His voice acting credits include Marlin the clownfish in Finding Nemo, and recurring guest voices for the animated television series The Simpsons, including Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie.

Shearer directed the 2002 film Teddy Bears ' Picnic and appeared in several films, including A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, The Simpsons Movie, The Truman Show, and Godzilla among many others.

She has appeared in other media relating to The Simpsons — including video games, The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Ride, commercials, and comic books — and inspired an entire line of merchandise.

She was also nominated for an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature for her performance in The Simpsons Movie.

" In The Simpsons Movie, some scenes, such as Marge's video message to Homer, were recorded over one hundred times, leaving Kavner exhausted.

For her performance in The Simpsons Movie, Kavner was nominated for " Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature " at the 2007 Annie Awards, but lost to Ian Holm from Ratatouille.

The duo were parodied as Willis and Crumble in an episode of The Simpsons entitled Angry Dad: The Movie.

Hanks next appeared in a cameo role as himself in The Simpsons Movie, in which he appeared in an advertisement claiming that the US government has lost its credibility and is hence buying some of his.

* Since the episode aired in 1992, the Simpsons episode, Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie, ends likely at this year, stating 40 years later, with Bart in his 50s and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, watches the repeat of the repeat of the Itchy and Scratchy film, with his elderly father Homer.

* In a scene of the The Simpsons Movie ( 2007 ), Homer Simpson is shown throat singing with an Inuit woman in order to have an epiphany.

He has appeared in other media relating to The Simpsons – including video games, The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Ride, commercials and comic books – and inspired an entire line of merchandise.

She has appeared in other media relating to The Simpsons – including video games, The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Ride, commercials and comic books – and inspired a line of merchandise.

Lisa has been friendly with several boys, including Ralph Wiggum in " I Love Lisa " ( season 4, 1993 ), Nelson Muntz in " Lisa's Date with Density " ( season 8, 1996 ) and Colin in The Simpsons Movie ( 2007 ).

He could also be seen driving a truck in The Simpsons Movie, during Bart's nude skateboarding scene.

Homer ran over Hans once again while he was carrying a sign saying " YOU SUCK " in a field of signposts saying " No Dumping " in regards to Lake Springfield in The Simpsons Movie.

" Mantegna voiced Fat Tony in a scene in The Simpsons Movie that almost got cut.

" Howard Waldrop and Lawrence Person of Locus listed the scene in The Simpsons Movie that features Frink's drilling machine invention as one of the highlights of the film.

In The Simpsons Movie, she can be seen at the Green Day concert on top of Seymour's shoulders wearing a T-Shirt saying " Not my boyfriend " with an arrow pointing down at Skinner.

In the United States, Home Improvement started to air in broadcast syndication in September 1995, distributed via Buena Vista Television ( now Disney-ABC Domestic Television ) and continued to be syndicated until 2007 ; in a manner similar to Seinfeld and The Simpsons after they began airing in broadcast syndication, episodes of Home Improvement were not aired in order of their production code number or original airdate.

* Sondheim had a guest part on The Simpsons episode " Yokel Chords " as himself ( 2007 ).

Night of the Living Dead is parodied in films such as Night of the Living Bread and Shaun of the Dead, and in episodes of The Simpsons (" Treehouse of Horror III ", 1992 ; " Treehouse of Horror XIII ", 2004 and " Treehouse of Horror XX ", 2009 ), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, South Park (" Pink Eye ", 1997 ; " Night of the Living Homeless ", 2007 ), Medium (" Bite Me ", 2009 ) and Invader Zim (" Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom " 2001 and " FBI Warning of Doom " 2002 ).

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* In The Simpsons episode, " The Boys of Bummer ", the ending is set in 2067, sixty years after the episode was first broadcast in 2007.

In 2007, Adam Finley of TV Squad called Mantegna one of the five best The Simpsons guest stars and Vanity Fair called " Bart the Murderer " the eighth best episode of the show, saying, " This episode makes the cut because of the inspired Mafia satire ".

In a 2007 article on Simpsons guest stars, Adam Finley of TV Squad wrote that McClure was " responsible for some of the funniest moments in Simpsons history ".

He appears in the Simpsons Comics, cameos in the 2007 video game The Simpsons Game, and stars as the main antagonist in The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios ' theme parks.

In The Simpsons Game, released in November 2007, Bob has a speaking cameo appearance at the end of the chapter titled " Invasion of the Yokel-Snatchers " in which he was working with Kang and Kodos.

In a 2007 interview, Simpsons executive producer Al Jean listed Grammer as one of his favorite guest stars ( second only to Phil Hartman ), saying " his voice is so rich.

