The Simpsons favourite bits thread

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Teppic

7,315 posts

256 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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hornetrider said:
Harry Shearer is threatening to leave over a contract dispute apparently!! yikes
Some reports are saying that he is threatening to leave, some say that he has, and some say that his contract has not been renewed.

This would mean that we lose:

Mr Burns, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, Ned Flanders, Dr Julius Hibbert, Scratchy, Lenny, Reverend Lovejoy, Otto, Kang the Extraterrestrial, Dr Marvin Monroe, Dewey Largo (Lisa's Music teacher), Police officer Eddie, Radioactive Man, Principal Skinner, Judge Roy Snyder, Maggie Simpson (shared role), Jebediah Springfield, Rainier Wolfcastle, Lion tamer Ernst, Birchibald "Birch" T. Barlow, Jasper Beardly, State Comptroller Atkins (shared role), Springfield University student Benjamin, KBBL Radio host Marty
(One of) The Happy Little Elves, Herman Hermann, Sanjay Nahasapeemepetilon, Springfield's Old Barber (shared role), Dr. J. Loren Pryor, Reporter Dave Shutton, amongst others.

(List nabbed from Gizmodo)

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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hornetrider said:
Harry Shearer is threatening to leave over a contract dispute apparently!! yikes
Even worse news.

HE HAS QUIT!!! frown

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/14/8604495/harry-sh...
https://twitter.com/theharryshearer/status/5987077...

Oh well, thats it then. Goodbye Simpsons (1989-2015) R.I.P.

moanthebairns

17,917 posts

197 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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wouldn't mind if they killed the simpsons to be honest, they are shocking now.

I watched monorail the other night, my God it was brilliant, since Hartman died its not been the same.

P-Jay

10,550 posts

190 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Yep, he's tweeted to say he's been sacked - it seems the Simpsons owners don't want him working elsewhere (although Hank Azaria seems to manage it) they couldn't come to an agreement so he's gone.

I think it's either a bargaining move, or it will finally be the end for the Simpsons - Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Otto Mann all him. They can't recast all those voices, it would be terrible, and they can't write them out, it's half the non-simpsons cast.

mrtwisty

3,057 posts

164 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Bloody hell. A sad day if true. It had to happen at some point though...

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Maybe they could be wiped out in a monorail crash/power station accident.

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Whilst I don't really watch the new episodes, I am still very sad about this frown

DeuxCentCinq

14,180 posts

181 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Some of the last season's ones were genuinely funny. A return to form.

Teppic

7,315 posts

256 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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P-Jay said:
They can't recast all those voices, it would be terrible
Unfortunately, that's exactly what they intend to do.

BBC Article said:
...Al Jean wrote: "Harry Shearer was offered the same deal the rest of the cast accepted, and passed.

"The show will go on and we wish him well. Maggie took it hard.

"We do not plan to kill off characters like Burns and Flanders but will recast with the finest voiceover talent available."

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Teppic said:
P-Jay said:
They can't recast all those voices, it would be terrible
Unfortunately, that's exactly what they intend to do.

BBC Article said:
...Al Jean wrote: "Harry Shearer was offered the same deal the rest of the cast accepted, and passed.

"The show will go on and we wish him well. Maggie took it hard.

"We do not plan to kill off characters like Burns and Flanders but will recast with the finest voiceover talent available."
If that's the case then they should bring back Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure - probably my two favourite characters after Hank Scorpio.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Newsflash: He is BACK!! bounce
http://news.sky.com/story/1515013/voice-actor-harr...

Great news as I honestly think it would have been a painful death for it.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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300k an episode, not too shabby given a season is 22 episodes.

EarlOfHazard

3,600 posts

157 months

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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Bart: "I wash myself with a rag on a stick" [applause]


Dr. Nick: "Flammable? Inflammable?" - in fact the whole of 'Trilogy of Errors'!

One bit where the Simpsons return home - Homer looks quizzically at the answering machine: "Oh, a message - that wasn't there before we left".

Tallow

1,624 posts

160 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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EarlOfHazard said:
"Homey, you know it's funny - your father and my mother both seem pretty lonely"

"Hehehe, you're right, that is funny!"

Teppic

7,315 posts

256 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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Homer Simpson: "Well, it was a good ride while it lasted. Come on kids, let's go home".

Bart Simpson: "We ARE home".

Homer Simpson: "That was fast".

BrabusMog

20,082 posts

185 months

Friday 7th August 2015
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"On one of my frequent trips to the ground I noticed he wore sneakers, for sneaking!"

mrtwisty

3,057 posts

164 months

Saturday 22nd August 2015
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"So, the caterpillar has emerged from its cocoon as a shark, with a gun for a mouth"

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Monday 24th August 2015
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I like the acid rain one where the TV aerial melts.

Homer sees the TV screen go all fuzzy - screams, runs outside, gets hit by the acid rain, screams, runs inside, sees the TV all fuzzy, screams, runs outside again.....rinse and repeat.

Inertiatic

1,040 posts

189 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Inertiatic said:
Right... PH Simpsons Hive Mind

Trying to find an image (ideally) or the episode its from

Smothers has a framed sepia image on his desk of Burns with "Work Harder" written on it.

I think its one where he gets sacked or Burns goes to prison...?

Cheers!

Edited by Inertiatic on Thursday 14th May 12:09
Still can't find this - any ideas?