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The Simpsons Season 23 Episode 6

The Book Job

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AIRED: 11/20/11

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.

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Homer forms a team to write a tween lit hit

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By fsaenz0125, Sep 15, 2012

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. This was one of the best episode for this season. I thought the storyline was really great somewhat better than the Food Wife. It may not the funniest since at some point there's lack of humor, but the episode was good enough to give it a 10. I'll say that it in mym top 5 episodes for this season. I just kind of enjoyed the storyline to it. So there's pretty much nothing else to say about this episode. In conclusion, The Book Job had an excellent storyline with some humor in it. 10/10moreless
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the simpsons the book job

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By joekabyemela, Jul 14, 2012

another good episode here the whole lisa trying to write her own story was funny because she kept getting distracted such as going on the internet or going to get coffee and ralph saying i wanna go back in mommy and trys to go up her dress that was so silly but funny as well this was just as funny as the last one.
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Simpsons Still Fresh!

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By ClaytonLohr, Jan 22, 2012

The Simpsons did it again with a funny way of looking at todays popular books and authors!
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very good

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By Thenickandnoah, Nov 28, 2011

gave me many laughs! had great beginning it sorta lagged in the middle of the episode but the ending made up for that. very funny!!! so far i really like season 23!!! long live live the simpsons. "these aren't real dinosaurs!!! real dinosaurs sing!!!" best milhouse quote ever.
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Oh my god this was such an outstanding episode I can't believe it.

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By yoni1994, Nov 27, 2011

This episode reminded me of the Family Guy episode "Brian Writes a Bestseller" but this one was 10 times better! I'm surprised, I am honestly really surprised that it was that good and I have been a Simpson fan ever since I can remember! I know all of them in this season were great but this episode by far takes the cake!! I can't believe how genius this plot was about. See, "They'll never stop The Simpsons! Have no fear we got stories for years!"moreless
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Dan Castellaneta	Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others
Julie Kavner	Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier
Nancy Cartwright	Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others
Yeardley Smith	Lisa Simpson
Hank Azaria	Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others
Harry Shearer	Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others

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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

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Neil Gaiman	Himself	Guest Star
Andy Garcia	Slick Publisher	Guest Star
Chris Edgerly	Voice of Unknown	Recurring Role
Pamela Hayden	Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others	Recurring Role
Tress MacNeille	Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others	Recurring Role

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- The three smoking dinosaurs in a room (a purple, a green and an yellow one), which can be seen backstage when Lisa and Homer are chasing the "author" actress, is a replica of Gary Larson's comic: Why dinosaurs became extinct.
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- This episode has no opening title sequence.
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- When the literary agent is listing the names of fake authors, he mentions the name Frankiln W. Dixon, which is the name used for the Hardy Boys' series.
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- The plot of this episode is loosely based off of the film Ocean's Eleven.
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- This episodes' title closely resembles the title of the 2008 heist film "The Bank Job."
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- Lisa is using MyTube. This is an allusion to the popular website known as youtube.
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