The Simpsons and American Society

Presentations:

• The Simpsons and American Society: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut
  (Donau Gymnasium Kelheim, 25.10.2011)
• The Simpsons and American Society: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut
  (Albert Einstein Gymnasium München, 20.10.2011)
• The Simpsons and American Society: Teacher Training Seminar - presentation as pdf
• The Simpsons and Politics - presentation as pdf

For further reading:
Most of these books should be available via Amazon or similar sites, several are available at Amerika Haus Library.

• Alberti, John. Leaving Springfield. Wayne State University Press, 2003.
• Brown, Alan S., Chris Logan. The Psychology of the Simpsons: D'oh! Smart Pop, 2006.
• Dale, Timothy M. Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
• Foy, Joseph F. Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture. University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
• Gruteser, Michael. Subversion zur Prime-Time : die Simpsons und die Mythen der Gesellschaft. Schüren, 2002
  
• Irwin, William, Mark T. Conrad, and Aeon J. Skobles, eds. The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh of Homer. Open Court, 2001.
• Keslowitz, Steven. The World According to the Simpsons: What Out Favorite TV Family Say About Life, Love and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut. Sourcebooks, 2006.
• Ortved, John. The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History. Faber & Faber, 2010.
• Pinsky, Mark I. The Gospel according to The Simpsons, Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition: With a New Afterword Exploring South Park, Family Guy, & Other Animated TV Shows. Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.
• Turner, Chris. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation. Da Capo Press, 2005.
• Waltonen, Karma, Denise Du Vernay. The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield. MacFarland, 2010.

Videos:
Seasons 1-13 and 20 are avaible on DVD; with luck, they sell for less than €20 a season (watch for special offers on amazon). Googling "watch the Simpsons online" will find several youtube-style websites that have complete Simpsons collections. Be on your guard: these sites are of dubious legality and may even include malware, so update your antivirus software and tighten the security settings on your web browser.

Online Guides:

• The Simpsons Wiki. http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Wikisimpsons. An online encyclodepia about the Simpsons, following the Wiki model.
• "The Simpsons" on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons. Wikipedia has detailed information on almost all aspects of the show - popular culture is one of the areas where Wikipedia is actually superior to traditional encyclopedias.

Printed Episode Guides:
These are pretty nice reference books, but most of the time, the online guides above will serve just fine.

• Ray Richmond, ed. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family. Characters, Episodes, and Secret Jokes you Might Have Missed from Seasons 1 thru 8. New York: HarperPerennial, 1997.
• Scott M. Gimple, ed. The Simpsons Forever. More Characters, Episodes, and Secret Jokes you Might Have Missed from Seasons 9 and 10. New York: HarperPerennial, 1999.
• Jesse L. McCann, ed. The Simpsons Beyond Forever. All New Characters, Episodes, and Secret Jokes you Might Have Missed from Seasons 11 and 12. New York: HarperPerennial, 2002.
• Jesse L. McCann, ed. The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever. All New Seasons 13 and 14. New York: HarperPerennial, 2005.