Book Burning Mobile Owner Maker Use First Appearance The Book Burning Mobile is a van owned by Reverend Lovejoy and it burns books. It is a playable car in The Simpsons Road Rage and The Simpsons: Hit and Run. Reverend Lovejoy can be seen driving it in the episode They Saved Lisa's Brain. In that episode, he had bought it as a direct result of Lisa's letter (although Lisa did not mean he should burn books).