He provides voices for numerous characters, including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Principal Skinner, Otto Mann and Rainier Wolfcastle.

Waylon J Smithers, Jr., usually referred to by simply his surname, is a recurring fictional character in the long-running animated series The Simpsons, who is voiced by Harry Shearer.

Waylon Smithers was partly based on how numerous Fox executives and staff members acted towards Barry Diller.

Waylon Smithers is Burns ' devoted executive assistant.

His father, Waylon Smithers, Sr., worked for Burns until he died of radiation poisoning after saving Springfield from a potential nuclear meltdown when Waylon was a baby.

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

Waylon Smithers was partly based on how numerous Fox executives and staff members acted towards Barry Diller.

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.

" 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.

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 ".

The game begins with Waylon Smithers and two of his goons stealing a giant diamond from Springfield Jewelers for Mr. Burns.

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.

Waylon Smithers is offered a job at the Globex Corporation.

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.

When Mr. Burns discovers Homer showing off his impressive skills in a bathroom at work, he has Waylon Smithers schedule a match for the two.

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.

", and in another episode, Waylon Smithers rushes into a downtown church to confess his sins, only to find Police Chief Wiggum has been listening in on him.

One night, Mr. Burns tells his assistant Waylon Smithers that he is considering selling the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant so he can pursue other interests.

Knowing that this would come, Burns confesses to them that the dead man is Smithers ' father, Waylon Smithers Senior.

Burns tells the Simpsons and Wiggum that he dumped Smithers Sr .' s body into the sewer pipe ' since cover ups were all the rage back then ', and that he kept the truth from Waylon Jr. because he was an infant back then ; Smithers then enters the room, having heard the entire story.

Along the way he fights many bosses, including Sherri and Terri in a hot air balloon, Barney Gumble on a pink elephant, Waylon Smithers in a blimp ( you face him twice ), and eventually Mr. Burns in a biplane.

Efforts were made to keep the festival relevant, including more eclectic acts such as country superstar Waylon Jennings and emphasizing more heavily electronica groups like The Prodigy.

But his most lasting contributions were songs made famous by others: " Joy to the World " and " Never Been to Spain " ( Three Dog Night ), the previously mentioned " Greenback Dollar " ( Kingston Trio ), " The Pusher " and " Snowblind Friend " ( Steppenwolf ), " No-No Song " ( Ringo Starr ), and an array of others, covered by singers such as Joan Baez, Guthrie Thomas, John Denver, Waylon Jennings, and Anne Murray.

Waylon Jennings made a hit of his song " Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line ".

Both he and Waylon made a point of announcing that there were no hard feelings between the two of them, and that they are in fact on good terms with each other.

In 1966, Frann made her film debut in Nashville Rebel with Waylon Jennings and Loretta Lynn.

In 2008, the first posthumous album by Jennings, Waylon Forever was released.

The name Waylon was first used in " I Married Marge " and comes from the puppeteer Wayland Flowers.

The name Waylon was first used in " I Married Marge " and comes from the puppeteer Wayland Flowers.

The first two of these releases, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, were released November 15, 2011.

** April 7 — Travis ' " Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart " breaks the four-week barrier, the first since 1978's " Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys " by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

Other artists who appeared that first week were Waylon Jennings, Janie Fricke & Willie Nelson.

The very first country song on WXTU was " Are You Ready For The Country " by Waylon Jennings.

The episode marks the first appearance of Burns's assistant Smithers's first name, Waylon, which comes from the puppeteer Wayland Flowers.

After numerous requests from fans to see the Balladeer on-screen, Waylon finally appeared in one episode, the seventh season's aptly titled " Welcome, Waylon Jennings ", in which he was presented as an old friend of the Dukes.

The episode featured guest performances by Butch Hartman, Waylon Jennings, Rachael MacFarlane and John O ' Hurley, along with several recurring voice actors for the series.

The leaders of the movement were Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, although others associated with the movement were David Allan Coe, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser, Gary Stewart and Billy Joe Shaver.

The influence of the production methods can be heard in the albums Waylon Jennings went on to record in the 1970s ( with instrumentation highly unconventional for country music ) and his poetically sophisticated style of songwriting was highly influential on Kris Kristofferson.

After terminating his partnership with The Crickets, Buddy Holly assembled a new band consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch to be a part of the " Winter Dance Party " tour.

Future country star Waylon Jennings was scheduled to be on the plane, but instead gave his seat up to The Big Bopper.

Newbury wrote many songs that would be recorded by singers and songwriters such as Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bill Monroe, Johnny Rodriguez, Hank Snow, Ray Charles, Tony Rice, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy Wynette, Ray Price, Don Gibson, Brenda Lee, Charlie Rich, David Allan Coe, Sammi Smith, Joan Baez, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Steve Von Till, B. B.

They are Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, Barney, Krusty, Apu, Groundskeeper Willie, Bumblebee Man, Moe, Ned Flanders, Professor Frink, Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers, Kang and Kodos, Itchy, and Scratchy, some of which must be unlocked.

One of his contributions to the show's character development was his proposal that Waylon Smithers should be gay, but that this should never have too much attention drawn to it ; Smithers ' sexuality became one of the show's longest-running gags.