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Yellow carpet rolled out for the Simpson's premiere at the D'oh 2 centre
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25 July 2007
The O2 Centre became the D'oh2 Centre and the yellow carpet was rolled out for the British premiere of The Simpsons Movie.
A small corner of London became Springfield, America, for one night only as celebrities turned out in force to see Homer and his family make their big screen debut.
Guests entered through a giant sculpture of Homer's mouth as saxophonists played The Simpsons theme tune. Doughnut-loving dad Homer and son Bart were guests of honour.
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Richard and Judy say they 'love' The Simpsons - they attended the premiere with daughter Chloe, right and a friend
The Simpson's movie premiered at London's O2 centre, formerly the Millenium Dome
Guests included boy-band McFly, actor Joshua Jackson, Vic Reeves and wife Nancy Sorrell, Gail Porter and daughter Honey, and TV's Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan with their daughter Chloe.
The chat show hosts even had their own cardboard cut-out and keep Simpson's characters to pose alongside.
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Wooden: Richard and Judy pose alongside their own cut-out-and keep Simpson's characters
"We are huge fans, we watch it literally every night," Madeley said. Lady Isabella Hervey was the only celebrity to adhere to the yellow dress code.
The movie is destined to be one of the biggest comedies of the year.
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Model Keeley Hazell and Richard and Judy's daughter Chloe brighten up the yellow carpet
The Simpsons started out as a sketch on the Tracey Ullman Show in 1987 and landed their own cartoon in 1989.
Eighteen seasons, 400 episodes and 23 Emmys later they are starring in their first full-length film.
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Lady Isabella Hervey - the only celebrity to follow the yellow dress code and singer Lisa Maffia who opted for a very little black dress
Homer has become an unlikely hero - in 2003, he beat Abraham Lincoln to be named the Greatest Ever American in a BBC poll, while Time magazine named The Simpsons the best television show of the 20th century.
Last week's world premiere took place in Springfield, Vermont. The town was chosen ahead of 13 other real-life Springfields to host the event.
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The Simpsons parade through the real-life town of Springfield which won a nationwide competition to be the venue for the film's US premiere
Bart and Homer have captured the imagination of the British public
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