2006 Calendars
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Join America's favorite TV family for a fun-filled year of groundhog day lunches, chaotic class photos, faulty plumbing, bad sunburns, mail order mobsters, Spock fights, and a special four season portrait of Ralph Wiggum. Along with The Simpsons, the whole town of Springfield will turn out to celebrate every highlight and holiday of your year to come. This is a regular, full-sized monthly style wall calendar. |
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This is a smaller sized (6' x 7.1") monthly calendar suitable for places where a full-sized calendar won't fit. |
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Brush up on The Simpsons, with this all-new daily desk calendar. You will find yourself testing your knowledge, quoting facts, spouting dialogue, imitating your favorite characters, reliving your favorite moments from the show, impressing your friends, annoying your co-workers, and just plain laughing your way through another year with Homer, Bart, Lisa, and the rest of the citizens of Springfield. Laugh the year away a page at a time! |
Episode Guides
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The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, The Simpsons Forever!, and The Simpsons Beyond Forever! are collected together in an all-new, deluxe boxed set, celebrating twelve years of simply sensational Simpsons success. This boxed set also comes with a set of exclusive Simpsons postcards! From the very first cartoon short to the 12th season, "The Simpsons" has gone from overnight success to cultural phenomenon to television's longest-running prime-time, animated show. Featuring highlights from more than 250 episodes, plot synopses, quotes, character profiles, couch gags, guest stars, and much more, The Ultimate Simpsons in a Big Ol' Box supplies twelve years of giggles and gurgles, chuckles and chortles, snickers and snorts, and hoots and howls that will delight everyone in one, BIG boxed set. |
Included in the boxed set are:
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New! Guide to Seasons 13 & 14
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Collector Books
The Simpsons Library of Wisdom
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Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, offers a brand-new series of portable and quotable books that will eliminate the need for all religions and philosophies, exalt man's role in the universe, and make the world a better place...sort of. No other television show in history has commented so freely and so humorously on modern times, and there seems to be no end in sight for the sharp satire and pointed parody that The Simpsons serves up every night of the week all around the world. |
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The human condition, the meaning of life, the nature of the universe - it's all here in the musings of one of the century's greatest philosophers...Bart Simpson! With brilliant observations on everything from sibling rivalry, the media, and religion, the sage of Springfield explains it all to you! |
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Homer Simpson is a man's man, an Average Joe, a loving father and husband, and a devoted beer drinker. But do you know the "real" Homer? Find out what's on Homer's mind, discover the mysteries of Homer's fridge, hang out in Homer's haunts; meet his friends and enemies; and spend a typical day with the lovable lout who will lift you out of your D'oh-ldrums. |
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This item has not yet been released. Reserve your copy today, and it will be sent as soon as the book is ready! (Scheduled release date is October 31, 2005.) |
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This item has not yet been released. Reserve your copy today, and it will be sent as soon as the book is ready! (Scheduled release date is October 31, 2005.) |
Other Books for Simpsons Collectors
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The fictitious Are We There Yet? guidebook series falsely claims to have covered nonexistent towns from Lake Flaccid to Pwagmattasquarmsettport, but even if these other books and grim places existed, this lowdown on Bart's hometown would make any list of top vacation non-destinations. After a night at the Happy Earwig Hotel, you can trip the light Springtastic to the South Street Squidport, or shove Bart aside and try the Dirt Nap II game at the Noiseland Video Arcade. Catch the latest brainless blockbuster at the Googolplex Theatres, or get highbrow and catch Apu in Bright Lights, Beef Jerky at the Springfield Film Festival. Crave tunes? Try King Toot's Music Store, or nab a youth-culture CD at Suicide Notes (formerly Good Vibrations). Get a gravel rattle at Lullabuy$, the cut-rate baby emporium. Wolf a Creamycrunch Chugger at Gulp'n'Blow and dodge the swinging blade at the front door of the It's a Wonderful Knife shop. But please don't doff your radiation suit, and do read the signs: "This park is not copless, so please don't go topless." |
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Starved for the whole truth, man? Take a bite out of this bitsy but beefy package, brimming with morsels of wit, wisdom and worldly knowledge brought to you by the one and only Bartholomew J. Simpson. Get the hard-knocks facts of life from the guy who's seen it all, heard it all, done it all and denies it all. |
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At last, The Simpsons tell-all book you've been waiting for! You'll gasp in amazement at this revealing, no-holds-barred, and (in one minor instance) poignant family album. Nothing omitted. No punches pulled. Assembled and narrated with painstaking, loving care by none other than that First Lady of Tall Hair, Marge Simpson. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll turn the page. Armchair anthropologists, deviant psychologists and students of Ancient Simpson History will all gape in awe at: Bart as a baby. Marge as a pre-teen. Homer with hair. Grampa with teeth. And a potato grown in the shape of Millard Fillmore. Don't wait! Take the bait! It's the definitive memoir of an all-American nuclear family. |
