Harry Shearer Has Left The Simpsons
 

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http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/05/1...f-the-simpsons

Not sure how the hell they are going to get around this. " more Seasons have been green lit. What will happen???:cry::cry:

Its hard to believe the show was just renewed for a Season 27 and 28 too. I wonder how they're going to do two full seasons without a guy who voiced so many major characters.

He voiced Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Lenny, Otto, Smithers, etc....the list goes on. So many important characters here

Wow that's a lot of characters. Usually people are just replaced with a close-enough voice actor but this is big.

It'll be interesting to see how the new voices turn out. There's no way they'd get rid of those characters. Not 1 of them.

I wonder if Fox regrets giving it a two season renewal now. Odd, I thought voice actor contracts are agreed upon when a show is renewed, so I wonder why he left now?

They can just hire Leo. He said he can impersonate pretty much every Simspons character's voice. :P

Seems this public declaration of stepping down is some kind of hardball tactic for negotiations. He seems to want more time for work outside of the show, since he has a few projects running

I wonder if it's time to pull the plug, impossible to do the show without him.

If they can't renegotiate ASAP, then its HAS to be over:cry::cry::cry:

Sad to hear he's leaving, but it's not surprising if the contract isn't what he wants to do and if he wants more time away. They could always hire different VAs to reprise those roles, or just kill them off for good.

UPDATE: Shearer has revealed to CNN there is still time for him to remain part of the cast, but only if producers enable him to do other work.

Reiterating what he said in his tweets, Shearer told the site: "In last four years, I've created and starred in a UK TV series and starred on London stage. Not stopping."

When asked whether he could still continue on the show, he answered: "I think that's a question better posed to them."

For now, it seems like negotiations are ongoing but Shearer's decision to push them into the public domain is his way of playing hardball.

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So it sounds like there is some hope. I can't say with his amount of money and the fact he is 71, that he would want to do much else that would conflict with the Simpsons.

Al Jean confirms he's gone and that his characters WON'T be rested

https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/598831976418795520

I think this sets the unfortunate precedent that even if the original voice cast succumb to old age and pass on, this show will still be on the air somehow, someway

Unless they get really close sound-a-likes, this sounds like a terrible decision. Show should end.

Yea, I agree, but lets hope they just go to season 30 with the original cast and call it quits with a movie send off.

Why do you care if ends? You don't even watch it anymore.

Its a show I watched for over two decades. I think even most people who don't watch it anymore still have a budding interest in what happens to the cast or how it ends. Even people who haven't watched the show in years would definitely tune in when a "final episode" is made.

I don't think it should end just because an actor is leaving. Hell, Jason Biggs left TMNT, so they had someone replace him until Seth Green was able to take on the role permanently. So they can do the same here and still keep going. It would be stupid to end the show for good when it's already been renewed for two more seasons. I say finish those season, end it with a movie if they want to, and that's it.

It should end because it hasn't been good in years.

It's nice to pretend his departure went a little like this

Nick TMNT has years of life left in it. Simpsons has been a cancerous and unfunny tumor almost longer than it was ever a genuine cultural revolution. It should have ended with "Homer's Enemy"

But it isn't ending. I'd say let it end if it wasn't renewed for two more seasons, but since it has been, the best thing to do is to just let those seasons play out and end it from there. But I agree that it definitely hasn't been good. I can barely watch it anymore.



Nice one, Zar. And it makes sense, too.

As for Nick TMNT, that may be true, but it still hasn't been greenlit for a fifth season yet, so season four may be the last for all we know. As I said before, Simpsons hasn't been good, but you know they're going to milk it for all it's worth. That's just what they do.

Simpsons should have ended by Season 10 at the latest. Season 10 aired over 15 years ago for god sakes.

Meh. I haven't watched the show in years (well, the newer seasons anyway). I think it should have ended after the Simpsons movie was released in 2007.

Gotta agree with that, Wesley. The Simpsons Movie would have made a fine finale.

Simpsons fans split the show up into segments:

"Classic Simpsons" is Seasons 1-8.

"Good/OK Simpsons" is Seasons 9-10

"Jerkass Simpsons" is Seasons 11-12

"Meh Simpsons" is Seasons 13-15

"Bad Simpsons" is Seasons 16-26.

So we have 10+ seasons of bad Simpsons, and even 5 seasons of mediocrity before that.

