The Simpsons Secret: A Cromulent Guide To How The Simpsons Predicted Everything!

by Lydia Poulteney, James Hicks

Overview

Have You Ever Wondered How “The Simpsons” Predict the Future?

“Did The Simpsons really, truly predict anything? I predict you’ll have to purchase this book to get the true story.” ―Bill Oakley, Simpsons writer and producer

#1 New Release in Animated Movies, Comedy Movies, and Comedy Television

Then, The Simpsons Secret is the book for you. Delve into some of the biggest predictions that came true on the show, and just how the Simpsons predict the future.

Simpson predictions from three-eyed fish to presidential elections. "The Simpsons" has been predicting major events with scary accuracy for over three decades. From Donald Trump's presidency to Disney buying 20th Century Fox (...years before it happened!). People just can't seem to get enough and are eager to know what they are going to predict next. This book goes behind the scenes of this adored cartoon series, and the family we’ve grown to love. Between Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and the rest of the Simpsons family, the show has stolen our hearts, and also left us amazed at how often the Simpsons predict the future!

So how do they do it? Is it a crystal ball? A fountain of knowledge? Have the writers gained the ability to travel through time? As shocking as it may seem, the answer is actually a little simpler than that. The cartoon crew is not in a secret society that can see the future, nor have they mastered the art of time travel.

In The Simpsons Secret, learn more about:

• How The Simpsons are able to predict so many major events
• How the show writers and producers come up with these ideas
• And so much more about your favorite old-school cartoon family

If you enjoyed books like Springfield Confidential, The Simpsons Family History, Friends Forever, or The Office, you’ll love The Simpsons Secret.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642506877
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	09/28/2021
Pages:	205
Sales rank:	491,871
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Together, Lydia Hicks and James Hicks created “The Simpsons Theory”, the largest YouTube channel dedicated to The Simpsons. Over their careers, they have interviewed writers, showrunners, animators and artists of the show to produce videos to educate and entertain Simpsons fans around the world. 

 

The duo discuss the most poignant moments in the show’s history, piece together in-depth character timelines and are well known for their series: The Treehouse of Horror Kill Count. They also wrote the book The Simpsons Secret: A Cromulent Guide to How The Simpsons Predicted Everything and have even been rumoured to appear in an episode of The Simpsons! 

 

Lydia Hicks holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Theory and Practice from The University of Kent.

 

Together, Lydia Hicks and James Hicks created “The Simpsons Theory”, the largest YouTube channel dedicated to The Simpsons. Over their careers, they have interviewed writers, showrunners, animators and artists of the show to produce videos to educate and entertain Simpsons fans around the world. 

 

The duo discuss the most poignant moments in the show’s history, piece together in-depth character timelines and are well known for their series: The Treehouse of Horror Kill Count. They also wrote the book The Simpsons Secret: A Cromulent Guide to How The Simpsons Predicted Everything and have even been rumoured to appear in an episode of The Simpsons! 

 

James Hicks holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Production from the University of Lincoln.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction: Who Is The Simpsons Theory
Chapter 1: Why I love The Simpsons
Chapter 2: The Worlds Fascination With Simpsons Predictions
Chapter 3: Predictions
Chapter 4: Debunking Predictions
Chapter 5: How The Creators React to Simpsons Predictions
Chapter 6: How The Simpsons Creators Can See Into The Future
Chapter 7: Simpsons Theories
Chapter 8: The Simpsons and Beyond
Appendix
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A lighthearted yet often insightful romp into The Simpsons universe and its cultural impact. Lydia and James’s writing elegantly paints a picture of Springfield in my head, as though I were right there at 742 Evergreen Terrace.” —Josh Strider, YouTuber at PhantomStrider

“Did "The Simpsons" really, truly predict anything? I predict you’ll have to purchase this book to get the true story.” —Bill Oakley, Simpsons writer and producer

“A perfect book for any fan of animation!” —Stephen Carver, YouTuber at Saberspark

“As a member of the Stonecutters, I can assure you that if anything in this book were true, we wouldn't have let it be printed… A must read for anyone who wants to know how we do it.” —Jefferson Weekly, Simpsons prop designer

"The Simpsons accurately predicted that I would love this book! A must read for Simpsons die-hards.” —Johnny Cellos, cohost of the Cartoons that Curse podcast

“Full of analysis and callbacks from all eras of the show, this book is sure to embiggen the knowledge of even the biggest Simpsons fan and help them recontextualize how the show is put together." —Al-Tariq, YouTuber at ToonrificTariq

“Just when you thought you knew it all, Lydia and James manage to open up a whole new can of Simpsons theories that’ll blow every fan’s mind!”

—Brendan Dando, cohost of the Four Finger Discount podcast

Editorial Reviews

A lighthearted yet often insightful romp into the Simpsons universe and its cultural impact. Lydia and James’s writing elegantly paints a picture of Springfield in my head, as though I were right there at 742 Evergreen Terrace.”
—Josh Strider, YouTuber at PhantomStrider

“Did The Simpsons really, truly predict anything? I predict you’ll have to purchase this book to get the true story.”
—Bill Oakley, Simpsons writer and producer

“A perfect book for any fan of animation!”
—Stephen Carver, YouTuber at Saberspark

“As a member of the Stonecutters, I can assure you that if anything in this book were true, we wouldn't have let it be printed… A must read for anyone who wants to know how we do it.”
—Jefferson Weekly, Simpsons prop designer

“The Simpsons accurately predicted that I would love this book! A must read for Simpsons die-hards.”
—Johnny2Cellos, cohost of the Cartoons that Curse podcast

“Full of analysis and callbacks from all eras of the show, this book is sure to embiggen the knowledge of even the biggest Simpsons fan and help them recontextualize how the show is put together.”
—Al-Tariq, YouTuber at ToonrificTariq

“Just when you thought you knew it all, Lydia and James manage to open up a whole new can of Simpsons theories that’ll blow every fan’s mind!”
—Brendan Dando, cohost of the Four Finger Discount podcast

From the Publisher

09/01/2021

The Simpsons, the longest running scripted series in history, has seemingly predicted the future on numerous occasions. Poulteney and Hicks, creators of the YouTube channel The Simpsons Theory, examine the most famous examples (Donald Trump's presidency, murder hornets) and lesser-known ones (robot librarians, mutant tomatoes, London's Shard skyscraper). The authors also disprove faked examples (no, The Simpsons didn't predict Donald Trump's death, the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, or the Capitol riots) and offer a lesson on detecting doctored screenshots. The book is full of fun tidbits, like the Simpsons writers' passion for math—in one scene from the episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace," Homer scrawls a complex mathematical formula on a blackboard, which predicts the mass of the Higgs boson particle 14 years before it was discovered. Poulteney and Hicks also discuss theories as to how the series has made so many predictions, including creator Matt Groening's supposed involvement in the Freemasons, and consider the possible locations of the Simpsons' hometown of Springfield. VERDICT Simpsons fans will enjoy this overview of three decades' worth of animated dysfunctional family life and its analysis of the show's ability to foreshadow future events.—Lisa Henry, Kirkwood P.L., MO

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