{"id":4687,"date":"2018-12-05T19:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2018-12-05T19:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:37:43","slug":"the-simpsons-celebrates-unprecedented-30-year-milestone-with-a-special-re-airing-of-its-first-ever-full-length-episode-on-sunday-december-23-at-8-7c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/05\/the-simpsons-celebrates-unprecedented-30-year-milestone-with-a-special-re-airing-of-its-first-ever-full-length-episode-on-sunday-december-23-at-8-7c\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; Celebrates Unprecedented 30-Year Milestone with a Special Re-Airing of Its First-Ever Full-Length Episode on Sunday, December 23 at 8\/7c"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4689\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/simpsons1-roasting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/simpsons1-roasting.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/simpsons1-roasting-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/simpsons1-roasting-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/simpsons1-roasting-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/simpsons1-roasting-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;&#8216;Tis the 30th Season&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>THE SIMPSONS<\/strong><\/em> (Sunday, Dec. 23, 8:00-8:30 PM ET\/PT) &#8211; &#8220;Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire&#8221; special encore.\u00a0After failed Black Friday shopping, Marge (Julie Kavner) is determined to fix Christmas but Homer (Dan Castellaneta) and the kids decide to surprise her by going on vacation to a Floridian resort that turns out to be a knock-off Disney World in the all-new &#8220;&#8216;Tis the 30th Season&#8221; episode. 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