Симпсоны The Book Job (1989– ) Online
- Original Title :
- The Book Job
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Animation / Comedy
- Year :
- 1989–
- Directror :
- Bob Anderson,Mike B. Anderson
- Cast :
- Dan Castellaneta,Julie Kavner,Yeardley Smith
- Writer :
- Matt Groening,James L. Brooks
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 7.8/10
Lisa becomes disheartened when she learns the shocking truth behind the "tween lit" industry and her beloved fantasy novel characters. But Homer decides to cash in on the craze and forms a team to group-write the next "tween lit" hit, with the king of fantasy, Neil Gaiman, lending his expertise to the effort. After catching the eye of a slick industry publisher at the Springfield Book Fair, the team gets an advanced copy of their work and discovers that the corporate lit business is a bigger operation than they imagined.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Dan Castellaneta | - | Homer Simpson (voice) |
 | Julie Kavner | - | Marge Simpson (voice) |
 | Yeardley Smith | - | Lisa Simpson (voice) |
 | Nancy Cartwright | - | Bart Simpson / Additional Voices (voice) |
 | Hank Azaria | - | Nobel Prize Announcer / Wiseguy / Van Krusten / European Judge #1 / Roofi / Easy Reader / Sprooklyn Bum / Guy Talking To Krusty / Moe Szyslak (voice) |
 | Harry Shearer | - | Kent Brockman / Ned Flanders (voice) |
 | Neil Gaiman | - | Neil Gaiman (voice) |
 | Andy Garcia | - | Slick Publisher (voice) |
 | Chris Edgerly | - | (voice) |
 | Pamela Hayden | - | Milhouse Van Houten (voice) |
 | Tress MacNeille | - | T.R. Francis / Agnes Skinner / Various (voice) |
During the first scene in the coffee shop/bookstore, the camera zooms in on the book writing team past two sets of bookshelves, too quickly to read the titles on the books. If you pause the show to look at the books, you can see that one of the titles is "Death to Freezeframers".
In the scene where Lisa is chasing the dinosaur, she runs past a room with three dinosaurs lighting up cigarettes and smoking. This is a direct tribute to Gary Larson's comic where he suggests the "real" demise of the dinosaurs.
Only the fourth canon episode of the series with its title shown onscreen, after Simpsonid: The Telltale Head (1990), Simpsonid: Bart Gets Hit by a Car (1991), and Simpsonid: 22 Short Films About Springfield (1996)
One of the books featured at the Springfield Book Fair is Steve Hely's "How I Became A Famous Novelist," which also revolves around the deliberate creation of a bestselling novel solely for personal gain via going to the bookstore, determining what's already selling well, and slapping together a pastiche of it.
At the Springfield Book Show, Homer and his crew pass a poster for The Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band led by Stephen King, Dave Barry and other writers moonlighting as musicians.
Parodies/or is an homage to then-filmed-in Portland, Oregon (now cancelled)TNT series "Leverage". The episode brings characters together in a Leverage Crew-type scheme, and has several elements taken from Leverage's concept. Simpsons' creator, Matt Groening, is a Portland native.
When a shelf full of Neil Gaiman books is shown, the following books are seen: Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, The Sandman, and a Death collection.
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