num_pages: 352
description: The Simpsons is one of the most successful shows to ever run on television. From its first moment on air the series's rich characters subversive themes and layered humor resounded deeply with audiences both young and old who wanted more from their entertainment than what was being meted out at the time by the likes of Full House Growing Pains and Family Matters. Spawned as an animated short on The Tracy Ullman Showmere filler on the way to commercial breaksthe series grew from a controversial cult favorite to a mainstream powerhouse and after nineteen years the residents of Springfield no longer simply hold up a mirror to our way of life: they have ingrained themselves into it. John Ortved's oral history will be the first-ever look behind the scenes at the creation and day-to-day running of The Simpsons as told by many of the people who made it: among them writers animators producers and network executives. Its an intriguing yet hilarious tale full of betrayal ambition and love. Like the family it depicts the show's creative forces have been riven by dysfunction from the get-gooutsize egos clashing with studio executives and one another over credit for and control of a pop-culture institution. Contrary to popular belief The Simpsons did not spring out of one man's brain fully formed like a hilarious Athena. Its inception was a process with many parents and this book tells the story.
language: English
title: The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
publisher: Faber & Faber