In a 2018 interview with USA Today, Groening said that the second-season episode, "Bart the Daredevil" (December 7, 1990), really unlocked the series for him. That one, he knew, made the show special.
O’Brien then runs clips from several iconic episodes, like 1990’s “Bart the Daredevil” and 2000’s “Little Big Mom,” in which ...