The Simpsons Rainy Day Fun Book [Paperback]

Matt Groening (Author)

Book Description

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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About the Author

Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy^® Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated FOX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. In addition, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group in 1993 and currently serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics and more than 36 comic compilations, as well as many instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: It Books; 1 edition (April 12, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060968613
• ISBN-13: 978-0060968618
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,285,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of Fox's Emmy Award®-winning series The Simpsons, made television history by bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. The Simpsons is the longest running primetime animated series in television history and is currently the longest-running comedy on television, having aired more than 400 episodes. In July 2007, the highly anticipated feature film The Simpsons Movie opened in theaters with worldwide grosses of more than $525 million to date.

Originally brought to life in 1987 for The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons was Groening's amazing entry into the television animation world. Previously, he was best-known for his "Life in Hell" cartoon strip, an irreverent portrayal of love, work, school, life and relationships that currently appears in more than 250 newspapers worldwide and in a multitude of books.

Groening's other Emmy-Award®-winning creation, Futurama, launched on Fox in March 1999 and ran for five seasons. Last year Fox released the direct-to-DVD full-length original feature Futurama: Bender's Big Score. Three additional films will be released and the entire series with new episodes will air on Comedy Central this year.

In 1993, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group, where he serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics, more than 36 comic compilations, as well as instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook, and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album among others!

In addition to the many awards bestowed on his creations (including Emmys, Annies, and the prestigious Peabody Award), Groening was personally honored with the Rueben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, the highest honor presented by the National Cartoonist Society. To date there are more than 14 million copies of books from HarperCollins in print throughout North America, the UK, and Australia based on The Simpsons, Futurama, and Life in Hell.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love The Simpsons, you GOTTA love this book!, May 11, 1998

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This review is from: The Simpsons Rainy Day Fun Book (Paperback)

This is not one of my favourite Simpson books ( I have 7 of them) because it gives no in-site into the characters or the show. But because of the Simpsonesque humour, great pictures and its high fun factor this book is a winner with Simpson and Non Simpson fans alike.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, June 23, 1998

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This review is from: The Simpsons Rainy Day Fun Book (Paperback)

A great Simpson's book, which you cannot put down. It's full of excellent games and puzzles. One for all Simpson's fans.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simpson Related Things To Do, July 27, 2000

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This review is from: The Simpsons Rainy Day Fun Book (Paperback)

This book basically is for finding something for elementary aged children to do. The games are desribed in ways relating to the show, but many are just actually Simpson related twists of old games. This book faetures many card games, scientific tricks, optical illusions, and many other things that can be done inside the house. This book also features some great puzzles, and a area with children related recipes. Buy this book to keep your children entertained, I'm sure they'll find much of the book useful.