Fun factoid: According to his Twitter, Harry Shearer – the most vocal critic of the show amongst the cast – offered to write an episode a long time ago but was never taken up on it. [Twitter.com/letwits]
Harry Shearer
Voice Actors’ Pay Dispute Settled
The cast of The Simpsons finally got around to renegotiating their contracts, thus putting an end to the pay dispute that threatened to tear apart humanity and resulted in at least thirty artists losing their jobs while production was halted. Dan Castellenta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Maggie), and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns) will now each get $500,000 $400,000 per episode, an increase from $360,000, to donate to Scientology. Ironically, this pay increase comes at a time when viewership has dwindled by nearly fifty percent over the past five years. Aye carumba! [telegraph.co.uk]
Harry Shearer Dresses Up In A Fat Suit
Voice actor Harry Shearer (Burns, Flanders, others) endured 3.5 hours of makeup to sing a song as Dick Cheney. Now that’s dedication. [Examiner]