 

About 17 years ago “The Simpsons”  suffered from mutated tomatoes due to a nuclear plant. In 2013, Japan found themselves in the same predicament from the Fukushima Plant, which produced and caused bizarre deformities and lumps in tomatoes. 

The creepiest and most recent prediction that has come to pass occurred in “Bart to the Future,”  the 17th episode of the show’s 11th season that  premiered in March of 2000. This included the event of Trump being elected the president of the United States. Not only did they predict he would run, but they predicted the building he would be in when it happened, and the exact hand motions.  All conspiracies aside, “The Simpsons” looks like it will continue to shape America for years to come.