Look who pays attention! :lol: You get a brownie.

Show still makes me laugh, you cynical bastards can all go f*** ya-selves. :lol: I actually didn't watch it for about 8 years so I'm seeing a lot of the post-2000 stuff for the first time recently on FXX. It's a cartoon show, lighten up. :tgrin:

I still find the Simpsons funny....especially compared to some of it's imitators.

Also:

I can't believe the show has two more seasons. Holy sh*t, the writers have to be running out of story ideas.

I'm sure the new voices will be fine.

Regardless of this I hate that so many people wanna make out the early seasons to be so vastly superior. I love the Simpsons but watching the old stuff even I must admit it wasn't anymore special or unique. It reflected the era and comedy of that time.

Same difference now. I think it's still funny. For those who don't fine. I think it's kind of another case of the "back then was better" thing.

Can you think of any quote from current Simpsons off the top of your head? One that transcends whatever decade it's set in and feels hip and relevant to today's society?

No?

That's why people remember classic Simpsons. It has a line and a situation for every occasion over ANY generation. New S*itsons is dated to their exact periods.

Give the new seasons a try. I gave up on The Simpsons a while back too, but after the marathon I decided to watch the new stuff. I was pleasently surprised that it was really funny.

Great Homer-ism from this season - Police sirens are heard loudly, and lights can be seen through the windows of the Simpsons house. A loud knock on the door. Homer says "Hmm...I wonder who that is". Classic.

There are select scenes or episodes from the newer seasons that can be funny, but its surrounded by too many terrible episodes, poor characterisation, unfunny jokes, or character derailment for the characters.

What exactly are talking about? Character catchphrases?

Your not gonna get memorable quotes 20 some seasons after everything and everyone has been established. Of course people remember the early stuff more often...because it was new. Has nothing to do with whether or not someone still likes it's writing.

You wanna base quality on whether it can still come up with famous oneliners? :lol:

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I don't think Homer realizes what he makes per episode :lol:

It's fine; it's just Different from what it Used To Be. Then people over-sell being "different" as being "awful".

It happens. We all do it. But I don't truly think it's warranted in this case.

I bet Shearer ends up coming back anyway. This isn't the first time this has happened with him.

Al Jean already said his roles will be recasted.

If they can't get him back. Jean said they have 7 episodes completed with Shearer and he wouldn't have to be recast until later this summer. Jean said they're still trying to get him back.

Yep, saw on TMZ Live that they're trying to get him back and are still in negotiations. Of course, that could change.

As for whether the show is still good, it has its moments. I liked "Waiting for Duffman" as I thought it was a good episode and that's one of the newer ones.

The Japanese animated series, Chibi Maruko-chan has been airing since 1990. It ended in 1992 but started back up in 1995 and has been airing since. Still popular. Momoko's grandfather's voice actor is on his third one. The previous two died while voicing the role. It was even on the news when the second guy passed a few years ago. They didn't end the show, just replaced the voice actor. Outside of the grandfather, everyone else has the same voice actor they started off with.

I'm pretty sure Sazae-san (been airing since the late 1960s) still has the majority of the original voice cast. I know Sazae herself still has the same voice actress from 1969. I think her brother's character's voice actress was changed a couple of times and her sister's character. Her son's character I think still has the same voice actress. Oh, her parents still have the same voice actors...well her father's was changed a few years ago. He died, I remember. Show is still airing.

Lupin III is still relevant in Japan, even if there hasn't been an ongoing series in recent years, just specials and movies. The main characters have had different voice actors at points (company issues), but for the most part have kept the same voice actors since 1967. Goemon didn't. Fujiko for the most part has until recently and I could hear the difference. lol The last thing her voice actress did before the change, you could REALLY hear how much she'd aged over the years. Lupin's character's voice actor was changed due to death. Zenigata had the same one until recently...passed and replaced him. Pretty close IMO.

So maybe we shouldn't worry so much...although...Mr. Burns. You just can't replace him.

Fingers crossed they can work something out with Harry. I am sure 90% of fans, want the show to have its full run, with the original cast. I don't want some different sounding Ned etc. Even if they found someone who sounds like the characters , you can always tell, and after 26 years I can't accept it in good faith.

I agree that I don't want Harry to leave, but if it has to happen, then I guess we'll just have to accept it or not watch.