Citations:Bart Simpson

English citations of Bart Simpson

See also Citations:Bart Simpsonization
  • 2001 August 20, Mark I. Pinsky, “Introduction: Epiphany on the Sofa”, in The Gospel According to The Simpsons, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 5:
    A Baptist pastor, Dan Burrell, recorded an educational audiotape entitled “Raising Beaver Cleaver Kids in a Bart Simpson World,” instructing parents how to rear their children with “value and character.”

Proper noun: the character of The Simpsons edit

  • 1994 September 20, Douglas Rushkoff, Media Virus!: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 146:
    She also helped to define a new sort of multimedia human presence, like a Bart Simpson or Max Headroom, who is capable of penetrating the social conscience from many avenues at once.
  • 1998 May 31, Heather-Jane Robertson, “Public Education in a Corporate-Dominated Culture”, in Andy Hargreaves, A. Lieberman, M. Fullan, D.W. Hopkins, editors, International Handbook of Educational Change, volume 1, Springer, page 400:
    At this meeting, criticism of American schools allegedly reached new allegorical heights: Nevada Governor Bob Miller complained: "Too often we seem too willing to accept underachieving standards for a Beavis, a Butthead, or a Bart Simpson . . . The nation's CEOs are fed up with a passive acceptance of mediocrity." ("You can forget Goals 2000"," 1996, p. 6)
  • 1998 June 3, Green Eggs and Ham <svenn@nortel.com>, “Frankie is like the Bart Simpson of pro cycling”, in rec.bicycles.racing[1] (Usenet), message-ID <3575A6F9.28123960@nortel.com>:
    "Frankie is like the Bart Simpson of pro cycling," Armstrong said. "A strong engine, but you don’t see him win very much. It was gratifying for me."
  • 2003 February 22, Mike Ward <mward@iname.remove-this-part.com>, “Re: Johnny Rockets”, in sac.general[2] (Usenet), message-ID <u8jf5vcqf5e6bka3gbd8unop26dnn894af@4ax.com>:
    He's kinda like the Bart Simpson of Usenet... Bart, of course, has not aged beyond his grade school years, despite the fact that the animated TV program "The Simpsons" has been on the air for over 15 years now.
  • 2003 April 1, Benjamin Robinson <bjr7@freenet.tlh.fl.us>, “[news] Man sues "The Simpsons"; claims Bart hijacked his life”, in alt.tv.simpsons[3] (Usenet), message-ID <3e891f61.81419111@news.digital.net>:
    Daniel Birch, a 25-year-old resident of Rome, New York, may not look much like Bart Simpson, the trouble-making son on "The Simpsons," but he says he is the inspiration for the character.
  • 2004 May 5, Michael Bryant <mwbryant@aol.comnocom>, “Re: don't feed the trolls”, in rec.radio.shortwave[4] (Usenet), message-ID <20040506043018.23696.00000560@mb-m20.aol.com>:
    So, let me guess. does[sic] that make you the Bart Simpson of debate?
    Your arguments don't even make it up to the level of "eat my shorts"!
  • 2012 October 15, Dennis A. Hooker, Steadfast Teacher Attitude: An Attitude for Effective Classroom Management, →ISBN, →OL, page 3:
    Many children are more a Bart Simpson Brat than a Brady Bunch Angel.