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Watching with The Simpsons

Author : Jonathan Gray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134233205
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Watching with The Simpsons written by Jonathan Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres. Jonathan Gray brings together textual theory, discussions of television and the public sphere, and ideas of parody and comedy. Including primary audience research, it focuses on how The Simpsons has been able to talk back to three of television’s key genres - the sitcom, adverts and the news - and on how it holds the potential to short-circuit these genre’s meanings, power, and effects by provoking reinterpretations and offering more media literate recontextualizations. Examining television and media studies theory, the text of The Simpsons, and the show’s audience, Gray attempts to fully situate the show’s parody and humour within the lived realities of its audiences. In doing so, he further explores the possibilities for popular entertainment television to discuss issues of political and social importance. A must read for any student of media studies.

Springfield Confidential

Author : Mike Reiss
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062748041
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Springfield Confidential written by Mike Reiss and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semi-Finalist for the 2019 James Thurber Award * One of Vulture's Top-10 Comedy Books of 2018 * A "Must" pick by Entertainment Weekly * An A.V. Club Best Books selection * A "New and Noteworthy" selection by USA Today In celebration of The Simpsons thirtieth anniversary, the show’s longest-serving writer and producer offers a humorous look at the writing and making of the legendary Fox series that has become one of the most revered artistic achievements in television history. Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss—who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989—shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Reiss explains how the episodes are created, and provides an inside look at the show’s writers, animators, actors and celebrity guests. He answers a range of questions from Simpsons fans and die-hards, and reminisces about the making of perennially favorite episodes. In his freewheeling, irreverent comic style, Reiss reflects on his lifetime inside The Simpsons—a personal highlights reel of his achievements, observations, and favorite stories. Springfield Confidential exposes why Matt Groening decided to make all of the characters yellow; dishes on what it’s like to be crammed in a room full of funny writers sixty hours a week; and tells what Reiss learned after traveling to seventy-one countries where The Simpsons is watched (ironic note: there’s no electricity in many of these places); and even reveals where Springfield is located! He features unique interviews with Judd Apatow, who also provided the foreword, and Conan O'Brien, as well as with Simpsons legends Al Jean, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and more. Like Cary Elwes’ As You Wish, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s Seinfeldia, and Chris Smith’s The Daily Show: An Oral History, Springfield Confidential is a funny, informational, and exclusive look at one of the most beloved programs in all of television land.

The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

Author : Simon Singh
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408835304
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets written by Simon Singh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans

The Simpsons

Author : Moritz Fink
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538116170
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons written by Moritz Fink and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at The Simpsons place in the pop culture firmament, from inspirations like Mad magazine to its critical role in the renaissance of animated television. The author recounts the birth of the show, discusses its remarkable merchandising success, and examines the show’s popularity as the longest running episodic program in TV history.

TV (The Book)

Author : Alan Sepinwall
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1455588202
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book TV (The Book) written by Alan Sepinwall and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible? For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this: What's the greatest TV show ever? That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all-encompassing scoring system, they've created a Pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy to modern masterpieces like Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, from huge hits like All in the Family and ER to short-lived favorites like Firefly and Freaks and Geeks, TV (THE BOOK) will bring the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium. Sepinwall and Seitz's argument has ended. Now it's time for yours to begin!

The Simpsons

Author : John Ortved
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865479395
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons written by John Ortved and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes history of the popular animated series traces its rise from an animated short on "The Tracy Ullman Show" to a mainstream institution, while exposing alleged clashes between its studio executives and creative producers.

The Simpsons Forever!

Author : Matt Groening
Publisher : Harper Design
ISBN 13 : 9780060987633
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons Forever! written by Matt Groening and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 1999-11-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up where The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family left off, The Simpsons Forever! brings all the history, tidbits, and cold hard facts on every episode from the past two years, and much, much more. Fans will find the highlights of all the shows from seasons nine and ten, plus eyeball–busting two–page spreads for special episodes (like the annual Halloween show). Heavily packed into these pages are updated favourites like Best Homerisms, Famous Chalkboard Sayings, All–New Simpsons Singalong Lyrics, Couch Gags, and classic screen images. And, yes – it's all cross–referenced! The ultimate celebration of America's Favorite – and longest running – cartoon family, The Simpsons Forever! is a must!

100 Things The Simpsons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Author : Allie Goertz
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641251093
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book 100 Things The Simpsons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die written by Allie Goertz and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most fans of The Simpsons have watched Homer don his blue pants on TV, on the big screen, and in 3D. But only real fans recall the Eastern European equivalent of The Itchy & Scratchy Show, know the name of Apu's submission to the Springfield Film Festival, and have road tripped to the World's Fair in Knoxville. 100 Things The Simpsons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource for true fans, whether you read at a Ralph Wiggum or Lisa Simpson level. Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott have collected every essential piece of Simpsons knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and rank them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom.

