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Lisa Simpson

Lisa Simpson answered your questions as this month's featured celebrity.

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Living in a Cartoon World

Ever wanted to know what makes Lisa Simpson tick? This month, The Simpsons' smartest child answers your questions!

Lisa Simpson may just be the smartest person in Springfield. She's certainly the smartest member of her family. Her strong work ethic, enormous intelligence, and great sympathy for others have made her a favorite with her teachers and indispensable to her family. Lisa made her television debut in 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show. The cartoon segment was so successful that before long, the family was given its own show, The Simpsons. Her character's creator, cartoonist Matt Groening, continues to oversee Lisa's career.

Fast Facts about Lisa Simpson

Home town: Springfield
Family: mother Marge, father Homer, brother Bart, and baby sister, Maggie, and grandpa Abraham
Education: Lisa is a (brilliant) second grader.
Favorite TV shows: Intellectual Lisa's favorite show is the news discussion show, MacNeil-Lehrer Report, but she also like to watch any Masterpiece Theater miniseries based on wordy British novels.
Favorite cartoon: Matt Groening's other show, Itchy & Scratchy
Favorite musician: Bleeding Gums Murphy, Springfield's most famous blues saxophone player
Favorite food: Anything meatless. Lisa is a vegetarian.
Hobby: Playing the saxophone
Pets: Santa's Little Helper, a dog the family adopted on Christmas Eve; Snowball II, a cat who plays dress-up in Lisa's dolls' clothes
Pet Peeve: "I am sick of everyone being so proud of me."

Lisa will be making her feature film debut in The Simpsons Movie on July 27. It takes a wide screen to fully capture Homer Simpson's stupidity, and The Simpsons Movie does it. In the animated feature film based on the hit TV series, Homer must save the world from a catastrophe that he created.