<p>The object of much debate, attention, and scholarship since it first aired more than 20 years ago, <em>The Simpsons</em> provides excellent, if unexpected, fodder for high school and college lesson plans. After all, laughing students are hardly sleeping students! But <em>The Simpsons</em> also provides a familiar student knowledge base which instructors can use as a jumping-off point to introduce concepts in literature, composition, linguistics, cultural studies, gender studies, and media appreciation. The authors, both of whom have been teaching <em>The Simpsons</em> for more than a decade, share exercises, prompts, and even syllabi that have proven successful in their own courses. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.</p>