Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons

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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.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. Free Download [ Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons ] Author [ Mike Reiss ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr SPRINGFIELD CONFIDENTIAL is chock full of exactly what every Simpson fan would want behind the scenes information, so to speak, it s a cartoon , a little background on the main writer and all the others, a bit of name dropping, and maybe a little dirt , on the hundreds of guest stars, and finally, the stories about how certain jokes came about It s a quick, breezy, informative and fun book.Mike Reiss has been writing for The Simpsons from almost day one He and everyone else on the show neve SPRINGFIELD CONFIDENTIAL is chock full of exactly what every Simpson fan would want behind the scenes information, so to speak, it s a cartoon , a little background on the main writer and all the others, a bit of name dropping, and maybe a little dirt , on the hundreds of guest stars, and finally, the stories about how certain jokes came about It s a quick, breezy, informative and fun book.Mike Reiss has been writing for The Simpsons from almost day one He and everyone else on the show never thought it would last, but here we are right now, with The Simpsons being the longest running primetime scripted series to ever run in the history of television With...Like most things on The Simpsons, we didn t plan itYou should know something about me The Simpsons is my favorite show.I mean it I know people out there have five or six answers when asked the question, What s your favorite show and that s awesome, but for me, it s always been The Simpsons I can admit that tons of new shows have come out since that are funnier and stronger and better animated.But I will always choose The Simpsons, and that s a fact.So when I heard one of the head writLike most things on The Simpsons, we didn t plan itYou should know something about me The Simpsons is my favorite show.I mean it I know people out there have five or six answers when asked the question, What s your favorite show and that s awesome, but for me, it s always been The Simpsons I can admit that tons of new shows have come out since that are funnier and stronger and better animate...It s certainly okay Breezy, geeky, slight and silly fun Perfectly fine as a mechanism for adorable Simpsons errata, but Mike Reiss s occasional hackery gets in the way Its transformation from Springfield Confidential to Mike Reiss memoir happens a bit oddly, even if I did appreciate hearing about my dearly beloved The Critic. He boasts about a That s what my wife said at my wedding night moment barf , throws in some Muslim jokes for good measure, and has a bizarre assessment of Richard Pry It s certainly okay Breezy, geeky, slight and silly fun Perfectly fine as a mechanism for adorable Simpsons errata, but Mike Reiss s occasional hackery gets in the way Its transformation from Springfield Confidential to Mike Reiss memoir happens a bit oddly, even if I did appreciate hearing about my dearly beloved The Critic. He boasts about a That s what my wife said at my wedding night moment barf , throws in some Muslim jokes for good measure, and has a bizarre assessment of Richard Pryor personality comics as if he s lamenting the bygone era of delivering strictly jokes Ultimately it s a cobbled together hodgepodge that results in varying degrees of success, and as such it speaks for itself Otherwise it s a cute little romp that you can read in a day.He does address, for a short while, a nasty little documentary called The Problem with Apu, a controversial non controversy because there is no one to root for Kal Penn s caricature of a horny Indian American in Van Wilder ...Review of the audiobook narrated by the author.The Simpsons is my favorite show that I haven t watched in a decade At one point I had the DVD box sets for the first 13 seasons of the show maybe I still have them I don t know any now that everything is streaming I used to watch each episode and then watch them again with commentary So, I had listened to Mike Reiss many times before in those commentaries season 1 4 and occasionally afterwards and listening to him narrate this book br Review of the audiobook narrated by the author.The Simpsons is my favorite show that I haven t watched in a decade At one point I had the DVD box sets for the first 13 seasons of the show maybe I still have them I don t k...A peek into the world of comedy writing, animation, television production, world travel andby Mike Reiss This guy has been around since the beginning of the Simpsons show and has a lot of fun and funny stories to share Whether you re a die hard fan, a casual watcher, or not really into the Simpsons who , everybody can get some laughs from the book while learning how this animated show is made Despite the jokes about the writer s room people sleeping or doing crosswords all day it s A peek into the world of comedy writing, animation, television production, world travel andby Mike Reiss This guy has been around since the beginning of the Simpsons show and has a lot of fun and funny stories to share Whether you re a die hard fan, a casual watcher, or not really into the Simps... More reviews and no fluff on the blog Springfield Confidential reads very much like a Simpsons version of a biography irreverent, sarcastic, self effacing, and never taking itself too seriously But at the same time, I actually want the serious version here all the endless jokes and no not really after reading four paragraphs of truths was frustrating I don t read biographies for comedy nor fluff and at some point it was getting really hard to tellMore reviews and no fluff on the blog Springfield Confidential reads very much like a Simpsons version of a biography irreverent, sarcastic, self effacing, and never taking itself too seriously But at the same time, I actually want the serious version here all the endless jokes and no not really after reading four paragraphs of truths was frustrating I don t read biographies for comedy nor fluff and at some point it was getting really hard to tell what was real and what was made up for comedic effect So what was the point of this being a biography of being a part of the Simpsons cast it should really have be...Shopkeeper Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse Homer Ooh, that s bad.Shopkeeper But it comes with a free frogurt Homer That s good.Shopkeeper The frogurt is also cursed.Homer That s bad.Shopkeeper But you get your choice of toppings.Homer That s good Shopkeeper The toppings contain potassium benzoate Homer looks puzzled Shopkeeper That s bad.Homer Can I go now Boo Urns Everything s coming up Milhouse It was the best of times it was the BLURST of times The Shopkeeper Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse Homer Ooh, that s bad.Shopkeeper But it comes wit...RATING 3 Stars2018 Dey Street Books HarperCollins Canada Review Not on Blog The Simpsons is a show that most everyone in my family could agree on, if not always for the same reasons I was the same age as Bart when the show started, and felt this kinship with Lisa for books and not fitting in It is hard to characterize this book it s a mix of trivia, behind the scenes...It s exactly the kind of book you d expect a writer for The Simpsons to write but it has some truly funny and insightful moments and it makes me want to watch the show again.Despite wandering away from their contemporary adventures, The Simpsons is important to me Not just me, but most people from my generation Rarely a day goes by without at least one quote deliberately or unconsciously slipping its way into an unrelated conversation A show so fiendishly clever in its in tric acies See, there I go.At any rate, we owe much o...

Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
  • English
  • 11 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • 0062748033
  • Mike Reiss
  • Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons