The Book Job

Episode aired Nov 20, 2011
TV-14TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Animation Comedy

Homer and Bart put together a team to author the next successful tween novel franchise and make a million dollars, but discover that they need Lisa's help to pull it off.Homer and Bart put together a team to author the next successful tween novel franchise and make a million dollars, but discover that they need Lisa's help to pull it off.Homer and Bart put together a team to author the next successful tween novel franchise and make a million dollars, but discover that they need Lisa's help to pull it off.

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.7K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Mike B. Anderson(supervising director)
- Bob Anderson
Writers
Stars
- Dan Castellaneta(voice)
- Julie Kavner(voice)
- Yeardley Smith(voice)

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Trivia
During the first scene in the coffee shop/bookstore, the camera zooms in on the book writing team past two sets of bookshelves, too quickly to read the titles on the books. If you pause the show to look at the books, you can see that one of the titles is "Death to Freezeframers".

Goofs
Lisa's laser printer is printing out Bart and Homer's manuscript yet the sound of a dot matrix printer is heard

Quotes
Neil Gaiman: I'm so proud of us.
Bart Simpson: You didn't write any of it.
Neil Gaiman: That tuna didn't salad itself.

Crazy credits
The credits are written in white instead of the usual yellow.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Funniest Ralph Wiggum Moments (2019)

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Review

Featured review

10/10

One of Season 23's best,

The Book Job is a brilliant Simpsons episode with at storyline thats funny and smart,with a great guest appearance from Neil Gaiman.I enjoyed the shows reference to books like Harry Potter and Twilight and the references to heist movies.

When Lisa discovers the truth about book publishing,she struggles to write her own book and prove the publishers wrong.Meanwhile,Homer and Bart are doing a much better job than Lisa ad decide to pull a heist on the publishers by making a very successful book,with the help of Principal Skinner,Patty,Professor Frink,Moe and guest star Neil Gaiman.

5/5 Stars

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