[Brazelton] Waylon Smithers, Montgomery Burns, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, etc., etc.

DarkAudit · May 14, 2015

As @Frank originally posted in the Movie News thread, by all appearances Harry Shearer will not be continuing on the Simpsons in spite of a 2-year renewal.

Not that this news is particularly surprising. Harry has referred to himself as the "turd in the punch bowl" when discussing his reputation as a malcontent. But still.

Hailey Knight · May 14, 2015

I get what you were going for with the characters in the title, but the use of the Brazelton tag made me think the voice actor had died.

DarkAudit · May 14, 2015

Zero Esc said:
I get what you were going for with the characters in the title, but the use of the Brazelton tag made me think the voice actor had died.

With the loss of 23 characters, renewal or no, it's probably the show that just died.

ThatNickGuy · May 14, 2015

In an upcoming episode, 24 characters are all trapped inside a burning building.

Miraculously, they all live.

Unfortunately, all the smoke inhalation did considerable damage to their voices, changing them forever.

They just, you know, HAPPEN to all be voiced by Harry Shearer.

Bowielee · May 14, 2015

DarkAudit said:
With the loss of 23 characters, renewal or no, it's probably the show that just died.

But is that seriously a bad thing, though? Cancelling the Simpsons at this point is a mercy killing.

sixpackshaker · May 14, 2015

I was about to say something similar.

I am also shocked at how few female characters there are on the show.

CynicismKills · May 14, 2015

PatrThom · May 14, 2015

Well, let's hope they don't take the Chef route.

--Patrick

Zappit · May 14, 2015

Yeah, this will probably be pretty damn hard to come back from.

bhamv3 · May 14, 2015

Harry's characters are getting recast, apparently.

The BBC recommends this guy.

For the record, I don't.

sixpackshaker · May 14, 2015

Close, but still kinda terrible.

Hailey Knight · May 14, 2015

They probably need to hire more than one person to cover all that.

And GOD NO on that video.

CynicismKills · May 14, 2015

Wow, those were awful.

Bowielee · May 14, 2015

I'm going to agree that this guy is horrible.

Cheesy1 · May 15, 2015

The Simpsons already did it:

CynicismKills · May 15, 2015

I love how full-circle almost every joke they've made about shows going on too long have come.

Bowielee · May 18, 2015

Just gonna leave this here.

drawn_inward · May 18, 2015

I just don't care about the Simpsons anymore so I don't really care about the news. He sounds like a bit of a prick anyway. But, I can't deny his talent: from Spinal Tap to Mr Burns.

Bowielee · May 18, 2015

Well, the long and the short of it is that he doesn't need the Simpsons. It's really not his claim to fame. He's probably more recognized for his mockumentary movies than he is for his voice work, whereas the rest of the voice cast (minus the late, great Phil Hartman) are pretty much just known for the Simpsons.

PatrThom · Jul 7, 2015

DarkAudit said:
Harry Shearer will not be continuing on the Simpsons in spite of a 2-year renewal.

...or will he?

--Patrick

Dave · Jul 7, 2015

Of course not. I think we all knew this would happen.

Zappit · Jul 7, 2015

What was that bit?

Homer: You know, Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know.

Mr. Burns: Yes...But I'd give it up for a little bit more.

Seems appropriate here.

CynicismKills · Jul 7, 2015

Jesus 300k per episode. At least most of them earn the money, Lisa's VA doesn't do anyone but Lisa (used to do the random whines for Maggie awhile back, too, I guess).[DOUBLEPOST=1436322188,1436322096][/DOUBLEPOST]All this being said and done, though, I still haven't watched the show in years and can't see myself bothering with it anyway.

ThatNickGuy · Jul 7, 2015

Hank Azaria was transferred to another unemployment office where his condition was upgraded from unemployed to employed!

Frank · Jul 8, 2015

Having been stuck with nothing much to do other than watch TV for the past week, I watched some of the new Simpsons. I don't think I'll be doing that again. I've read a lot of defenders saying it's still good, just different. I heartily disagree, having watched, recently, a lot of season 2-7 episodes with my brothers (what we watched as kids) they still COMPLETELY hold up and are still some of the funniest TV ever produced. The new episodes are shinier, but lack the density of incredible jokes of the old shows.

Celt Z · Jul 8, 2015

So, does this news make this thread a Brazelton zombie? It would seem Mr. Burns et al have come back from the dead. (Probably more like coming out of a coma, since we were pretty sure he was going to come back if the right amount of $$$ was waved.)

PatrThom · Jul 8, 2015

Homer: "He's unconscious! What do we do?"
Smithers: "Quick! Try the smelling salts!"
(Homer reaches into the first aid kit, pulls out a tube labeled "Smelling Salts," and waves it under Burns' nose. Fumes come from it and pass over his prodigious nose but nothing happens.)
Homer: "It's not working!"
Smithers: (desperately)"Try the other one!"
(Homer reaches into the first aid kit again, pulls out a different colored tube labeled "$melling $alt$," and waves it under Burns' nose. Fumes come from the tube and waft over Burns' nose again, but this time they start being sucked into his nose, and Mr. Burns coughs and stirs.)
Homer: "It's working!"
Smithers: "Come back to me...er ah us, sir!"
Mr. Burns: (sitting up) "Wha..? Where am I? Why are you two standing around doing nothing?"
Homer and Smithers: "Yay!"

--Patrick