The Simpsons
October 4, 2011
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20th Century Fox Television reportedly told the cast-- Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer—that they must take a 45 percent pay cut. I know these guys make a lot of money, but to put this high percentage in perspective, think about the current lifestyle you lead, and then cut it in half. Not looking so good, is it? Especially for me, who’s eating Del Taco as I write this.
The voice actors agreed to a 30 percent cut, but wanted to negotiate profit in other areas to make up for it—merchandising, syndication, etc. Fox wasn’t having that, either.
September 27, 2010
Katy is set to appear on a special episode of The Simpsons that will air on Christmas Day.
Ironically her Simpsons cameo was taped before Sesame Street! She must really love showing off her ta-tas!
Over the weekend Katy was the guest performer on SNL and she made fun of her Sesame Street boobies fallout by wearing an Elmo low cut top. There was an entire skit dedicated to how well she's "developed" upstairs. Hilarious!
July 26, 2010
Halle is set to join The Simpsons to participate in a hilarious Oscars parody.
“It’s a satire of the different Oscar acceptances where two people clearly race to the stage to get there first, and Homer and Bart are fighting to be the one that accepts,” producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly magazine.
She'll "present a trophy at the Academy Awards, which features Bart and Homer as nominees for their animated short that’s based on Bart’s cartoon webseries Angry Dad.”
Hopefully get a wet one from Homer like she did from Adrien Brody. The episode is scheduled to air in early 2011.
September 22, 2009
According to Entertainment Weekly, Cohen will play a “pretty angry but funny” Israeli tour guide who encounters the family when they take a trip to the Holy Land with their church group. The episode, entitled “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed,” will also feature Homer believing he’s the Messiah.
Executive producer Al Jean says, “He’s trying to get Marge to give him good grades on the comment card. And she goes, ‘You people are pushy,’ and he goes, ‘What do you mean, ‘you people’? You try having Syria for a neighbour! What do you have — Canada?’”
“The Christians, the Jews and Muslims are united in that they all get mad at Homer. It’s the only thing they can agree on.”
Sounds right up Cohen’s alley! The episode will air in March.
July 2, 2009
In the episode, Jackson is the voice of a 300-pound mental patient who believes he’s the famous singer. EW reports that the episode will air on Sunday July 5th at 8PM on Fox.
The network also showed their support for Jackson last week when they aired the music video for “Do the Bartman,” which Michael co-wrote for the 1990 album The Simpsons Sing the Blues.
This is the perfect quirky way for The Simpsons to pay their respects to Jackson.
April 17, 2009
She tells E! News that she’s been a fan of the show since she was a little girl. She says, “I grew up watching it with my brothers, and it stuck with me…high school, college, post, everything. I always stop whenever it’s on.
"And when I found out they wanted me to come and do a voice, I flipped out. It might be one of the most if not the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Wow! Even more exciting than being nominated for an Oscar? Guess Anne really is a super fan! Check out Anne talking about her character below, and tune into Fox this Sunday.
December 9, 2008
This is the first time The Simpsons has been nominated for best comedy series in its 19 series on the air. 30 Rock comes in second for number of nominations. Check out the list of the major categories, and click here for the full list of WGA Nominees.
DRAMATIC SERIES
Dexter, Written by Scott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Charles H. Eglee, Adam E. Fiero, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim Schlattmann; Showtime
Friday Night Lights, Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Brent Fletcher, Jason Gavin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman; NBC
Lost, Written by Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Adam Horowitz, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon L. Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian K. Vaughan; ABC
Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner; AMC
The Wire, Written by Ed Burns, Chris Collins, David Mills, David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Richard Price, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos; HBO
COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC
Entourage, Written by Doug Ellin, Jeremy Miller, Ally Musika, Steve Pink, Rob Weiss; HBO
The Office, Written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Dan Goor, Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Aaron Shure, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, Halsted Sullivan; NBC
The Simpsons, Written by J. Stewart Burns, Daniel Chun, Joel H. Cohen, Kevin Curran, John Frink, Tom Gammill, Stephanie Gillis, Dan Greaney, Reid Harrison, Al Jean, Billy Kimball, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Bill Odenkirk, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Michael Price, Max Pross, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, Matt Warburton, Jeff Westbrook, Marc Wilmore, William Wright; Fox
Weeds, Written by Roberto Benabib, Mark A. Burley, Ron Fitzgerald, David Holstein, Rolin Jones, Brendan Kelly, Jenji Kohan, Victoria Morrow, Matthew Salsberg; Showtime
NEW SERIES
Breaking Bad, Written by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Patty Lin, George Mastras; AMC
Fringe, Written by JJ Abrams, Jason Cahill, Julia Cho, David H. Goodman, Felicia Henderson, Brad Caleb Kane, Alex Kurtzman, Darin Morgan, J.R. Orci, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Zack Whedon; Fox
In Treatment, Written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Meritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem; HBO
Life on Mars, Written by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Becky Hartman Edwards, David Wilcox, Adele Lim, Bryan Oh, Tracy McMillan, Sonny Postiglione, Phil M. Rosenberg, Meredith Averill; ABC
True Blood, Written by Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver, Chris Offutt; HBO
October 2, 2008
We don't want to spoil the video for you, but lets just say bad things happen to him when he tries to NOT vote for McCain.
September 4, 2008
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Jodie will be the voice of an adult Maggie, and the episode will air next year.
As for Anne, she'll be voicing the love interest character of Bart's, who is such a good girl that Bart tries to be more like her to impress her. The Simpsons is back for their 20th season on September 28th.
July 17, 2008
He says, "It will happen at some point, but I have no idea when. The first one took us four years - mainly because we don't like to work any harder than we usually do."
The first one grossed over $500 million dollars worldwide. Duoh!
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