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SFist (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Looking for a gift idea for the Simpsons fan in your life? Reporter John Ortved has written an unauthorized, uncensored history of the still popular, still witty, longest running prime time TV series in the country. SFist asked him a few questions about the book, and the contentious origins of the show. SFist: Explain how Matt Groening got the opportunity to create The Simpsons , via...
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A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
“Objectivity is horseshit,” John Ortved writes in the preface of his book The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History , by way of explaining his decision to use an oral-history format. He wanted the stories straight from his subjects’ mouths with “minimal editorial comments” from himself—he wanted “the good stuff.” That’s euphemism...
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Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. The Simpsons is one of my favorite television comedies of all time, and John Ortved has written...
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forces of geek (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History By John Ortved It's been said that every story has at least three sides, and that there really is no version that is completely accurate. With John Ortved's book, The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History, the story behind the groundbreaking animated series is told, albeit without several key players involvement....
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Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... arts editor Alison Hallett. To wit: The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History , by John Ortved, an oral history exploring the origins and history of the show. Misconception : Seattle author Ryan Boudinot's dual-perspective look at a high-school relationship, a funny little novel that features the excellent opening line, "I was suspended in eighth grade for bringing my...
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Shapely Prose (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
According to , there are seven reasons why your “man” adores you as is. I have a bit of a problem with the concept of “as is”. I associate the concept with final sale sweaters with ink stains not coverable by a cabbage rose brooch, not loving relationships. But then again, I’m still doing cabbage rose brooches like it’s 2000. so I might have missed a few things. John Ortved writes:It’s...
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dcat (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I have not yet read John Ortved's The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History , but it certainly looks like something I'd be interested in. By the way, I don't know if I buy the idea that the new seasons are worse than the so-called golden age. Golden Age mythologies are almost always shallow and wrong, and what I find is that The Simpsons gets better with age -- episodes that at...
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The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Books » The Buffalo News reviews the new biography of Herblock » Waldenbooks will be closing 200 of its stores leaving only about 130 open across the U.S. » The Washington Post writes about John Ortved’s new book “The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History” Comic Strips » Speedbump creator Dave Coverly is profiled on Michigan Live’s...
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blogTO (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Park, 7 pm BOOKS AND LIT | The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized Biography Very soon after John Ortved began writing his book about the making TV's longest-running comedy, the producers behind The Simpsons started sending him cease and desist orders. Apparently there were some elements of the show's past that they didn't want written about, but thankfully Ortved overcame...
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Torontoist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Siberian Express. Bloor Cinema ( 506 Bloor Street West ), 9:30 p.m., $10 ($8 for members). WORDS: John Ortved: Torontonian, bear lover , The Simpsons ' worst nightmare. Ortved, a former editor at Vanity Fair , has written The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized Biography , which details the supposed back-room politics behind the longest-running American animated show in history....
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
John Williams reviews The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by John Ortved: Disclaimer: Like many people born in 1974, I’m incapable of writing a purely objective review of anything related to The Simpsons. The 1990s may have been a decade...
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Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Simpsons: The Uncensored, Unauthorized History Written by John Ortved Published by Faber & Faber Conducting dozens of interviews with writers, producers, cartoonists and executives whose lives have been connected to the development of the forever-running television series The Simpsons, John Ortved’s book attempts to untangle the web of the series creation and...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Most. Important. Comedy. Ever.It's highly unlikely that anyone picking up Toronto-raised John Ortved's The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History would disagree with that sentiment.The author's new 300-plus-paged tome is an oral history of TV's longest running comedy, as the show's architects, staff members and guests recount the calculated decisions and happy accidents that went...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Most. Important. Comedy. Ever.It's highly unlikely that anyone picking up Toronto-raised John Ortved's The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History would disagree with that sentiment.The author's new 300-plus-paged tome is an oral history of TV's longest running comedy, as the show's architects, staff members and guests recount the calculated decisions and happy accidents that went...
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Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
How do you know you’re a Simpsons fan? If you heard the words "drink" and "Simpsons" and thought to yourself: "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." Remembering that toast should be all the answer you need. And for you fans, the must-have oddity of the moment is not the Marge Simpson Playboy spread but John Ortved’s...
