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Apparently the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" sparked the idea of doing a Simpsons spin-off, here what wiki say about it

The episode sparked the idea amongst the staff for a spin-off series entitled Tales from Springfield. The proposed show would focus on the town in general, rather than the Simpson family. Every week would be a different scenario: three short stories, an adventure with young Homer or a story about a background character that was not tied in to the Simpson family at all.[15] The idea never came to anything, as Groening realized that the staff did not have the manpower to produce another show as well as The Simpsons.[16] The staff believe it is something that they would still be interested in doing,[4] and that "could happen someday."[16] "22 Short Films About Springfield" also helped inspire the Futurama episode "Three Hundred Big Boys".[5]

WI the staff decided to cancelled simpsons by season 8-9 and made a Tale of Springfield show
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