Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member Dan Castellaneta to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors.

In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta ( the voice of Homer ) won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta and fellow cast member Julie Kavner to voice Homer and Marge Simpson rather than hire more actors.

In 2004, Castellaneta and Julie Kavner ( the voice of Marge ) won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

While the roles of Homer and Marge were given to Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner because they were already a part of the Tracey Ullman Show cast, the producers decided to hold casting for the roles of Bart and Lisa.

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member Dan Castellaneta to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors.

In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta won a Young Artist Award for " Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series ".

Ginny Tillman, the ex-wife of a Beverly Hills proctologist ; Francesca McDowell, a 14-year-old New York City girl being raised by her father Dave ( portrayed by Castellaneta ) and his partner William ( McMurray ); Tina, a Brooklyn postal employee who is best friends with her co-worker Meg ( Kavner ); Sarah Downey, a quintessential yuppie married to attorney Greg ( Castellaneta ); Kay Clark, an English office worker and caregiver to her sick mother ( Kay also appeared frequently in Tracey Takes On ); Sandra Decker, an aged Hollywood movie actress ; Kiki Howard-Smith, an Australian professional golfer ; Summer Storm, a Los Angeles disc jockey ; and Angel Tish, a singer who appeared with her husband Marty ( Castellaneta ).

Tracey Ullman Show cast members Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner provide the voices of Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson respectively.

The voice actors of the immediate family ( Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith ) provide voices for their respective characters.

#" Lisa's Sax ": " Those Were The Days /' WB's Proud To Present ' Theme "-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright

#" All Singing, All Dancing ": "' Gonna Paint Our Wagon ' Theme & Reprise / A Singing, Dancing ,..."-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright / Hank Azaria / Yeardley Smith

#" Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala ( Annoyed Grunt ) cious ": " Turkey In The Straw / Minimum Wage Nanny "-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright / Yeardley Smith

#" Happy Just The Way We Are "-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright / Yeardley Smith / Harry Shearer

#" Underwater Wonderland "-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner

#" Trash of the Titans ": " Before The Garbage, Man !/ The Garbageman "-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright / Yeardley Smith

#" The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase ": " The Simpsons Family Smile-Time Variety Hour Opening Theme ..."-Dan Castellaneta / Julie Kavner / Nancy Cartwright / Harry Shearer / Pamela Hayden / Tim Conway

* Cast of The Simpsons: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta as well as Julie Kavner to voice Homer and Marge, rather than hire more actors.

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith all began voicing their characters on The Tracey Ullman Show.

Before the recording session took part, the main voice actors of the show ( Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, and Hank Azaria ) sat down with executive producer David Mirkin and a crew of writers at a table reading to determine what shape the script was in.

Cast members of The Simpsons, including Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, and Phil Hartman, provided their voices for the dialog in the game.

Castellaneta has also had roles in several other television programs, including the live-action sitcom Sibs, The Adventures of Dynamo Duck, and the animated series Darkwing Duck, Back to the Future: The Animated Series, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin and Hey Arnold !.

The Genie had been voiced by Robin Williams in Aladdin, and Castellaneta described replacing him as " sort of like stepping into Hamlet after Laurence Olivier did it, how can you win?

The majority of the sketches had been written and performed before the CD was recorded, and Castellaneta thought that it would be a good idea to preserve them " since and Lacusta don't perform them much anymore.

Castellaneta was part of the regular cast of The Tracey Ullman Show and had previously done some voice-over work in Chicago alongside his wife Deb Lacusta.

Sexual Inadequacy " ( season six, 1994 ) featured many interactions between Grampa and Homer, so Castellaneta therefore had to talk to himself when he recorded the voices for that episode.

Dan Castellaneta based his voice characterization on Chicago television's Bob Bell who had a very raspy voice and portrayed WGN-TV's Bozo the Clown from 1960 to 1984.

Castellaneta and Lacusta waited several years and offered their script, which they updated, to then-show runner Mike Scully, who liked it and had them make a few changes.

Dan Castellaneta had actually recorded all the dialogue of the Genie for this film, as he did with the previous sequel due to Disney's differences with Williams, but his recording session was not used when Robin Williams agreed to reprise his role.

Castellaneta had been part of the regular cast of The Tracey Ullman Show and had done some voice over work in Chicago alongside his wife Deb Lacusta.

Regular cast member Dan Castellaneta portrayed Dennis Miller in the segment ( a special ending credit had to be made to avoid confusion with viewers who thought the real Dennis Miller did voicework on the show ).

Nancy Cartwright was the only one of the group who had been trained to be a voice actor while Castellaneta had done some voice over work in Chicago.

Writing ensued, and when the cast members had settled the payment issue, Castellaneta and Lacusta presented the script to show runner Al Jean, who put the script into production.

In the early 1990s, Castellaneta, the voice of Homer, Barney, and many other characters on the show, had conceived the idea to do an episode in which Barney sobers up.

Castellaneta and Lacusta waited several years and presented their script, which they had updated, to then-showrunner Mike Scully ( 1997 – 2000 ), who liked it but had them make some changes.

Dan Castellaneta had to learn proper Russian pronunciation so he could speak it during the chess scene in which he voiced the Russian chess player.

Castellaneta has been a regular cast member in several other television series.

Dan Castellaneta, who guest stars as Joe Spencer, is the voice of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons, which has been established as O ' Neill's favorite television program.

Heide Perlman, creator of Sibs, wrote the part with Castellaneta in mind.

Dan Castellaneta actually used a bullhorn to record his part when Homer was talking on one.