My Life ss a Ten Year-Old Boy

by Cartwright, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780786886005
• ISBN10: 0786886005
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-26
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

Ever wonder what Bart does when he's off camera? Want to know the special diet that keeps him forever young, how he feels about his genius creators or if he's considering a spin-off series? Hey, wake up and eat his shorts! He's a cartoon character, man! He doesn't have an off-camera life. But the person who knows more about The Simpsons than anyone else is here to tell all about the show. Nancy Cartwright, the ultimate Simpsons insider, traces The Simpsons' rapid rise to wild popularity, offers hilarious anecdotes about cast members and guest stars -- including Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor and Phil Hartman -- and reveals what it's like to be at the center of an American institution, one that reinvented the sitcom and changed the face of American television. Nancy also takes you behind the scenes into the never-before-revealed world of Simpsons animation. You'll follow the process of creating an entire season, from pencil to screen, and see how these magicians defy the laws of physics and turn out twenty-two episodes a year that take ten months each. No way, man! Yes, way.

Author Biography

Nancy Cartwright is familiar to millions around the world as the voice of Bart Simpson, a role she has been performing since 1987. She lives in the Los Angeles area

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xiii
Dan Castellaneta
I'm Nancy Cartwright. Who the Hell Are You?!	1	(34)
Just Another Job...	35	(8)
``Hey, We're Recording Up Here!''	43	(12)
Good Grammer	55	(15)
T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Phil)	70	(5)
Some Enchanted Beginning	75	(15)
Oh. Danny Boy...	90	(4)
Lady. That Ain't No Gutterball!	94	(21)
Do the Bartman!	115	(3)
Remembering Elizabeth	118	(5)
``The Fury Before the Sound''	123	(21)
``It's Not Unusual...''	144	(8)
``The Sound After the Fury''	152	(9)
``And Bingo Was His Name-o''	161	(5)
My Mom Is Bart Simpson	166	(19)
Could I Have Your Autograph?	185	(10)
I'm Talkin' to You, Cowboy...Draw!	195	(22)
The ``Mickster''	217	(5)
Spartacus!	222	(7)
The Snap, Crackle and Pop	229	(8)
The Day the Music Died	237	(4)
``Be Still, My (Brave) Heart''	241	(7)
The Celebrity of Bart	248	(15)
Appendix	263	(6)
Epilogue	269