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10. The Bush family were not fans of the show. In October 1990, then-First Lady Barbara Bush<\/strong> called the show “the dumbest thing [she] had ever seen,” prompting the show’s writers to pen a response from Marge Simpson, who argued the family was trying their hardest. The First Lady then apologized.<\/p>\n In early 1992, then-President George H.W. Bush<\/strong> said, during a speech for his failed re-election campaign, “We are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons.” The writers responded in the show’s very next broadcast, a rerun, with an opening showing the family watching the speech as Bart replies, “Hey, we’re just like the Waltons. We’re praying for an end to the depression, too.”<\/p>\n 11. While the show has been a mainstay on Sunday evenings for much of its run, its initial success there, becoming the first Fox series to rank among the season’s top 30 highest-rated shows in its first season, prompted the network to move it to Thursdays, airing opposite The Cosby Show<\/em>, then the number one show. It would remain there until season six when it was moved back to Sundays.<\/p>\n