In " Stop or My Dog Will Shoot " ( season 18, 2007 ), Santa's Little Helper becomes a local hero after finding a lost Homer, and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in the Animal Police Academy.

Santa's Little Helper has also appeared in issues of Simpsons Comics, in the 2007 film The Simpsons Movie, and in video games based on The Simpsons such as Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror and The Simpsons Game.

A Guinness Book of Records largest donut made up of 90, 000 individual donuts was set in Sydney in 2007 as part of a celebration for the release of The Simpsons Movie.

Louis-Dreyfus at the unveiling of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, May 2010In 2007, Louis-Dreyfus reprised her role as Gloria on The Simpsons, which she had first originated in the 2001 episode " A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love ", in the episode " I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ".

Mirkin stood down as showrunner after season six, but produced several subsequent episodes, co-wrote The Simpsons Movie ( 2007 ) and remains on the show as a consultant.

Mirkin also co-wrote The Simpsons Movie in 2007.

* Lisa Simpson is delighted at the sight of a rack with Tintin and Asterix comics in a comic book store, depicted in The Simpsons episode " Husbands and Knives ".

Dartmouth College has been mentioned three times on the FOX animated sitcom, The Simpsons, with two of the three occurring on season 11 episodes and associating Dartmouth College with alcoholic consumption.

The image has been mentioned on some television shows such as a sketch on Talkshow with Spike Feresten, and dialogue on Archer, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show and 30 Rock.

Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, The Simpsons, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat.

In TV's The Simpsons, the Sleep Eazy Motel signage displays its name with missing neon lighting segments, " Sl < span style =" color: lightgrey ;"> e </ span > e < span style =" color: lightgrey ;"> p-E </ span > azy Motel ", a sleazy motel advertising hourly rates and adult movies.

This is often the subject of parody, for example in the Simpsons episode " Radioactive Man " where the onomatopoeic words are replaced with snuh !, newt!

He has also appeared in The Golden Years, in Chappelle's Show and, along with fellow author Amy Tan, on The Simpsons as himself.

As with many Simpsons characters, Marge's age changes to serve the story.

* Springfield and Shelbyville from The Simpsons are usually presented as twin cities with an intense rivalry.

* " Das Bus ", an episode of The Simpsons with a similar plot

She has voiced Lisa since 1987, beginning with The Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.

Directed by Judith Ivey, the play is about her mixed feelings over the success of The Simpsons, her parents, her relationships and her struggles with bulimia.

Some of the most popular TV series which premiered during the 1980s or carried over from the 1970s include: Alf, Airwolf, The A-Team, Dynasty, Dallas, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Magnum, P. I., Miami Vice, Diff ' rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show, Murder, She Wrote, 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Night Court, Who's the Boss ?, Family Matters, Quantum Leap, Saved by the Bell, Roseanne, Full House, The Golden Girls, Cheers, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Married ... with Children.

Adult-oriented animated programming also continued a sharp upturn in popularity with shows like South Park ( 1997-today ) and Family Guy ( 1999 – 2002, 2005-today ) along with the longtime running cartoon The Simpsons ( 1989-today ).

* In The Simpsons episode, " Holidays of Future Passed ", the episode set in December 2041, Bart is a deadbeat dad living in Springfield Elementary ( which is now an apartment complex instead of a school ) with Principal Skinner as his landlord.

In an homage to his Sopranos character, he also voiced the analyst of Bart Simpson's therapist in an episode of The Simpsons, and appeared as himself in the " Robots Versus Wrestlers " episode of How I Met Your Mother along with Arianna Huffington, and Will Shortz.

The notion of a supervillain threatening world leaders with a nuclear device has since become a cliché, and has been parodied in Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, The Simpsons episode " You Only Move Twice ", and other espionage spoofs.

Fox would expand to a full week's worth of programming in 1993, which included scheduling the breakout hit The Simpsons opposite NBC's The Cosby Show as one of Fox's initial Thursday night offerings in the fall of 1990 ( along with future hit Beverly Hills, 90210 ) after only a half-season of success on Sunday nights.

Building around its flagship The Simpsons, Fox has been relatively successful with animated shows.

The Parents Television Council has criticized many popular Fox shows for perceived indecent content, such as American Dad !, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen, Married ... with Children, Prison Break, and That ' 70s Show.

In 2005 Toy Story, along with Toy Story 2 was voted the 4th greatest cartoon in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Cartoons poll, behind The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry and South Park.

Long time writer for The Simpsons, David X. Cohen changed his middle initial from S to X because there was already a David S Cohen registered with the Writer's Guild of America.

In the 1996 The Simpsons episode " The Day the Violence Died ", a relationship similar to Iwerks ' early relationship with Walt Disney is used as the main plot.