3 Disco Stu's first appearance was at a big rummage sale. He is a parody of the "Italian pasta/pizza chef" stereotype (and in fact is on a bowling team called "The Stereotypes", along with Cletus Spuckler, Captain Horatio McCallister, and Groundskeeper Willie), but seems to be aware of his status as a stock character. He is usually portrayed wearing a white sleeveless shirt and blue jeans. FIRST APPEARANCE: "Modern Warfare" Post-ironic Disco Stu was the nickname given to a rollerblading student who annoyed Jeff during his first year at school. He first appears in the episode "Pokey Mom" as the announcer of the Springfield Prison rodeo, as well as sitting in on Jack Crowley's parole hearing. According to Martin she shoplifts a lot, "stuff she doesn't even need". The Capital City Goofball first appeared in the episode "Dancin' Homer" and shared the stage with Homer. The Simpsons flee the town, with Gino and his parents in hot pursuit. Then, in "Wedding For Disaster", they apparently got married. He is a Cornell University graduate, and a former Gulp 'n Blow employee (during the time that Krusty's show was cancelled and Bart and Lisa set out to create a comeback special). When his entire family is seen together, they appear to be a spoof of The Cosby Show. He is employed as a hair stylist. He made several generic appearances on the show before being given his first name in "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily". He is an immigrant from Brazil and has been deported but was returned. Mr. Burns defends the fish, arguing that his extra eye is merely the next step in evolution. Charlie (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant as the 'Dangerous Emissions Supervisor'. Booberella's name alludes to Vampirella (Forrest James Ackerman's comic book vampire character) and to the 1968 cult film Barbarella, which stars Jane Fonda in the title role. She hates Edna Krabappel due to her son's feelings for the other woman. He is a super villain that used to be Homer's boss when they moved to Cypress Creek in the second episode of season 8, You Only Move Twice. In "A Milhouse Divided", it is revealed she has a sister (from whom she borrows money, as her husband does not provide for her at all), but whom we never meet. Disco Stu was once dating one of the nurses at Springfield Retirement Castle. Dolph is recognized by his asymmetrical haircut which covers one eye; he wears cutoff shorts and basketball shoes. [141] He later married Tada, and has an affair with Duffman. Sherri stated that Terri had a crush on Bart in "Bart Star". The McBain films satirize clichés of action films. 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Hans Sprungfeld) is the founder of the town of Springfield. Lou permanently became an Afro-American character in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving", where he was animated to Eddie's voice of Harry Shearer and vice versa.[108]. He ended up at Springfield Elementary instead. Writer John Swartzwelder named Shutton after a friend of his. He is most notable for directing the musical theatrical production of A Streetcar Named Desire dubbed Oh, Streetcar! Marge is a fan and was interviewed by Opal after achieving success through her chain of Shapes gyms for women. [246] Matt Groening called Squeaky-Voiced Teen his second favorite "unnamed" character after Comic Book Guy, whose name was finally revealed to be "Jeff Albertson" in the episode "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass". [citation needed]. In "Like Father, Like Clown", Rabbi Krustofsky had been estranged from his son for twenty-five years, having disowned Krusty when the young man chose to become a clown rather than follow the family tradition of becoming a rabbi. "[citation needed], Lindsey Naegle is voiced by Tress MacNeille[20] and first appeared in the eighth season episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". [57] Homer repeatedly confuses Lenny and Carl, and is shocked to learn on one occasion that Lenny is white, and Carl is black. She introduced herself in the episode "Life on the Fast Lane" as "the gossipy wife of the minister". Dr. Marvin Monroe (voiced by Harry Shearer) is a psychotherapist who first appeared in the first-season episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home". On October 24, 2007, during Game 1 of the 2007 World Series, Buck called field level reporter, Chris Myers, "our own little Jub-Jub". She wears a pink outfit and a pillbox hat similar to the outfit worn by Jackie Kennedy on the day of the Kennedy assassination. They are a parody of the actual Vanderbilt family. They are in the same class as Bart at Springfield Elementary School. He is also shown as an inventor/huckster on the television show I Can't Believe They Invented It!. As of "Wedding For Disaster", there have been seven Mr. Teenys. The duo appear in "Viva Ned Flanders", "$pringfield", "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons", and "Jazzy and the Pussycats". That film's producers refused to allow the show to use the name, so "Rainier Wolfcastle" became the name of the actor playing the McBain role. Howard K. Duff called him "Sid", in "Hungry, Hungry Homer", and in "Old Yeller Belly", he self-identifies (while out of character) as "Barry Duffman". Since the retirement of the character Lionel Hutz (after voice actor Phil Hartman's death), Gil has been working as the Simpsons' lawyer in later episodes, though he has appeared in that role much less frequently than Lionel did (most scenes where one of the Simpsons is in court have either made their attorney an anonymous figure or simply ignored him or her). It is revealed and mentioned at various points that he keeps a loaded shotgun under the