Planet Simpson

Author : Chris Turner
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 030736609X
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Planet Simpson written by Chris Turner and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis of The Simpsons, its inside stories and the world it reflects. From Bart Simpson to Monty Burns, the Internet boom to the slow drowning of Tuvalu, Planet Simpson explores how one of the most popular shows in television history has changed the way we look at our bewildering times. Award-winning journalist Chris Turner delves into the most esoteric of Simpsons fansites and on-line subcultures, the show’s inside jokes, its sharpest parodies and its ongoing love-hate relationship with celebrity to reveal a rarity of literary accomplishment and pop-cultural import — something never before achieved by a cartoon. Complementing its satirical brilliance, The Simpsons boasts a beloved cast of characters, examined here in playful and scrupulous detail: Homer, selfish, tyrannical and not too bright, but always contentedly beholden to his family; Bart, pre-teen nihilist and punk icon; Lisa, junior feminist crusader; and Marge, archetypical middle-American mother, perpetually dragging her family kicking and screaming to higher moral ground. And while the voice actors behind the regular cast have eschewed celebrity, Turner considers why a stunning host of guests — Hollywood icons and has-beens, politicians, professional athletes, poets and pop stars — have submitted themselves to the parodic whims of the Simpsons’ writers. Intelligent and rambunctious, absorbing and comic, Planet Simpson mines this modern cultural institution for its imaginative, hilarious, but always dead-on, reflections on our world. Excerpt from Planet Simpson Three Fun Facts About “D’ oh!” 1. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “d’oh” as “Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish.” 2. The origins of “D’oh!” A Tracey Ullman– era Simpsons script called for Homer to respond to an unfortunate turn of events thus: “[annoyed grunt].” Dan Castellaneta, the voice-actor who plays Homer, improvised the exclamation, “D’oh!” It stuck. 3. The godfather of “D’oh!” Dan Castellaneta freely admits that he lifted Homer’s famous yelp from James Finlayson, a Scottish actor who played a bald, cross-eyed villain in a number of Laurel & Hardy films in the 1930s. Finlayson’s annoyed grunt was a more drawn-out groan — Doooohhh! Castellaneta sped it up to create Homer’s trademark.

The Simpsons Handbook

Author : Matt Groening
Publisher : Harper Design
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons Handbook written by Matt Groening and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2007-06-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From lines and circles to richly illustrated characters, here is a tribute to hand-drawn animation that records the genesis of some of the most extraordinary examples of the art form.

The Simpsons' Beloved Springfield

Author : Karma Waltonen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476674558
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons' Beloved Springfield written by Karma Waltonen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First aired in 1989, The Simpsons has become America's most beloved animated show. It changed the world of television, bringing to the screen a cartoon for adults, a sitcom without a laugh track, an imperfect lower class family, a mixture of high and low comedy and satire for the masses. This collection of new essays explores the many ways in which The Simpsons reflects everyday life through its exploration of gender roles, music, death, food politics, science and religion, anxiety, friendship and more.

The Homer Book

Author : Matt Groening
Publisher : Harper Design
ISBN 13 : 9780061116612
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book The Homer Book written by Matt Groening and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2005-10-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Homer Book is now being released in hardback, as part of the ongoing series: The Simpsons Library of Wisdom. Homer Simpson is a man's man, an 'Average Joe', a loving father and husband, and a devoted beer drinker. But do you know the 'real' Homer? Find out what's on Homer's mind, discover the mysteries of Homer's fridge, hang out in Homer's haunts; meet his friends and enemies; and spend a typical day with the lovable lout who will lift you out of your D'oh–ldrums. In The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpsons', offers an ongoing series of portable and quotable books that will eliminate the need for all religions and philosophies, exalt man's role in the universe and make the world a better place ... sort of. No other television show in history has commented so freely and so humorously on modern times, and there seems to be no end in sight for the sharp satire and pointed parody that 'The Simpsons' serves up every night of the week all around the world.

Watching with The Simpsons

Author : Jonathan Gray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415362032
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Watching with The Simpsons written by Jonathan Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines television and media studies theory and studies the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres. This book uses the favourite Springfield family as a case study.

The Simpsons Guide to Springfield

Author : Matt Groening
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780752224039
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons Guide to Springfield written by Matt Groening and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to the Simpson universe, Montgomery Burns and his nuclear power plant, Barney and Moe's bar, Apu's Kwik-E-Mart, Principal Skinner and the school, Duff Beer Park, Itcy and Scratchyland and much more. Written and illustrated by the Simpsons creator and his team the book contains maps, cutaways and floorplans and Simpsons trivia.

Leaving Springfield

Author : John Alberti
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328491
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Leaving Springfield written by John Alberti and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first appearance as a series of cartoon vignettes in 1987 and its debut as a weekly program in 1990, The Simpsons has had multiple, even contradictory, media identities. Although the show has featured biting political and social satire, which often proves fatal to mass public acceptance, The Simpsons entered fully into the mainstream, consistently earning high ratings from audiences and critics alike. Leaving Springfield addresses the success of The Simpsons as a corporate-manufactured show that openly and self-reflexively parodies the very consumer capitalism it simultaneously promotes. By exploring such topics as the impact of the show's satire on its diverse viewing public and the position of The Simpsons in sitcom and television animation history, the commentators develop insights into the ways parody intermixes with mass media to critique post modern society. In spite of the longevity and high cultural profile of the show, The Simpsons has so far attracted only scattered academic attention. Leaving Springfield will be of importance to both scholars of media and fans of the show interested in the function of satire in popular culture in general and television in particular.

The Gospel According to the Simpsons

Author : Mark I. Pinsky
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664224196
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel According to the Simpsons written by Mark I. Pinsky and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the treatment of religion and spirituality in the animated television series, including its depiction of God, Jesus, heaven, hell, and prayer in chapters devoted to Homer, Lisa, Ned, Reverend Lovejoy, Krusty, and Apu.

The Simpsons and Philosophy

Author : William Irwin
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812696948
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Simpsons and Philosophy written by William Irwin and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unconventional and lighthearted introduction to the ideas of the major Western philosophers examines The Simpsons — TV’s favorite animated family. The authors look beyond the jokes, the crudeness, the attacks on society — and see a clever display of irony, social criticism, and philosophical thought. The writers begin with an examination of the characters. Does Homer actually display Aristotle’s virtues of character? In what way does Bart exemplify American pragmatism? The book also examines the ethics and themes of the show, and concludes with discussions of how the series reflects the work of Aristotle, Marx, Camus, Sartre, and other thinkers.