Nancy Cartwright has been playing jaundinced ten-year old Bart Simpson for the best part of 17 years. This show is filled with humorous anecdotes about Nancy’s life, acting career, The Simpsons, fellow cast members and guest stars such as Mel Gibson and Meryl Streep and of course numerous appearances of the voice that weekly breathes life into pop culture phrases such as “Eat My Shorts” and “Don’t Have A Cow, Man” and “I’m Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?”
The Simpsons has become the longest-running animated show in television history. Seen by 40 million people in more than 100 countries each week, The Simpsons has reached cultural icon status, with Time proclaiming it the best television show of the 20th century. Entertainment Weekly even named Bart Simpson one of the 20 most influential entertainers in history.