Books on Collecting Simpsons Memorabilia
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A guide to the ever-expanding world of collectibles inspired by America's longest-running animated sitcom, "The Simpsons." Since their first appearance in 1987, the Simpsons have lent their familiar faces to literally hundreds of items, from dolls and action figures to clocks and cookie jars. With over 500 full-color pictures of Simpsonabilia that range from the everyday to the obscure, Robert W. Getz invites you to join him as he braves this forbidding, spiky-topped Everest. Prefaced with an essay that traces the history of the show and the reasons for its long-lived popularity, The Unauthorized Guide To The Simpsons Collectibles has something to offer every Simpsons collector, from the beginner to the die-hard fan, including a guide to current prices. |
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The Simpsons continues to be the longest-running prime-time program still on the air, and fans and collectors are still trying to keep up with the incredible variety of toys and collectibles theyve inspired. Having discovered a little extra room in his attic for stashing new acquisitions, the author of the worlds first guide to Simpsons stuff, The Unauthorized Guide to the Simpsons Collectibles (of which the Copley News Service said, A book worthy of these characters...appropriately witty and well-written.), returns with more. Featuring over 460 brand new, full-color photographs of dolls, figurines, glasses, games, music, comics, promos, and much more, this slightly irreverent and totally engaging book pays homage to those endearing residents of Springfield, USA ,and is, like its predecessor, pure entertainment. |
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Collecting Simpsons! is a well-designed, humor-filled book that's a definitive guide to the mind-boggling amount of licensed merchandise inspired by "The Simpsons" TV series. It features: A generous page size of 8 by 11 inches. A detailed price guide listing typical values for more than 1,000 items. More than 375 black-and-white photos, as well as a dozen color ones on the heavy-duty front and back cover. A four-page Photo Index makes it easy to find them all. A brief history of "The Simpsons" and how it became a merchandising marvel. Reviews of Simpsons action figures, collector plates, books, software and other goods. Advice on how to get the best deals when buying Simpsons animation art. A step-by-step autopsy of a talking Bart Simpson doll that reveals exactly how this popular toy works. Photo-filled chapters exploring Simpsons bootlegs and hard-to-find promotional merchandise you won't find in retail stores. |
Activity Books
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Rainy day blues getting you down? Played all your video games? Documentaries on the TV? Mom threatening to make you vacuum? Just take a leaf from this very cool collection of games, puzzles, jokes, tricks, codes, mazes and other assorted amazing activities brought to you by those lifelong experts in wasting time -- The Simpsons. You can entertain yourself with everyday objects, dazzle your friends with feats of magic, torture your siblings with ingenious pranks and devote some serious time to fooling around. Even if it rains for forty days and forty nights, you still won't run out of zippy things to make and do with this book around! |
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The Simpsons Songbook contains twenty-six of the best songs from more than a decade of Simpsons episodes. This book features original color art from the show, plus a special commemorative cover. This is a must for all Simpsons fans, and there’re millions of them out there! Titles include: Amemdment song, Beby on Board, Bagged Me a Homer, Canyonero, Chimpan A to Chimpan Z, Cut Every Corner, Do the Bartman, Minimum Wage Nanny, Senor Burns, Theme from "The Simpsons," Your Wife Don’t Understand You, and many more. |
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READY! AIM! DRAW! Take an official cartooning lesson from the demented folks behind The Simpsons, and pick up oodles of insider tips on how to draw cartoons like a pro. Plus find out the secrets of Marge's mile-high hair...Homer's donut-driven physique...Bart's spiky noggin...and much more! |
The Simpsons in Society
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Planet Simpson is the first book to bring in-depth analysis to that most important pop-cultural institution of the last decade-Fox TV's "The Simpsons" -- and use the show as a microcosm of the Western culture it has hilariously (and mercilessly) reflected and influenced. In an age of unprecedented transformation, "The Simpsons" alone has had the depth, intelligence, scope, and, most importantly, humor to chart the links between popular culture and the world we live in. Planet Simpson is broken down into scathingly funny chapters analyzing each major character's relationship to different facets of the American character: Homer Simpson, the ultimate everyman of the American century; Lisa Simpson, the voice of the show's social conscience; Bart Simpson, punk icon; Marge Simpson, maternal voice of moral authority and anchor of Simpsons family values; C. Montgomery Burns, unchecked capitalism personified...and every bit character on down from Barney to Smithers to Krusty the Clown, coupled with intelligent, friendly, and entertaining analysis of the show's greater themes. Going well beyond a critical discussion of a single television program, Planet Simpson will use "The Simpsons" as a window on the culture at large to deliver first-hand reportage of the Internet boom, the alternative-rock explosion, the triumph of irony, the cultural origins of anti-globalization, and other defining events and trends of our accelerated, confounding era. |
