YoungWillz 21,178 Posted December 23, 2018 Harry Shearer is 75 today! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,263 Posted September 24, 2019 A producer of the earlier Simpsons seasons J Michael Mendel has died at 54 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,263 Posted March 2, 2020 On 23/06/2009 at 15:31, Garn2 said: James Lipton, 82 James Lipton has died at 93 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,842 Posted May 10, 2020 James L. Brooks turned 80 yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,624 Posted November 12, 2020 Lot of people have floated the "Julie Kavner has throat cancer" theory in recent years, but this clip is the first that makes me think there's something to those rumours. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon Brittan 297 Posted November 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Lot of people have floated the "Julie Kavner has throat cancer" theory in recent years, but this clip is the first that makes me think there's something to those rumours. Maybe doing that husky voice for over 30 years has had its affect 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKeysOfMarinus 392 Posted November 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Leon Brittan said: Maybe doing that husky voice for over 30 years has had its affect Yeah, I think that’s all it is. Her voice as Marge has declined slowly and quite consistently. If it was an illness like cancer, it would change more suddenly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,842 Posted November 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Lot of people have floated the "Julie Kavner has throat cancer" theory in recent years, but this clip is the first that makes me think there's something to those rumours. Just looking at the comments about this on several Simpsons forums. Agree with them that the joke in the sketch is that Marge can't sing. The fact that Marge's voice sounds totally normal when she says the following line "You're home." suggests Kavner has no real problems doing the voice to same way she always has. Twitter storm in a teacup. Next. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,534 Posted November 12, 2020 ^^ Poor Spade. A Scott Thorson gambit really has no staying power on DL in 2020... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genfærd 452 Posted November 12, 2020 Got to admit - got super scared that one of the main voice actors had passed when I saw this thread bumped. But yeah, since her normal voice is fine, I guess they were just trying to joke about her lack of singing voice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,842 Posted January 27, 2021 Another Simpsons regular guest star gone. RIP Mrs. Glick (Cloris)! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted January 31, 2021 Marc Wilmore, who wrote 11 post-classic era episodes and was a producer on the show for 14 years, has died aged 57. Apparently from COVID. Follows David Richardson, mentioned elsewhere, who wrote season 5's "Homer Loves Flanders", who died earlier this month. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles De Gaulle 487 Posted December 25, 2022 Show can't go on much longer now. I watched a recent episode and it's very clear that Julie Kavner can't do the Marge voice anymore. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BurninCarlos 10 Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Charles De Gaulle said: Show can't go on much longer now. I watched a recent episode and it's very clear that Julie Kavner can't do the Marge voice anymore. It's been this bad for a few seasons now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arsewipe 202 Posted December 25, 2022 It should have ended 15 years ago, Family Guy is far superior. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,451 Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Arsewipe said: Family Guy is far superior. Family Guy would be the least funny thing to have ever happened, were it not for South Park. Edited December 25, 2022 by TQR Unnecessary, foolish, crass comparison removed 1 1 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,235 Posted December 25, 2022 40 minutes ago, TQR said: Family Guy would be the least funny thing to have ever happened, were it not for South Park and the holocaust. Comparing the Simpson and South Park to the holocaust? Wheres your empathy? 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,842 Posted December 25, 2022 1 hour ago, TQR said: Family Guy would be the least funny thing to have ever happened, were it not for South Park and the holocaust. TQR has been on the mulled wine! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,451 Posted December 25, 2022 Nah you’re right, that was over the line. My apologies. That wasn’t very Christmassy. Family Guy is distressingly bad, mind. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,842 Posted December 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, TQR said: Nah you’re right, that was over the line. My apologies. That wasn’t very Christmassy. Family Guy is distressingly bad, mind. Family Guy is dire. Probably one of the least funny things I’ve been forced to watch over the years. I very much rate South Park, and The Simpsons was good from 1989 until around the early to mid-2000s. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,534 Posted December 25, 2022 God I hate Family Guy. And you can chalk the downfall in quality of The Simpsons to when they started trying to be like Family Guy. (Although, after much online fanfare, I've seen some of the more recent Simpsons episodes and, while its not 90s Simpsons level, which is genuinely on a list of all time great TV shows, it's pretty decent by modern TV standards. That Death Note piss take was incredibly well done.) 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaDeathGuy 202 Posted December 25, 2022 If The Simpsons didn't die stop bumping the thread! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,055 Posted January 3, 2023 Chris Ledesma, music editor of The Simpsons since the beginning, has died at 64: https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/03/chris-ledesma-dead-longtime-simpsons-music-editor-dies-aged-64-18030364/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 962 Posted May 7, 2023 There is a rumor circling around that Harry Shearer has suffered a stroke. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,460 Posted May 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, ObakeFilter said: There is a rumor circling around that Harry Shearer has suffered a stroke. Denied. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
