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The Simpsons Forever! A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued

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If The Simpsons Forever! isn't crammed as full of information as its predecessor, A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, it remains a must-have book for any fan of The Simpsons. The Simpsons Forever! picks up where that book left off, covering the ninth and tenth seasons of the show, as well as filling in a few holes that surprisingly did exist in the first book. It really is helpful only if you own the first book as well--though the style is essentially identical, and the book is of incredibly high quality, this book isn't the exhaustive compilation of Simpsons information that the first one was. If you already own the first book, you need to own this one as well. If you don't, you should still buy this one, but buy the other first.

The Simpsons is an incredible merchandise machine. Though some people say the animated sitcom hit it's peak popularity in the early 1990's I still find the show to be utterly hilarious. It is almost surprising not to see a Simpsons "spin-off" like you do with so many other popular sitcoms. Although it is a given that those aren't animated but on the other hand those aren't usually as popular as long as The Simpsons have been.

This book, is a small but excellent continuation of the previous book, "The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family." The original book contained an amazing amount of details, facts, and humorous quips that define The Simpsons. The quotes and lines they select are classic. This sequel to that book delivers the same kind of material with more characters, couch gags, and guest stars. There is even a wonderful tribute to Troy McClure, voiced by the late great Phil Hartman.

If you or anyone you know enjoys The Simpsons then this book and it's predecessor are "MUST-HAVES." You learn many hilarious things that you may have missed while watching the episodes on TV. This is money well-spent!

This book is an excellent continuation of The Simpsons: A Complete Guide To Our Favorite Family. The Simpsons Forever! begins exactly where its predecessor left off by covering the ninth and tenth seasons of this famous show. Each episode has a synopsis, a list of things you might have missed, and a list of some of the highlights from the episode. Included in this book is a list of the different beginning sequences of the show, a list of the times Homer says D'oh, and of course there are bios on many of the side characters that pop up on the show. There are many other things included that are too numerous to mention. Any Simpsons fanatic needs to buy this book and its predecessor for their unlimited wealth of information about the show.

Well, we can give the creators of the Simpsons credit in two BIG places. One, they have constructed a continuation of their SIMPSONS A COMPLETE GUIDE TO OUR FAVORITE FAMILY in almost perfect form. It's an exact copy of the way the original book was presented. Episodes are summerized with popular sayings and sights recorded, we are treated to clear pictures of the episodes, more bios on characters in the show, bright colors, episode numbers, in other words, the works is presented in Simpsorific form. FOREVER even adds on a few additions such as a list of songs sung in the show, a very acurate discription of Barts music videos from the early 90's and a list of the works of the character Troy McClure, a list which sadly will not need to be updated. We fans miss you Phil.

Secondly and MOST importantly, the writers (as stated by Groening in the forward) they made it a seperate book. NO ONE who bought the first book (like me) will end up getting scrooged into buying something they already own just to get the extra stuff. It's happened to many of us too many times, and lets hope this trend of good faith in marketing continues on. I compliment the writers in this area. If there is ANY problem with this book, it's that it is no where near the meatiness of the first book. COMPLETE gave us 8 seasons of the show, FOREVER is a minor 2. Regardless, if you loved the first book, the second one continues where the first one left off, just smaller. I would have given it 5 stars if they put off printing for at least another season. Oh well, good book anyway or as Mr. Burns would say "Excellent."

Just as nicely laid out and detailed as The Complete guide. This continues from season's 9-10. The only draw back is the price. Compared to the first books value for money - this is slightly less as it is about 2/5 the length. It is still a great read.

If you like the Simpsons (at all) you will love this book, it's just as good as watching the shows and it provides a ton of extra tidbits about the show and keeps you entertained for hours.

The first book covers seasons 1-8. This book only covers two seasons: 9 and 10. Each episode gets a two page spread, while many of the episodes in the first book only had one page. This allows far greater detail to be covered.

I keep all (currently) three books near the TV, and I'll review the pages for each episode before I watch the rerun. In doing so, it opens my eyes to a lot of the little details that I missed the first fifty times I saw the episode.

Essentially, this is the owners manual for seasons 9 and 10.

Although the content is very good, I don't understand why they had to put out a second edition that contains only two seasons. If they had just waited a little longer and included at least 4 or 5 seasons, I might have been happy with it. We're hungry but we get hungrier when forced to wait. We're not rich, you know!!

THE SIMPSONS FOREVER! A COMPLETE GUIDE TO OUR FAVORITE FAMILY...CONTINUED is probably the best book on the Simpsons that I've read, along with THE SIMPSONS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO OUR FAVORITE FAMILY. It includes, and I am taking this right from the cover, more characters, episodes, and secret jokes you might have missed from seasons 9 and 10...and then some! The book was created by Matt Groening and edited by Scott M. Gimple. It details each episode and even has extras: Do The Bartman; Deep, Deep Trouble; A Tribute to Troy McClure; Homer Says; Couch Gags; Who Does What Voice; and Songs Sung Simpson.

The book's dedication even reads:
TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF
SNOWBALL I:
YOU MAY BE GONE, BUT WE
ARE STILL FINDING YOUR HAIRBALLS
IN THE CLOSET.

My favorite sayings in the book are both on p. 33, "This Little Wiggy":

MARGE: Bart, it's too nice a day to leave Ralph in a closet. You boys should go play outside.
BART: But people will see me paired up with a doofus. You have no idea what that's like.
(Just then, a saw pops up out of the floor between Marge and Bart. It saws a circle, and Homer's head pops out of the floor.)
HOMER: Uh-oh.
(He pops back down.)

(Bart and Ralph open a door marked, "Danger--No Entry." They gasp, discovering an electric chair.)
BART: Whoa, mama! The electric chair! Smell that, Ralph? That's the smell of justice.
RALPH: Smells like hot dogs.

I definetly reccomend purchasing this book.

Like its predecessor, "The Simpsons Forever!" is a must have for any fan of the show. For those of you who don't own that first book, you'll want to pick it up as it is loaded with information on the first eight seasons. For those of you who do own the first book rest assured that you aren't paying for duplicate information, this book only covers seasons nine and ten.

"The Simpsons Forever" uses the same grid format as the first book, which makes it very easy to find that favorite quote or missed moment. Likewise, it is an equally high quality item, featuring the same beautiful color and heavy-duty paper. Finally, it has some nice extras at the end, including a tribute to Troy McClure (the late Phil Hartman) and a listing of who does what voice (which has provided some closure to the endless guessing my wife and I subject each other too!).

If you are a fan of The Simpsons, you definitely want to pick this up. Whether you read it cover to cover, or just keep it handy when watching the show, it is great fun. Also, as the seasons are released on DVD, it will make for an excellent companion volume to the discs.

Enjoy!