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.
Download or read book Planet Simpson written by Chris Turner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis ofThe 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 Simpsonexplores 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 ofSimpsonsfansites 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 Simpsonsboasts 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 theSimpsons’ writers. Intelligent and rambunctious, absorbing and comic,Planet Simpsonmines this modern cultural institution for its imaginative, hilarious, but always dead-on, reflections on our world. Excerpt fromPlanet 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.
Download or read book Planet Simpson written by Chris Turner and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2005-10-18 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D'oh-it's "The Simpsons." And here's the book with the behind-the-scenes story of how America's favorite nuclear family first arrived at a TV near you, how the series grew into a worldwide icon, and who brings it to life so brilliantly week after week, year after year. Since first airing in 1987 as a cartoon interlude on the short-lived "Tracey Ullman Show," "The Simpsons" has deliciously skewered the foibles of American life, evolving into a cultural institution that reaches across the generations. As satire, it's sharp and funny. As a pop phenom, it's in a league of its own. And with Planet Simpson, it finally gets the sprawling, multidimensional critical look it so richly deserves. "Smart and funny, Turner writes with fitting enthusiasm for his subject while working in seemly references to cultural theory and TV-insider politics. His book is just the thing for fellow fans, and for anyone interested in how pop phenomena came to be." -Hollywood Reporter This book was not prepared, licensed, approved, or endorsed by any entity involved in creating or producing the television series "The Simpsons."
Download or read book Homer Simpson Marches on Washington written by Timothy M. Dale and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Simpsons questions what is culturally acceptable, showcasing controversial issues like homosexuality, animal rights, the war on terror, and religion. This subtle form of political analysis is effective in changing opinions and attitudes on a large scale. Homer Simpson Marches on Washington explores the transformative power that enables popular culture to influence political agendas, frame the consciousness of audiences, and create profound shifts in values and ideals. To investigate the full spectrum of popular culture in a democratic society, editors Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy gather a top-notch team of scholars who use television shows such as Star Trek, The X-Files, All in the Family, The View, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report, as well as movies and popular music, to investigate contemporary issues in American popular culture.
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Download or read book The Simpsons Satire and American Culture written by M. Henry and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? In time for the twenty-fifth anniversary, Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society.
Download or read book Big Bratty Book of Bart Simpson written by Matt Groening and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2004-07-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bart Simpson is back with another big book dedicated exclusively to that rabble–rousing, misbehaving menace – Springfield's favourite son, Homer's only son, and TV's favourite son – Bart Simpson! Following the great success of Big Book of Bart Simpson, Big Bratty Book of Bart Simpson – the third comic book compilation in a series dedicated exclusively to Bart Simpson. Join Bart Simpson and the Springfield kids in the newest collection of comics and stories filled with mistaken identities, alien abduction recipes, cereal package prizes, unrequited love, lima beans, facial hair, karaoke, cafeteria shenanigans, talk shows, mail–order brides, sidekicks gone mad, hideous monsters, balloon animals, girl scout cookies, circus popcorn, martial arts, and history gone very, very wrong. It's all here in one ࡲatty' book – all the chaos, commotion, and confusion that can only be caused by one uncontrollable force: Bart Simpson.
Download or read book Big Book of Bart Simpson written by Matt Groening and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2002-07-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bart Simpson, America's favourite underachiever, lays claim to his own comic collection. In an homage to the comics he enjoyed as a kid (such as Little Lulu and Peanuts), Matt Groening presents stories about Bart and the kids of Springfield with adults taking a backseat as comic foils. Big Book of Bart Simpson features several short stories that can be enjoyed by a younger reading audience, but there are plenty of laughs for kids of all ages. It's good old–fashioned fun with the same satiric edge that has made 'The Simpsons' the most successful animated program in television history.
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.
Download or read book Banquet of Esther Rosenbaum written by Penny Simpson and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively novel which is a retro epic in the genre of magic realism. Among the contents are the interwar cabaret scene in Munich and Berlin, seen through the eyes of a seven-foot Jewish giantess. The tapestry of Jewish culture, evoked through food, theatre, clothes and custom, at the point at which it is about to unravel.
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 2013-10-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) without ever realising that they contain enough maths to form an entire university course. In The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Simon Singh explains how the brilliant writers, some of the mathematicians, have smuggled in mathematical jokes throughout the cartoon's twenty-five year history, exploring everything from to Mersenne primes, from Euler's equation to the unsolved riddle of P vs. NP, from perfect numbers to narcissistic numbers, and much more. With wit, clarity and a true fan's zeal, Singh analyses such memorable episodes as 'Bart the Genius' and 'Homer3' to offer an entirely new insight into the most successful show in television history.
Download or read book The Magicians of Scotland written by Ron Butlin and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the runaway success of The Magicians of Edinburgh, renowned poet and novelist Ron Butlin conjures up Scotland's past, present and future in this new collection. From Skara Brae and the Roman invasion to the independence referendum and beyond, the former Edinburgh Makar explores what Scotland means to itself and to the outside world. With his customary wit and insight, he takes a good hard look at some of its magicians – from James Hutton to Professor Peter Higgs, from Robert Burns to Dame Elizabeth Blackadder and even Tony Blair. Underlying all these poems is a deep love for Scotland's uniqueness, and its magic!
Download or read book The Frozen Journey written by Larry Jacobs and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What The Frozen Journey is all about is men and women traveling to the nearest star which is Proxima Centaur 4. 2 light years or 25 trillion miles. The story takes place in the year 2050; Spaceships in that year could travel a maximum speed of a thousand miles a second of 3,6000,000 miles an hour. Going that speed it would take 792 years to get there. In order to make it in there lifetimes they had to freeze the bodies. At a temperature of -273 Centigrade it would put the human body into suspended animation. This temperature would completely arrest any deterioration on the human and make it last forever. At Journeys end the machines that froze them would automatically reverse the process and thaw them out. They would come back to life ready to start a new life at another solar system. But why go on such a brutal trip? These people had a good reason for it because our sun was dying.
Download or read book Automotive Automatic Transmission and Transaxles written by Keith Santini and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Automotive Automatic Transmission and Transaxles, published as part of the CDX Master Automotive Technician Series, provides students with an in-depth introduction to diagnosing, repairing, and rebuilding transmissions of all types. Utilizing a “strategy-based diagnostics” approach, this book helps students master technical trouble-shooting in order to address the problem correctly on the first attempt.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Medium Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle Systems written by Gus Wright and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 1929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thoroughly updated and expanded, 'Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle Systems, Second Edition' offers comprehensive coverage of basic concepts building up to advanced instruction on the latest technology, including distributed electronic control systems, energy-saving technologies, and automated driver-assistance systems. Now organized by outcome-based objectives to improve instructional clarity and adaptability and presented in a more readable format, all content seamlessly aligns with the latest ASE Medium-Heavy Truck Program requirements for MTST." --Back cover.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Automotive Technology written by Vangelder and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 1884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Automotive Technology program 106023.
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