Category: The Simpsons

• Top 5 Boardgames

  Get your game on old-school style with my latest listicle!

  mperone

  December 11, 2025

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, boardgames, book signings, bookstores, nostalgia, The Simpsons, True Stories

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, board-games, boardgames, book signings, bookstores, games, gaming, nostalgia, review, The Simpsons, True Stories

• Why Is My Muppet Babies Blog the Most Popular Thing I’ve Ever Written?

  I try to figure out why everyone keeps reading my Muppet Babies blog. (Plus, my five most underrated blogs.)

  mperone

  January 23, 2025

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, Behind the Scenes, book signings, Charlie Brown, elementary school, Free Book, giveaways, Goodreads, humor, Indiana Jones, Instagram, Interviews, Muppet Babies, Muppets, musicals, Photo Essay, podcasts, Snoopy, The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, True Stories, Twilight Zone

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, Behind the Scenes, book signings, Charlie Brown, elementary school, Free Book, giveaways, Goodreads, humor, Indiana Jones, Instagram, Interviews, Movies, Muppet Babies, Muppets, musicals, Photo Essay, podcasts, Snoopy, The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, True Stories, Twilight Zone

• The Top 5 Episodes of The Wonder Years

  In this supersized blog, I count down my five favorite episodes of one of the best shows of all time.

  mperone

  June 20, 2024

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, coming of age, humor, nostalgia, teachers, The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, Writing

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, coming of age, humor, nostalgia, teachers, The Simpsons, The Wonder Years, Writing

• Fudge Today’s Music

  See me shake my old-man cane at today’s radio. It’s not a pretty sight! (or sound!)

  mperone

  April 17, 2024

  humor, music, nostalgia, The Simpsons, True Stories, Writing

  humor, music, nostalgia, The Simpsons, True Stories, Writing

• A Weekend in the 1980s vs. a Weekend in the 1990s

  In this supersized blog, travel back in time with me as I relive the differences between my ‘80s and ‘90s weekends.

  mperone

  April 4, 2024

  1980s nostalgia, coming of age, Discounted book, Free Book, humor, Instagram, Interviews, Muppet Babies, newspapers, nostalgia, podcasts, The Simpsons, True Stories

  1980s nostalgia, 80s nostalgia, coming of age, Free Book, humor, Instagram, Interviews, Muppet Babies, newspapers, nostalgia, podcasts, The Simpsons, True Stories

• Read a Deleted Chapter From Déjà View

  Read a chapter from the so-called “cutting room floor” of Déjà View.

  mperone

  December 7, 2023

  1980s nostalgia, Behind the Scenes, coming of age, deleted scenes, humor, nostalgia, Novels, Publishing, reviews, sci-fi, The Simpsons, Writing

  80s nostalgia, Behind the Scenes, book reviews, deleted scenes, nostalgia, Novels, Publishing, Writing

• How I Came to Appreciate Thanksgiving More Than Christmas

  Discover how Christmas and Thanksgiving switched places in my mind as the superior holiday.

  mperone

  November 22, 2023

  holidays, humor, nostalgia, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Thanksgiving, The Simpsons, True Stories

  holidays, humor, nostalgia, Thanksgiving, The Simpsons, True Stories

• Why I Hate February

  In this excerpt from Lists, Life, and Other Unimportant Details, discover why I hate the second month of the year.

  mperone

  January 27, 2023

  Free Book, humor, The Simpsons

  Free Book, humor, The Simpsons

• Lists, Life, and Other Unimportant Details Excerpt, Part 2: The Life Section

  In this second entry of my three-part series exploring my other book Lists, Life, and Other Unimportant Details, I cover the year 1989, the time Danger Peak is set.

  mperone

  July 14, 2022

  1980s nostalgia, Batman, Free Book, nostalgia, The Simpsons, Writing

  80s nostalgia, Batman, Free Book, nostalgia, The Simpsons, Writing

• A Writing Memory

  Find out what a classic “Itchy & Scratchy” cartoon has to do with a writing memory from Fifth Grade. Spoiler: It doesn’t end well for me!

  mperone

  June 9, 2022

  1980s nostalgia, Free Book, nostalgia, The Simpsons, Writing

  80s nostalgia, Free Book, Itchy & Scratchy, nostalgia, The Simpsons, Writing