American actor and Simpsons guest star Garry Marshall died yesterday, July 19th, from complications of pneumonia after suffering a stroke.
Marshall, who guest starred on two separate occasions, as Larry Kidkill in the season 11 episode “Eight Misbehavin’” and Sheldon Leavitt in the season 22 episode “Homer the Father“. He was also the brother of actress Penny Marshall, who has also guest starred on the show.
Dan Castellaneta is to voice Homer Simpson live on the May 15th episode of The Simpsons!
During the episode, Marge, Lisa and Bart will turn the show over to Homer who will take a break from stuffing his face to comment on the events of the day LIVE during both the East Coast and West Coast broadcasts.
From May 1st to the 4th, fans will be able to tweet questions that Homer could answer using the hashtag #HomerLive.
The episode, titled “Simprovised“, will be the penultimate episode of season 27, and will be written by John Frink.
Dan Castellaneta will be motion captured to get lip movements and gestures incorporated into what Homer does on the screen.
Simpsons Comics Chaos, the latest Simpsons Comics complication book, has been released in the US today, February 2nd. It features comic stories previously released in Simpsons Comics issues.
Pandemonium breaks loose in Springfield when one cellphone call causes a commotion of cosmic proportions. Then, it’s a hard knock life for Bart when a prank lands him in the Springfield Orphanage, where he is subjected to gruel and unusual punishment by Mr. Burns. Adding to the confusion, Homer decides to get a tattoo to prove his love to Marge and Krusty quits show biz to work at of all places . . . the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant! And Ned Flanders suffers a bout of “Vertigo”-areeno when he becomes obsessed with a woman who is a dead ringer for his dearly departed wife! Then, Homer, Barney, and Duffman spring into action to save Duff Industries and the savory secret behind their new special brew . . . and stay tuned as some minor characters make some major moves by “spinning off” into their very own uninspired television series!
For more information, including a list of stories included when we can update, read our article.
The new couch gag from the next season 27 episode “Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles” has been released.
The couch gag is by guest animator Steve Cutts.
“Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles” will air this Sunday, January 10 and will guest star Sofia Vergara as Mrs. Berrera.
Two new skins are available in The Simpsons: Tapped Out today as part of the Threehouse of horror 2015 event.
Acorn Kirk costs 70 donuts whilst Squirrel Luann costs 80 donuts. Both come with new questlines. The costumes are based on their Halloween costumes from the season 27 episode “Halloween of Horror“.
Act 3 of the event will start tomorrow, bringing with it all new prizes to be won.
The Simpsons was nominated for five Emmy awards this year, one for Outstanding Animated Program for the episode “Treehouse of Horror XXV“, one for Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation for the episode “Simpsorama” and three for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
In the Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance category, three voice actors were nominated, Dan Castellaneta for his role as Homer Simpson in “Bart’s New Friend, Hank Azaria for his roles as Moe Szyslak and Kevin the Pedicab Driver in “The Princess Guide” and Tress MacNeille for her roles as Laney Fontaine, Shauna and Mrs. Muntz in “My Fare Lady“. Hank Azaria won this award.
The Simpsons lost the other two categories they were nominated in. The lost out in the Outstanding Animated Program category to Over the Garden Wall and lost out in the Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation category, which sound re-recording mixers Tara Paul and Mark Linden were nominated for, to Modern Family.
Lego Dimensions, a new Lego video game, comes out at the end of September and The Simpsons is represented in the game with three different sets and a level in the starter pack.
Lego Dimensions features collectible real life sets that can be used in the game to get new content, including characters, vehicles and levels. Each set has to be bought separately from the base game, which has some content in already.
The three sets include one level pack and two fun packs. The level pack includes Homer Simpson and the two fun packs have Bart Simpson and Krusty the Clown.
The Simpsons will have a level in the starter pack where Lord Business from The Lego Movie teams up with The Joker from DC Comics to take over Springfield. No The Simpsons characters are playable in this level without the expansion sets.
It is unconfirmed at the moment whether any more The Simpsons sets will be released but a character list that had blurred characters has one blur resembling Maggie Simpson. So it is possible that she will become playable in a later set.
For all the details on The Simpsons content, see our article.
Crossword constructor and The Simpsons guest star Merl Reagle has died, aged 65.
Reagle guest starred as himself in the season 20 episode “Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words“. He also constructed all the crossword puzzles used in the episode.
Reagle died yesterday, on August 22nd, after being hospitalized with acute pancreatitis.
Actor and singer Andrew Rannells will guest star as himself in a season 27 episode of The Simpsons, expected to air in Spring, called How Lisa Got Her Marge Back.
The episode, expected to air in April, will see Marge take Lisa on a girls trip to Capital City where they attend a performance of Bad News Bears: The Musical, starring Rannells. After the show, he meets Lisa backstage where he tells Lisa she has a great mom and is lucky to have her.
Rannells joins a growing list of Girls stars to guest star this upcoming season, with Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Jemima Kirke all guest starring in the season premiere “Every Man’s Dream“.
The Godfather actor and The Simpsons guest star Alex Rocco has died, aged 79.
Rocco’s death was announced by his daughter, Jennifer Rocco, on her Facebook page. He died on July 18th from cancer in Studio City, Los Angeles.
Rocco guest starred on The Simpsons in three episodes as Roger Meyers, Jr.