In his first visual appearance in " Homer's Odyssey ", Smithers was mistakenly animated with the wrong color and was made an African American by Gyorgi Peluci, the color stylist.

In many ways, Smithers represents the stereotype of the closeted gay man, and numerous overt allusions and double entendres concerning his homosexuality are made, though some of the show's producers instead refer to him as a " Burns-sexual ".

In his first visual appearance in " Homer's Odyssey ", Smithers was mistakenly animated with the wrong color and was made an African American by Gyorgi Peluci, the color stylist.

Waylon Smithers made his first appearance in this episode, although he can be heard over a speaker in The Simpsons series premiere " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire ".

" Klasky Csupo was also responsible for an error during the episode " Homer's Odyssey " in which Waylon Smithers was animated with the wrong color and was made African American.

Hoping to throw off suspicion, Hawkeye made the villains reinvent their costumed identities, thus creating a new team of Thunderbolts, and Smithers joined the group as Blackheath.

Aubrey Beardsley started to write an erotic treatment of the legend which was never to be finished due to his illness ; the first parts of it were published in The Savoy and later issued in book form by Leonard Smithers with the title Under the Hill.

Smithers first appeared in the episode " Homer's Odyssey ", although he could be heard in the series premiere " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire ".

The first appearance of a yellow Smithers was " There's No Disgrace Like Home ", the fourth episode of the first season.

The first and last scenes feature a character named Smithers, a white trader who appears to be part of illegal activities.

In the first scene, Smithers is told about the rebellion by an old woman, and then has a lengthy conversation with Jones.

Snowball I is mentioned for the first time and Waylon Smithers can be heard over the speaker at the power plant, but he is not seen.

Still, it seems surprisingly clever and witty " In a DVD review of the first season, David B. Grelck gave the episode a rating of ½ / 5 and calls it " the first season at its worst " and continues that is was " notable for introducing Mr. Burns and ( a strangely African-American ) Smithers, but otherwise boring and preachy.

Jan Smithers was one of the few WKRP cast members who was the first choice for the role she played ( Gordon Jump being the other one ).

Jan Smithers was one of the few WKRP cast members who was the first choice for the role she played ( Gordon Jump being the other one ).

Its first President was the Conservative MP Waldron Smithers.

Smithers begins to feel jealous of Homer for his high standing with Mr. Burns and searches Homer's file, finding the damaging information he seeks in the case of insurance fraud that gave Homer hair in the first place.

Within ten minutes, the power plant is on fire and Homer is fired ( after pretending it was his first day which Mr. Burns initially fell for until Smithers pointed out who he actually was ).

The first design was " more horrific " than the one seen in the episode, and it more closely resembled Smithers.

Waylon Smithers ' initial ( and only ) appearance as an African American, as seen in " Homer's Odyssey ( The Simpsons ) | Homer's Odyssey ".

Certain Plantman simuloids were programmed with Samuel Smithers ' brain patterns to believe they were the original Plantman, thus it is not always clear whether any appearance of the Plantman is the actual Plantman.

Many fans correctly guessed that it would be one of Homer's sisters-in-law, either Patty or Selma, while others believed it to be Waylon Smithers.

Frustrated, Smithers is instead forced to fire Karl, who has sacrificed his own job to save Homer's.

Homer is invited to give a speech at the next meeting, and Smithers does his best to ruin Homer's confidence.

In the third segment, Burns and Smithers go down to the lab during Homer's nightmare.

The letters include questions on Homer's growing stupidity, how the cast and crew can create an episode per week, and hints of Waylon Smithers ' homosexuality.

At that point, the episode was titled " Smithers ' Father's Apparent Murder " until the writers incorporated flashbacks to Homer's childhood that resembled the story of the film Stand By Me, based on the novella The Body by Stephen King.

" Smithers has openly declared his love for Burns on at least two occasions, such as in " Lisa the Skeptic ", when, believing the world is ending, Smithers says " Oh, what the hell!

Burns himself has been involved with several women and in " A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love ", Smithers is noticeably disgusted when Burns starts looking for a female companion.

In " Homer the Smithers ", Burns orders Smithers to take a vacation and Homer Simpson is hired as a temporary replacement.

Al Jean, who thinks of Smithers as being a " Burns-sexual ", felt that had Mr. Burns been a woman, then Smithers would not be gay.

* Kay Cousins as Irate Mother ( of " Percival Smithers ", the ill-mannered kid who tells " Santa Corwin " that, for a Christmas present, he wants " a new front name ")

" Black Smithers ", as seen in this episode

Creator Hugh Wilson said that despite Smithers ' lack of experience ( she had never done a situation comedy before ), she was perfect for the character of Bailey as he had conceived her: " Other actresses read better for the part ", Wilson recalled, " but they were playing shy.

In " Burns ' Heir ", both Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers refer to him as " Leonard ", the same way they refer to Homer as " Simpson ", though in The Frying Game, Homer refers to him as " Lenford ".

and Smithers, S. G. ( 2000 ) " Holocene reef growth in Torres Strait ", Marine Geology 170: 331-346.

One of the most celebrated sketches he wrote for the former was a parody of the BBC quiz programme Mastermind, where a " Charlie Smithers " chose to answer questions on the specialist subject " Answering the question before last ", adapted from his " Answering one question behind all the time " sketch from their The Burkiss Way for BBC Radio 4.

In the early episodes, it is suggested that Bailey looks up to Johnny as her mentor in the world of broadcasting, but that she also has a schoolgirl crush on him, a relationship that by the fourth season develops into what Smithers characterized as " more adult ", giving both characters another dimension to develop.

In the 1990 episode " Simpson and Delilah ", the character Karl ( voiced by Harvey Fierstein ) kisses Homer, while the recurring character Waylon Smithers is often shown to be in love with his boss, Montgomery Burns, initially suggestively and since then more overtly.

Ferrell mentions that his favorite joke from The Simpsons was the line " Women and seamen ( semen ) don't mix ", said by Smithers during the " King Homer " segment.

She is also seen saying " There goes the last lingering thread of my heterosexuality ", when Homer runs past her, naked and screaming, in " Treehouse of Horror III ", and hiding in a closet with Smithers on a parade float during a gay pride parade in " Jaws Wired Shut " ( Albeit as part of a float on being in the closet where only their arms were visible and voices heard ).