Castellaneta chose the title I Am Not Homer as a parody of Leonard Nimoy's famous first autobiography I Am Not Spock, as well as to show that most of the comedy featured " is not the typical Homer comedy.

Homer's voice began as a loose impression of Walter Matthau, but Castellaneta could not " get enough power behind that voice " and could not sustain his Matthau impression for the nine to ten hour long recording sessions.

" Castellaneta likes to stay in character during recording sessions, and tries to visualize a scene in his mind so that he can give the proper voice to it.

Castellaneta likes to stay in character during recording sessions, and tries to visualize a scene in his mind so that he can give the proper voice to it.

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.

Dan Castellaneta found the recording sessions " more intense " than recording the television series, and " more emotionally dramatic ".

During the recording session, Dan Castellaneta was singing the song and accidentally misspelled " smart ".

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.

" Richmond commented that as the recording session started, the " astounding versatility " of the actors became clear ; " Castellaneta bounces from being Homer to Grampa to Barney without taking a breath and minus any evident vocal similarities.

Even though Ziff appeared in the season 4 episode " The Front " as well, Lovitz was not available during the episode's recording session, and the character was instead voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who is one of the series ' main cast members.

While recording Homer's lines for that sequence, Dan Castellaneta was told to include the cursing.

Castellaneta did not know what voice to use and Sam Simon, who was directing at the time, told Castellaneta to use an accent.

Valentino was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D ' Antonguolla in Castellaneta, Puglia, Kingdom of Italy.

In 2009 a film school was also opened in his hometown, " Centro Studi Cine Club Rodolfo Valentino Castellaneta ".

Castellaneta was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, on October 29, 1957, to Elsie and Louis Castellaneta.

Castellaneta became adept at impressions at a young age and his mother enrolled him in an acting class when he was sixteen years old.

Castellaneta was also a regular participant in The Ron Petke and His Dead Uncle Show, a radio show at NIU.

A classmate first thought Castellaneta would " fall on his face with improvisation " but soon " was churning out material faster than could make it work.

His performance that night was about a blind man who tries to become a comedian and Ullman later recalled that although there were flashier performances that night, Castellaneta made her cry.

She was impressed and Castellaneta was hired.

The character was written as an angry janitor and Castellaneta was assigned to perform the voice.

Castellaneta first tried using a Hispanic voicing, which Simon felt was too clichéd.

Show runner Mike Scully thought that Gil would be " a one-shot thing " but " Dan Castellaneta was so funny at the table read doing the character, we kept making up excuses in subsequent episodes to put him in.

In 1993, Castellaneta was given a special Annie Award, " Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation ", for his work as Homer on The Simpsons.

Until 1998, Castellaneta was paid $ 30, 000 per episode.

The issue was resolved a month later, and Castellaneta earned $ 250, 000 per episode.

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.

In 2010, Castellaneta was nominated for the award for voicing Grampa and Homer in the episode " Thursdays with Abie ".

Barney sobered up in the episode " Days of Wine and D ' oh ' ses ", which was co-written by Castellaneta, and stayed sober for several episodes.

Early on the show, Castellaneta discovered that it was not easy for him to do Barney's trademark belch every time a script called for it, so he identified his best belch and told the producers to make that the standard.

In a very brief appearance in the season 2 episode " Bart's Dog Gets an F ", Troy was voiced by Dan Castellaneta.

After 1995, Castellaneta voiced Santa's Little Helper on his own while Welker performed other animal noises until his full departure in 2002, when he was denied a pay raise.

He was replaced by Dan Castellaneta ( best known for voicing Homer Simpson ), who also voiced the Genie in the animated series as well as in Kingdom Hearts.

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 ).

* Doc Brown ( portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in live action segments, voiced by Dan Castellaneta in the animated segments ) – Marty's best friend and the inventor of the time machine, which he built out of a DeLorean sports car.

During the hiatus, Lacusta and Castellaneta were discussing the film Forrest Gump and questioned whether the stories Gump told actually happened, or if he made them up.

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.

Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Castellaneta to voice Homer.

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.

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.

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.

Castellaneta and Kavner had been part of the regular cast of The Tracey Ullman Show and voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask them to voice Homer and Marge rather than hire more actors.

During the end song, Homer can be seen dancing along but not singing ; this was because the producers forgot to record Dan Castellaneta.