Springfield Confidential
Ratings17
Average rating3.6
It started off fairly strong, but definitely was just more of the same as it progressed.
He was really defensive over any critiques, particularly when it comes to people saying that the jokes were mean/stereotypical (like Apu). That definitely didn't endear him to me.
A fun little memoir filled with lots of great little behind-the-scenes anecdotes and also inside opinions on stories I had already heard. It was well placed and never dwelled on any one subject for too long, so I found it really easy to read through quickly.
Reiss packs a bunch of little joke asides in constantly and for the most part they are pretty funny, but one problem I had (which I'm sure Reiss would find hilarious) is that sometimes I couldn't tell if something actually happened or was just a joke. There are so many strange things that have happened on The Simpsons (such as Michael Jackson appearing as a guest star, yet bringing a voice impersonator to do his singing parts) and Reiss also throws in statements that are clearly not true for laughs (stating that a Feng Shui expert ensures the animation is in harmony before the show is aired), that when he makes an aside about something strange that I hadn't heard of before I have no idea if its true.
Anyways, I'm going to go watch some classic Simpsons episodes now.