counter, and has various other firearms at his disposal. Agnes's first name was revealed in the seventh season episode "Bart the Fink". [186] For that episode, it took several attempts by the character designers to model Manjula because making women look appealing in Matt Groening's drawing style is hard for the animators to do. [112] Writer Dan Greaney said it was a great take-off on Levene to make Gil more desperate than he was. She is voiced by Zooey Deschanel. He seems disturbingly unconcerned with the school's decline, stating that American public schools are already on the decline and will most likely end up just like Springfield Elementary (or worse) and tells Bart to sit back and enjoy the ride (though Chalmers does ultimately fire Flanders for mentioning God in a public school). Homer then creates a large container in which to put Plopper's "leavings", which he dumps in a lake and pollutes the whole area, leading to the shutdown and near-destruction of Springfield (to which Homer does not want to return). After Bart and the rest of his family travel to The Big Apple, he eventually finds her at her address, and discovers that she has matured, becoming slightly taller and slimmer, and also learns that she now works as a writer and has a performance option on Saturday Night Live. Disco Stu is a man who likes a variety of music particularly funk and disco. Seen dancing in cool street party. Elizabeth Hoover is a second grade teacher at Springfield Elementary, voiced by Maggie Roswell and Marcia Mitzman Gaven while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute. He was briefly replaced by Mindy Simmons, but she got fired afterwards due to alcoholism and disruptive behavior. $38.00. The bodyguards put sunglasses on the baby. Disco Stu has also appeared as \"Discus Stu\" in a parody of the Odyssey. He is a member of the Springfield Alcoholics Anonymous and has a peg leg in which he keeps liquor. Despite this, the character has appeared in later episodes as a woman. Commentary for ", Groening, Matt; Jean, Al; Kogen, Jay; Reiss, Mike; Wolodarsky, Wallace (2004). Julio and Grady needed a third person in the apartment. He later appeared in the episode "The Front" at Homer and Marge's high school reunion and teaches night classes to ease the pain of his wife's recent death. In that episode it was established that Kirk is of Dutch ancestry on his father's side and has a feud with the members of the family that have a Danish ancestry. Akira Kurosawa [11] works as a waiter at The Happy Sumo, a Japanese restaurant in Springfield. Bleeding Gums Murphy is loosely based on Blind Willie Johnson, at whose feet the young Bleeding Gums character learned. Click here for your invite! I watched an episode yesterday and really enjoyed it a lot, so I figured I'd give the series a try, especially considering in the past I have gone briefly through some episodes and took note of the scoring. He even makes a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory diorama, but eats it before it can be graded in "Lisa's Rival". He continues to be released in Itchy & Scratchy-related merchandise such as T-shirts in "Fat Man and Little Boy". [163] In "Blame It on Lisa", it is revealed that she frequently changes jobs because she is a sexual predator. Mr. Bruce Costington, voiced by Hank Azaria,[202] is the president of Costington's Department Store. His appearance and name are inspired by Pulitzer winning journalist Ernie Pyle. The Squeaky Voiced Teen has acne, and his voice is in the process of breaking. This celebrity is based on Oprah Winfrey and her eponymous television show. Lenny has a short career as an actor in which he has a minor role in a horror movie to which Homer takes Bart and Lisa. Poochie reappeared in The Simpsons Game as a boss on the Grand Theft Scratchy level. Frankie the Squealer (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. He reappears in "The Wandering Juvie", now in charge of the juvenile detention center, which he runs just like a prison. However, when the animators remodeled the character, Hartman was not available to dub the voice and so Hank Azaria took over the role. $9.95. Gloria Dickson, voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Snake's girlfriend. [138] This study was rebutted, also in CMAJ, and both doctors are cast aside for Dr. Bones McCoy of Star Trek as a role model, "TV's only true physician" and "someone who has broken free from the yoke of ethics and practises the art and science of medicine beyond the stultifying opposition of paternalism and autonomy. Homer, however, has the last laugh when he is promoted above the twins' father to safety inspector by his boss Mr. Burns. He was most recently featured when Krusty was flicking channels on his TV in "Today I Am a Clown". Directed by Matthew Faughnan, David Silverman. Lenny appears to be well liked by the Simpson family – on one occasion, Marge and the kids build a prayer shrine for him when learning he was taken to the hospital. [74] She is played by MacNeille with a strong and harsh stereotypical Chinese accent. He often refers to himself in the third person (putting a big emphasis on "Stu" and then pausing before saying anything else). Before then, there was no model sheet for the character.