Nancy Cartwright, the ultimate Simpsons insider, gives voice to that rascally boy Bart Simpson -- the most precocious, irreverent & intriguing 10-year-old ever to enter the Amer. consciousness. Here Nancy traces The Simpsons' rapid rise to popularity, offers hilarious anecdotes about cast members & guest stars -- incl. Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor & Phil Hartman -- & reveals what it's like to be at the center of an Amer. institution, one that forever changed the face of American TV. Nancy also takes you behind the scenes into the never-before-revealed world of Simpsons animation. You'll follow the process of creating an entire season, from pencil to screen, & see how these magicians turn out 22 episodes a year that take 10 months each.