The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History: Difference between revisions

Ortved interviewed a number of sources for the book, including main cast member [[Hank Azaria]],<ref name="Insider">{{cite web |title=An insider's look at The Simpsons |author=Deggens, Eric |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=2009-10-18 |access-date=2009-10-22 |url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/an-insiders-look-at-the-simpsons/1045010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022093501/http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/an-insiders-look-at-the-simpsons/1045010|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2009}}</ref> former director [[Brad Bird]],<ref name="Macleans">{{cite web |title=A dissident view of life on the show |url=http://www.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/a-dissident-view-of-life-on-the-show/ |work=[[Maclean's]] |author=Weinman, Jaime |date=2009-10-29 |access-date=2009-10-29}}</ref> former supervising director [[Gábor Csupó]]<ref name="Newsarama"/> and former writer O'Brien.<ref name="YJourn">{{cite web |title=Yellow Journalism: Q. and A. With the Unauthorized Historian of 'The Simpsons' |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/yellow-journalism-q-and-a-with-the-unauthorized-historian-of-the-simpsons/?hp |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2009-10-20 |access-date=2009-10-22 |author=Tozzi, Liza}}</ref> Groening, Brooks and Simon refused to participate in the book, or be interviewed by Ortved.<ref name="YJourn"/> However, the book does include portions of interviews that they did with other sources.<ref name="Newsarama"/> According to Ortved, most of the participants "had stories to tell, or axes to grind," or are "too successful to care."<ref name="Macleans"/> Research and interviews for both the book and ''Vanity Fair'' article were conducted between January 2007 and May 2008.<ref name="Newsarama">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/tv/091027-Simpsons-Book.html |title=The Uncensored History of The Simpsons |author=Lorah, Michael |date=2009-10-27 |access-date=2009-10-28 |publisher=Newsarama}}</ref> Ortved commented that the person he most would have liked to interview was [[Dan Castellaneta]], the voice of [[Homer Simpson]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Measuring the impact of The Simpsons |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/722409--measuring-the-impact-of-the-simpsons |date=2009-11-08 |access-date=2009-11-12 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |author=Mudhar, Raju}}</ref> [[Rupert Murdoch]], the owner of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], agreed to be interviewed, and reportedly told Ortved "Those creative types, they're always looking to pick a fight."<ref name="CP"/> He also interviewed figures such as Fox CEO [[Barry Diller]]<ref name="Insider"/> and guest stars [[Ricky Gervais]],<ref name="CP">{{cite web |url=http://news.therecord.com/Article/627888 |title=D'Oh! Toronto author runs afoul of "The Simpsons" creators Groening, Brooks |date=2009-11-11 |publisher=The Canadian Press |work=[[Waterloo Region Record]] |access-date=2009-11-13 |author=Patch, Nick}}</ref> [[Art Spiegelman]]<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20311911,00.html |title=The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History (2009) |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |author=Tucker, Ken |date=2009-10-13 |access-date=2009-10-22}}</ref> and [[Tom Wolfe]].<ref name="Macleans"/>