[210]. In "My Fair Laddy", she takes a leave of absence to get a sex-change operation and will return as "Mr. Pommelhorst" (implying that she is a transsexual man), the new shop teacher and is replaced with Coach Krupt. In a recall election of Mayor Quimby, Wolfcastle ran for his seat. Easter egg commentary for ", Reardon, Jim (2004). On one occasion, he is promoted to head of the power plant when Mr. Burns goes bankrupt; which Smithers later describes to Homer Simpson as a "reign of terror". They take their character names from Cesar and Ugolin, characters from the films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. He lets Ned Flanders allow the school to descend into anarchy when Flanders is principal, freely admitting that he had fired Skinner for far less, explaining simply that "Skinner really bugged me." Barbara Rollolinski,[37] more commonly known as Booberella, is a buxom television host who speaks with a Romanian accent. He is often seen as a member in the Springfield Republican Party, as a vampire with white skin, and black suit and cloak. and also that their cat had kittens; she then proclaims that "These are yours!" In "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays", his name is given as "Cletus Spuckler" in a news report. In season 22's Elementary School Musical, after attending a performing arts camp, Lisa is warned by Mr Largo that he also attended one as a child, and that they just "fill your head with sugarcandy dreams that can't come true." [80] When participating in a mayoral election, she lucidly discusses topics such as health care, economy and public education in between her screams and gibberish. [citation needed], Disco Stu, real name Stuart Discothèque[89] (voiced by Hank Azaria), is a man who is mentally stuck in the disco era. In "The Simpsons Comics", when asked by Milhouse on the school's new chat show, Moments with Milhouse (formerly Moments with Martin) why the school meals are so bad, Doris admits that a third-grader had once mistakenly eaten her beloved hamster, and she had "sworn culinary revenge ever since". [58] In "Helter Shelter", Homer exclaims, "That's Lenny? His subsequent disappearance from the show for a significant period of time has become a running joke. $6.80 shipping. He is a jaded and selfish businessman who has nothing but contempt for the children who comprise his audience. Professor Chester Turley, better known as Snake Jailbird (usually referred to as simply Snake) (voiced by Hank Azaria) is a recurring character who is Springfield's resident recidivist felon, always getting arrested but rarely staying in jail. [128] Snyder's skin color has gone back and forth between yellow and brown repeatedly throughout the series. While Stu has become somewhat of a staple in the show, his first appearance occurred … They are a favorite of Lisa and Maggie Simpson. Luann does not reciprocate Kirk's feelings. Appearance Edit. He has anger problems and later makes brief appearances. Lurleen Lumpkin (voiced by Beverly D'Angelo) is an aspiring country singer who is initially managed by Homer in "Colonel Homer". Before Homer moved out, it is revealed Grady loves Homer. [217] He thought it would be a funny parallel—and a chance to do a lot of easy jokes—if it were a clown instead of a singer who gets rejected by his father. He explains about his life, family, and work to her, as well as giving her advice for her upcoming school performance, giving her his saxophone. Mr. Burns goes to the Simpsons' house for a meal to boost his race for governor. In "Mayored to the Mob", she is one of two women escorting Mayor Quimby to a convention. Seen in cool burlesque house. She even continues to be a background character despite her later imprisonment. The design of Dr. Nick is modeled physically on Gábor Csupó, the co-founder of Klasky Csupo animation studios (which animated the series for its first three seasons and The Tracey Ullman Show shorts). Jimbo is a portmanteau nickname for executive producer James L. In a rummage sale, Homer attempts to sell a jacket on which he had once tried to write "Disco Stud" in rhinestones, but having made the letters too big he did not have room for the final "d". [28] His last appearance was in "'Round Springfield",[29] when, after Bart ends up in the hospital, Lisa wanders off to find Murphy in a nearby ward. In "The Sweetest Apu", Apu has an affair with the Squishee lady. However, unlike many Simpsons characters, he has only made a handful of appearances since. In "Natural Born Kissers", it was revealed that he worked as a studio executive during the making of Casablanca and suppressed an alternate ending to the film (and also suppressed an alternate ending to It's A Wonderful Life that would have included a killing spree). Commentary for the episode ", Scully, Mike (2006). ", Kearney reveals that both his parents are incarcerated and they only meet when the prison and insane asylum have their annual mixer. Coley. He is seen in "Marge in Chains" at the court as the foreman of Marge's trial. His first name is revealed to be Gary in "Yokel Chords" and in "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", and it is revealed that he is a Spanish immigrant "Señor Chalmers". While Radioactive Man is a broad parody of many superheroes, most obviously containing elements of Batman and Superman (and the comic incorporates an origin story similar to Marvel's Hulk), among others, Fallout Boy is mainly a parody of Robin (with his costume, references as being the 'young ward' of Radioactive Man, and his younger age and sidekick status) with elements of Spider-Man (his fictional comic book origin, for example). [194] She was knocked off the grandstand and her timely rescue was delayed because Homer had parked in the ambulance zone. Grady is voiced by Scott Thompson. The Capital City Goofball (voiced by Tom Poston) is the mascot for Capital City. Marge undertakes efforts to find him and reunite him with Lurleen. Teeny's uncle was former head monkey at the ministry of tourism in Brazil. His mother died characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the back-to-back nineteenth episodes. 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