Simpsons Confidential: The Uncensored, Totally Unauthorised Account of the World's Greatest TV Show by the People That Made It

Simpsons Confidential: The Uncensored, Totally Unauthorised Account of the World's Greatest TV Show by the People That Made It

John Ortved

Language: English

Pages: 285

ISBN: 2:00155030

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


The Simpsons is the world's most popular entertainment phenomenon, regularly voted on both sides of the Atlantic as the best TV show ever made. "Simpsons Confidential" is the uncensored, unauthorised oral history of the show from the people who made it happen. It takes you into the inner sanctum of the series to reveal the mechanics and politics of how The Simpsons became of global significance - from Matt Groening drawing his first Homer on the ride over to pitch the show, to Conan O'Brien and the other Harvard comedy geniuses taking us into the daily life of the writing room. Animators, writers, actors, directors, producers, executives and celebrity guest stars - everyone from Rupert Murdoch down - all offer their opinions, insights and stories. Positively fizzing with indiscretions and intrigue, here at last is the book that legions of Simpsons fans have been waiting for.

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Table of Contents Title Dedication Title Page Copyright Page Foreword BY DOUGLAS COUPLAND Preface Introduction: "Hi, Everybody!" Chapter ONE The Matt Groening Show Chapter TWO The King of Comedy Chapter THREE When Bart Met Tracey Chapter FOUR Sam "Sayonara" Simon Chapter FIVE Welcome to Springfield Chapter SIX The Room Chapter SEVEN The First Episodes Chapter EIGHT Bigger Than Jesus Chapter NINE Fallout Boys Chapter TEN Buddies, Sibs, Dweebs, and an Odd Man Out Chapter ELEVEN

10. "Good Night, John Boy; Hello Bart Simpson," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 21, 1992. 11. Matt Roush, " 'Simpsons' Creator Puts Loony in 'Toons,' " USA Today, January 12, 1990. 12. Matthew Grimm, "A Smash Cartoon Hit Called 'The Simpsons' Hits Licensing Paydirt," Adweek, March 5, 1990. 13. "Ullman Suit Charges Fox Cut Her out of 'Simpsons' Profits," Chicago Sun-Times, April 21, 1991. 14. Anita Gates, "Groening's New World, 1,000 Years from Springfield," New York Times, January 24,

was also something inexplicably cool about the pairing. None of the black Bart merchandise was licensed by Groening, who claimed to have mixed feelings about unauthorised merchandise as he was the one being "ripped off". Of course, not everyone was thrilled with Bart as the new favorite thing of kids everywhere. Schools banned Bart T-shirts, hoping to discourage his "Underachiever, and proud of it" message— which JCPenney soon removed from the specialized Simpsons shopping sections they'd

fingers under my nose and saying, "You can't stay here, Grandpa! Come on!" TIM LONG, writer/producer, The Simpsons (1998– ): There was a stain on the roof when I walked in, and I remember saying, "What the hell is that?" And someone said, "Oh, I think that's where Conan threw a slice of pizza on the ceiling." And I had two simultaneous thoughts. The first was, Holy shit, I am in one of the Stations of the Cross of comedy—I've really arrived. And the second one was, Wait a second, Conan left five

massive staff. The voices' refusal to come to work stretched toward May, with Fox claiming that the strike would curtail the show's thirteenth season (it didn't), and finally threatening to cancel the series.14 During the last week of April, Fox put forth a final offer, which the actors accepted, settling on approximately $300,000 per episode.15 (Variety reported that two of the voices had broken ranks, putting pressure on the others to drop their demand for profit sharing. "You're only as strong

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