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.
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bowker s Guide to Characters in Fiction 2007 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 3004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let Me Off at the Top written by Ron Burgundy and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography every true American has been waiting for: a shockingly candid and raw confessional from a national treasure. From his humble beginnings in a desolate Iowa coal mining town, his years at Our Lady Queen of Chewbacca High School to his odds-defying climb to the dizzying heights of becoming America’s most trusted and beloved television News Anchor, Ron Burgundy pulls no punches in Let Me Off at the Top! In his very own words Burgundy reveals his most private thoughts, his triumphs and his disappointments. His life reads like an adventure story complete with knock down fights, beautiful women and double-fisted excitement on every page. He has hunted jackalopes with Bobby Kennedy and Peter Lawford, had more than his share of his amorous exploits, and formed the greatest on-air team in the history of televised news. Along the way, he hobnobbed with people you wish you knew and some you honestly wish you didn't -- celebrities, presidents, presidents' wives, celebrities' wives, dogs, and, of course Veronica Corningstone, the love of his life. Walter Cronkite, Barbra Streisand, Katie Couric, the list goes on. Who didn’t Mr. Burgundy, or “Ron” as he is known to his friends, rub elbows with in the course of his colorful and often criminal life? This may well be the most thrilling book ever written, by a man of great physical, moral and spiritual strength and not surprisingly a great literary talent as well. This book deserves a real shot at a Pulitzer Prize. In fact if it doesn’t win one then we will finally have proof that the Pulitzer is rigged. Ron Burgundy has taken the time to write a book. We owe it to him, as honest Americans, to read it.
Download or read book The Simpsons and Philosophy written by William Irwin and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here we can find out about irony and the meaning of life, the politics of the nuclear family, Marxism in Springfield, the elusiveness of happiness, popular parody as a form of tribute, and why we need animated TV shows. As if all that weren't enough, this book actually contains the worst philosophy essay ever.
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!
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Captain Proton written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Captain Proton' first appeared on Star Trek: Voyager as a series of 1940s-era space-age melodramas enacted on the holodeck by the crew for their own amusement. Now, produced as a facsimile of a typical 1940s pulp magazine, CAPTAIN PROTON! collects together a number of deliciously over-the-top sci-fi adventure stories starring the Voyager holodeck cast and told in classic, breathless Flash Gordon style. Now read on... When Queen Indrani of the Fems Fatale kidnaps Captain Proton's faithful secretary Constance Goodheart it is only the first step in another diabolical plan to conquer the Incorporated Planets. It soon becomes clear that there is more to her plot than meets the eye, as on the very edge of death Captain Proton is saved by a power Not Of This Universe... Caught in an eons-old fight between alien races, who can Captain Proton trust? No-one, not even Ace Reporter Buster Kincaid. Can Captain Proton save the galaxy from the forces of evil AND save Constance Goodheart from the Giant Carp of Greyhawk II? Also in this volume: Doctor Chaotica plots the Death of the Interstellar Patrol; a Constance Goodheart short (can she find Captain Proton before she shrinks to a size too small to be seen or heard?) and a Buster Kincaid adventure. Don't miss this exciting issue... !
Download or read book The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis written by Matt Groening and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published as two two-part, comic book mini-series, these hard-to-find comics are collected together for the first time in a hardcover collection, encased in a die-cut slipcase, and packaged with a reprint of the Eisner Award-winning issue of "Simpsons Comics."
