Hurrah! Intelligent life on TV | Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation

It's Like a Totally Self-Indulgent Master's Thesis on the Simpsons | Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation | Chris Turner

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	• Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation Chris Turner Da Capo Press, 2005 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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loved this book.

If you're like me and spent your mid-twenties watching the golden era of the Simpsons, then you can relate to the stories told. I couldn't put this book down, I just wished I hadn't give it away to my ex-mistress. I will definitely buy this again.

Hurrah! Intelligent life on TV

If you like the Simpsons and appreciate it's humanistic, smart, hip, culturally knowledgable view of the world, then you'll love this book. If you are a disgruntled liberal-hating conservative with no sense of irony and the attention-span of a goldfish, then stay away - you'll hate it and will probably only give it one star.

A witty intelligent look at the culture and a must-read for hardcore fans.

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It's Like a Totally Self-Indulgent Master's Thesis on the Simpsons

The book had its fair share of interesting parts, and the author made some decent points about his critiques of modern society and how the Simpsons dealt with them. And I'll admit it is a book I can pick up and read a few chapters with and be done with, which is appealing at times.

But man alive, sometimes the book felt like papers in college I would write and use excessive language as filler to get the paper to a minimum page requirement. I almost feel like grabbing a red pen myself after reading it for more than 5 minutes and begging for some stuff to be chopped out.

Another thing that I didn't care for particularly was how ultra hip the guy was trying to be. There was one point where he rambled on about different Radiohead albums and how they reflected what society was doing at the times they were released. It was like haring the ramblings of a super stoned person who completely thinks they are saying the most enlightened thing ever but, well, aren't. The guy's political leanings (typical college leftist type, although not totally versed in that dogma) really shine thru as well, which were off-putting at times.

That being said, there are enough recollections of good Simpsons episodes put forward in a thought provoking way where the book isn't totally bad either, although to me this isn't as much a book as it is one huge essay.

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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."

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