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Nancy Cartwright is the ultimate Simpsons insider. Her raspy, childlike voice is immediately recognizable as none other than Bart Simpson the most precocious, irreverent, and intriguing ten-year-old ever to enter the American consciousness. In this behind-the-scenes story Nancy Cartwright tells of the Simpsons early days, when the cast was given a closet-sized space to record commercial bumpers for The Tracey Ullman Show. She traces the Simpsons rapid rise to wild popularity, offers hilarious anecdotes about cast members and guest stars including Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, and Elizabeth Taylor and explains what goes into making the half-hour animated series. And she reveals what it's like to be at the center of an American institution, one that reinvented the sitcom, rocked the networks to the core, and changed forever the face of American television. Packed with more information than has ever been revealed about the longest-running animated show, here is the perfect book for the millions of Simpsons fans who can't get enough of Americas favorite dysfunctional family. |
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Since its first appearance as a series of cartoon vignettes in 1987 and its debut as a weekly program in 1990, "The Simpsons" has had multiple, even contradictory, media identities. Although the show has featured biting political and social satire, which often proves fatal to mass public acceptance, "The Simpsons" entered fully into the mainstream, consistently earning high ratings from audiences and critics alike. "Leaving Springfield" addresses the success of "The Simpsons" as a corporate-manufactured show that openly and self-reflexively parodies the very consumer capitalism it simultaneously promotes. By exploring such topics as the impact of the show's satire on its diverse viewing public and the position of "The Simpsons" in sitcom and television animation history, the commentators develop insights into the ways parody intermixes with mass media to critique post modern society. |
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Hailed as "...an intelligent (and entertaining) read for Simpsons fans of all ages" by Writing! Magazine, The Simpsons and Society explores the world of Springfield as it relates to contemporary American society. The book, which is required reading for classes at several universities, including Tufts University and Carnegie Mellon University, analyzes The Simpsons television series in ways never before addressed in other Simpsons books. The Simpsons and Society provides englightening and informative discussions of the central themes of the show, and explains why The Simpsons is of tremendous importance: Why was Homer Simpson recently ranked the "greatest American of all time" in a BBC poll? Is Bart Simpson truly America's "bad boy"? In what ways does Homer represent the industrialized employee? How does The Simpsons mock celebrity culture? What is the cultural significance of Marge Simpson's hair? What would Immanuel Kant say about Homer's approach to parenting? Why is The Simpsons more than "just a cartoon"? Also included are essays pertaining to medical malpractice (Dr. Nick), media culture, American Exceptionalism, how The Simpsons matches up against other TV sitcoms, Simpsonian politics, Descartes' Evil Genius argument, Simpsonian education, and more. Each essay relates some aspect of American culture to Simpsonian life. |
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The Simpsons is one of the longest running, funniest, most irreverent, and, according to some religious leaders, the most theologically relevant show on television today. Journalist Mark Pinsky explores the religious and spiritual aspects of Bart, Homer, and the rest of cartoon’s first family––a show strongly denounced by many conservative Christians back in 1989, but now viewed favorably by fans from all across the theological spectrum. Pinsky looks at the use of God, Jesus, heaven and hell, the Bible, prayer in the Simpson household, the evangelistic next-door neighbor Ned Flanders, and the town’s church and pastor, Rev. Lovejoy. He also discusses whether the character of Lisa is the voice of Jesus, and explores the many moral dilemmas that the characters, in particular Bart and Homer, face. Pinsky concludes with a discussion that suggests that, on the whole, The Simpsons is supportive and not subversive of faith. This is must reading for any Simpsons’ fan, and an insightful exploration of how religion and faith influences popular culture. Also available, the Leaders Guide for Group Study. |
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No doubt Aristotle just rolled over in his grave. An essay called "Homer and Aristotle" would appear to be a treatise on two ancient Greek thinkers; in this case, it's a depiction of Homer Simpson's Aristotelian virtues. Raja Halwani's "Homeric" essay is amusing, though, and moreover, it actually ends up being enlightening, especially for those just learning Aristotle's ethics. Bart may be a Nietzschean without knowing it; Mr. Burns is a cipher for unhappiness (except when he eats "so-called iced-cream"); and Ned Flanders raises questions about neighborly love. The Simpsons and Philosophy has a lot to say about The Simpsons, and even more to say about philosophy. The book collects 18 essays into an unpretentious, tongue-in-cheek, and surprisingly intelligent look at philosophy through the lens of Matt Groening's vaunted animated series. The editors are quick to point out that they don't think The Simpsons "is the equivalent of history's best works of literature ... but it nevertheless is just deep enough, and certainly funny enough, to warrant serious attention." The writers of the book are mostly professional philosophers, and they are appropriately erudite. But what is truly astonishing, even for a confessed Simpsons addict, is their breadth of Simpsons knowledge, spanning all 12 seasons of the show's history. The Simpsons and Philosophy is obviously not intended to be a turning point in modern thought, but it is an excellent introduction to some core elements of philosophy. |
