The Simpsons
- gizmodo.com An Ode to President Lisa Simpson
If there's one thing for The Simpsons to be prescient about in hindsight, it better be her eventual arrival.
- www.nytimes.com Opinion | A.I. Is Coming for Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices
Soon enough, artificial intelligence may be able to recreate the sounds — but there will be something missing.
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‘The Simpsons’ Milhouse Star Pamela Hayden on Why She’s Leaving After Sunday’s Episode: ‘It Was a Tough Decision, But the Right One’
variety.com 'The Simpsons' Milhouse Star Pamela Hayden on Why She's Leaving"The Simpsons" star Pamela Hayden, who is retiring as the voice of Milhouse after Sunday's episode, explains why she's leaving the show after 35 years.
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Pamela Hayden, The Voice Of Milhouse, Retires From 'The Simpsons' After 35 Years
deadline.com The Voice Of Milhouse Retires From ‘The Simpsons’Pamela Hayden, who has voiced iconic Simpsons characters including Milhouse and Jimbo Jones, is retiring from the show after 35 years.
> Pamela Hayden, who has voiced iconic Simpsons characters including Milhouse and Jimbo Jones, is retiring from the show after 35 years. > >Hayden will voice her last episode – Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes – on Sunday, November 24. > >In addition to Bart’s best friend Milhouse Van Houten and bully Jimbo Jones, over the years, Hayden has voiced secondary characters including Ned Flanders’ son Rod, Chief Wiggum’s wife and Ralph Wiggum’s mother Sarah and Lisa Simpson’s friend Janey Powell.
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New Simpsons Halloween Short Celebrates 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' on Disney+ with Sideshow Bob and Disney Villains Crossover
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> > In The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Sideshow Bob teams up with the most infamous villains of Disney+ to share the true meaning for the Halloween season. Filled with music, mayhem, and madness, this short from The Simpsons is simply to die for.
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How ‘The Simpsons’ stays funny nearly 770 episodes later
www.cnn.com How ‘The Simpsons’ stays funny nearly 770 episodes later | CNNKeeping “The Simpsons” entertaining after 35 seasons is no small feat. Here’s how its writers keep the longest-running animated comedy in TV history hilarious and heartfelt.
- deadline.com ‘The Simpsons’ Actor Harry Shearer Hears “Folk Say The Show Has Become Woke” After He Stopped Voicing Dr. Hibbert
Harry Shearer voices many characters on The Simpsons and was recently replaced as the voice of Dr. Hibbert.
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> >Harry Shearer voices many characters on The Simpsons and was recently replaced as the voice of Dr. Hibbert. > > > >In 2020, producers decided to have no longer white actors voice characters of color, a decision which also made Hank Azaria retire from voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. > > > >Shearer recently reflected on the change and who inspired Dr. Hibbert’s voice. > > > >“Folk say the show has become woke in recent years and one of my characters has been affected,” Shearer said on The Times of London. “I voiced the Black physician, Dr. Hibbert, who I based on Bill Cosby. Back then he was known as the ‘whitest Black man on television.’ Then, a couple of years ago, I received an email saying they’d employed a Black actor, who then copied my voice. The result is a Black man imitating a white man imitating the whitest Black man on TV.” > > > > Kevin Michael Richardson took over the role of Dr. Hibbert in 2021. Shearer still voices Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Principal Skinner, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Rainier Wolfcastle, and Kent Brockman, among many more.
