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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. Written by
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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.
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Goofs
Lisa's laser printer is printing out Bart and Homer's manuscript yet the sound of a dot matrix printer is heard
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Quotes
Neil Gaiman:
You've heisted yourself up the best seller charts yet again. And the most brilliant part is, I don't even know how to read!
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Crazy Credits
The credits are written in white instead of the usual yellow.
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References
Barney & Friends (1992)
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Couch gag: N/A There isn't one to speak of.
The episode: Lisa discovers one of her favorite authors is just a face for the back cover. Her books turn out to be written by scores of recently graduated lit majors who will do anything for money. Lisa vents to Homer about it, planting the idea in Homer's brain. He assembles a crack team, starting with Bart, to write the book with him.
Any time The Simpsons put together a group of Homer, Bart, Moe, Professor Frink, Selma, and Principal Skinner, you know you're in for a treat. That's precisely what this episode was. Neil Gaiman guest stars in this episode and does a very good job.
Favorite moment(s): Principal Skinner's original recruitment and then his pizza delivery decoy. Kansas City.
Sit down and watch this episode if you get a chance. It's cute but not too cute. The Italian Job/Ocean's Eleven spoof is a real charmer. This is an episode that ends really well, combining the comedy and sentimentality we've come to expect from The Simpsons.
Overall rating: 9/10 I highly recommend this episode. It's a fun one.