Download or read book Radioactive Man written by Matt Groening and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in the Plutonium Age of Comics, "Radioactive Man" has delighted comic aficionados with its savvy satire and pointed parodies of the last sixty years of comic book history. Ever since his historic comic book debut in 1952 (in "The Simpsons" universe), Radioactive Man (otherwise known as layabout playboy Claude Kane III) and his faithful sidekick Fallout Boy (aka former juvenile delinquent Rod Runtledge) have been making Zenith City safe from insidious evildoers such as Dr. Crab, Magmo the Lava Man, Hypno-Head, Larva Girl, Larceny Lass, and Richard Milhous Nixon—to name but a few. On a grander scale, Radioactive Man often battles evil across the universe, and even between dimensions, in the ranks of the Superior Squad, a super team of metahumans that includes Captain Squid, Bug Boy, Plasmo the Mystic, Lure Lass, Weasel Woman, and Brave Heart! For decades, fans have been clamoring for a deluxe collection of "Radioactive Man" tales. Now, at last, the Atomic Avenger receives the treatment he deserves in this comprehensive and historic archival edition of his greatest adventures!
Download or read book Loaded Dice written by Aron Christensen and published by Loose Leaf Stories. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’ve been running role-playing games for thirty years, but am relatively new to playing them. Erica’s rolled up dozens of characters, but has only a few Storytelling experiences under her belt. Together, we’ve written a blog about what we learned, the challenges we have to overcome, and all the solutions we’ve come up with to keep an RPG campaign going – The RPGuide. This is a collection of our best and favorite articles from the first year and a half year of RPGuide posts. We’ve got advice for handling players, building NPCs, and we debate rules and play styles. If you’re an old hand at role-playing, maybe you’ll find a new trick to put up your sleeve, or a fresh way of looking at gaming. And if you’re new to RPGs, then you’re welcome to learn from our mistakes and take advantage of our experience. You’ve probably read My Guide to RPG Storytelling, the Companion, or maybe From Dream to Dice, and that’s what brought you around to this little collection. But if this is your first RPGuidebook, welcome! Don’t worry, you don’t need to read any of the others first – Loaded Dice can be used on its own. We’ll even begin with a “What the heck is a table-top role-playing game?” chapter. So let’s play!
Download or read book Simpsonology written by Tim Delaney and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this amusing and informative appreciation of The Simpsons, sociologist Tim Delaney looks at the many ways America''s longest-running sitcom and animated TV program reflects American culture. For more than fifteen years, the Simpsons have touched upon nearly every aspect of the American social scene--from family dynamics and social mores to local customs and national institutions. With over four hundred episodes aired so far, Delaney finds a goldmine of insights couched in parody on any number of perennial topics: - On television''s influence on American culture, Krusty the Clown says, "Would it really be worth living in a world without television? I think the survivors would envy the dead." - On New Age religion, Homer says, "To think, I turned to a cult for mindless happiness when I had beer all along." - On the thorny issue of gun ownership and home security, Homer purchases a pistol at "Bloodbath and Beyond" and then tells Marge, "I don''t have to be careful, I got a gun." - On the theme of community spirit, Bart thoughtlessly signs up with a local Boy Scout troop while on a sugar rush from eating a "Super-Squishee." The next day he realizes what he has done: "Oh, no. I joined the Junior Campers!" To which his sister, Lisa, responds: "The few, the proud, the geeky." Delaney finds many more episodes relevant to major sociological issues such as environmentalism, feminism, romance and marriage, politics, education, health, aging, and more. Students of popular culture and laypersons alike will learn basic sociological concepts and theories in a refreshing, jargon-free work that offers plenty of entertainment.
Download or read book The Simpsons Classic Character 1 written by Dark Horse Deluxe and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the Syroco statues of the 1940s, Dark Horse's series of "Classic Comic" statuettes has been a huge success. Sculpted with flair and grace at Yoe! Studios, nearly one hundred different characters have been produced thus far, with most editions selling out upon publication. While the statuettes in the series were originally based on characters from newspaper strips, in this companion series Dark Horse is featuring its uniquely "primitive but charming" treatment on one of the modern era's most iconic, if dysfunctional, families - The Simpsons. Dark Horse is excited to present one of contemporary pop culture's most beloved cast of crazies, starting with... guess who? If you surmised it was Homer, then give yourself a big "d'oh" and a sprinkled donut!
Download or read book Dictionary of Fictional Characters written by William Freeman and published by London : J. M. Dent. This book was released on 1967 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
