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8) Springfield confidential: jokes, secrets, and outright lies from a lifetime writing for The Simpsons
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The longest-serving writer and producer for "The Simpsons" offers a humorous look at the writing and making of the legendary Fox series that has become one of the most revered artistic achievements in television history.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
An account of the creation of the hit television series describes how comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld dreamed up the idea for an unconventional sitcom and how, despite network skepticism and minimal plotlines, it achieved mainstream success.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An Emmy Award-winning original Saturday Night Live writer draws on personal memories and interviews with such contemporaries as Eric Idle and Dave Barry in a cultural memoir that includes discussions of the creative process behind classic skits.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
On the dating front, Barney and Robin take their relationship to the next level, before calling it off, and Ted meets the roommate of his future wife in this uproarious, modern-day love story told in reverse.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The boys (two-and-a-half-men's worth) are back! A drop-dead gorgeous parade of Kandis, Sandys, Mandis and more marches in and out of the Harpers' Malibu beach house, but the warm heart of the series remains the makeshift family that calls the beach house home-- carefree bachelor Charlie, his fussy chiropractor brother Alan and Alan's precocious young son Jake. This season Charlie romances a beautiful ballet dancer, Alan dates a 22-year-old cutie and...
15) My favorite year
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Alan Swann is a legendary movie idol forced by the IRS to face the music--deportation or a TV appearance to pay up. Benjy is in charge of making sure Swann shows up sober. You are taken behind the scenes during the early days of live variety shows.
Publisher
[Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008]
Language
English
Description
The primetime Emmy-winning workplace comedy that exists behind-the-scenes of a live sketch comedy show has returned, with some of the original stars returning also. Catch up with all 15 Season 2 episodes, commentary with Tina Fey and more.
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Netflix's BoJack Horseman has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed animated comedy series in recent memory. Set in an off-kilter, cynically spun rendering of modern-day Hollywood, the show follows washed-up horse actor BoJack Horseman (voiced by Will Arnett) as he attempts to turn his life around. This is the official behind-the-scenes companion to this cult-hit series. Part oral history sourced from original interviews with the show's...
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