The Simpsons premiered when I was in Kindergarten. I remember watching the Christmas Special in December 1989 on my TV with rabbit-ear antennas and a manual channel dial--no remote control. (We wouldn't get cable till I was in the Fourth Grade.) Nearly four decades later, The Simpsons is still on. I admittedly stopped watching the show in the late 1990s, but from time to time a clip is relevant.
This one provided just enough comic relief (at 1:31):