All events relating to The Simpsons that happened in 1991, including behind the scenes production dates.
NOTE: Most details from production were found from script or storyboards found either as DVD features or scanned online. This is subject to change with new information.
January[]
- 10th: "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" aired for the first time.
- 24th: "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" aired for the first time.
- 31st: "The Way We Was" aired for the first time.
February[]
- 7th: "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" aired for the first time.
- 14th: "Principal Charming" aired for the first time.
- 17th: Ed Sheeran, singer and guest star, was born.
- 21st: "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" aired for the first time.
March[]
- 4th: The Simpsons Arcade Game was released.
- 7th: "Bart's Dog Gets an "F"" aired for the first time.
"Deep, Deep Trouble" music video aired for the first time. - 13th: The table reading for "Treehouse of Horror II" takes place.
- 28th: "Old Money" aired for the first time.
April[]
- 11th: "Brush with Greatness" aired for the first time.
- 25th: "Lisa's Substitute" aired for the first time.
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants was released.
May[]
- 2nd: "The War of the Simpsons" aired for the first time.
- 9th: "Three Men and a Comic Book" aired for the first time.
June[]
- 19th:
- The table reading for "Lisa the Greek" takes place.[note 1]
- The table reading for "Homer at the Bat" takes place. The table read would go very poorly as Al Jean revealed on the DVD commentary the table read had "No laughs. Just complete dead silence," and Julie Kavner and Harry Shearer both hated the episode by the table read.
- 29th: Danielle Weisberg, writer and assistant to the producers, was born.
July[]
- 11th: "Blood Feud" aired for the first time.
Season 2 ended.
August[]
September[]
- 19th: Season 3 started.
"Stark Raving Dad" aired for the first time. - 26th: "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" aired for the first time.
October[]
- 1st: The Simpsons Collection: Bart the General was released on VHS for the United Kingdom.
The Simpsons Collection: Call of the Simpsons was released on VHS for the United Kingdom.
The Simpsons Collection: Life in the Fast Lane was released on VHS for the United Kingdom.
The Simpsons Collection: Moaning Lisa was released on VHS for the United Kingdom. - 3rd: "When Flanders Failed" aired for the first time.
- 10th: "Bart the Murderer" aired for the first time.
- 17th: "Homer Defined" aired for the first time.
- 24th: "Like Father, Like Clown" aired for the first time.
- 31st: "Treehouse of Horror II" aired for the first time.
November[]
- 1st: Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly was released for the Game Boy.
- 7th: "Lisa's Pony" aired for the first time.
- 14th: "Saturdays of Thunder" aired for the first time.
Black or White, Michael Jackson music video featuring The Simpsons, aired for the first time. - 20th: The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album was released.
- 21st: "Flaming Moe's" aired for the first time.
December[]
- 5th: "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" aired for the first time.
- 26th: "I Married Marge" aired for the first time.
- 31st: The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World was released.
Notes[]
- ↑ While we have no script to properly confirm it's table read took place on that day, given that two table reads happened on the 19th and it in production code is followed up by "Homer at the Bat", it's to be assumed that this was the first table reading for that day.