We did it! The final episode of season 1, and all the speaking characters featured within. This is a fun episode that feels like a lost relic, because of the occasionally goofy animation and the fact that this was supposed to be the first episode, but even by episode 13 the show has evolved somewhat. beyond what it is here.
Lucille is the most important character I suppose but that's stretching the definition of important somewhat.
The NCHC for this episode is a respectab...
2023-07-27 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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After the last couple of numbered entries featured the most nameless and literally faceless characters we've ever encountered, we end the season with perhaps the most famous bonus characters yet! These guys are certainly recognisable, although I'm not sure if they ever speak - we'll have to see!
They are first seen on the show providing mambo music for Homer and Marge's date night, but can be ...
2023-07-26 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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We end the season with a dull thud, another random reporter, same as yesterday:
This guy also has an entry on Simpsons Wiki, but nothing more can really be said about him.
But HEY let's forget that and focus on the fact that we've covered every single speaking character in se...
2023-07-25 08:00:00 +0000 UTC
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It is the FINAL week of covering Season 1! We're gonna have a five update week while we finish this episode, then we can move onto episodes people actually like.
What's that? Some people don't consider the "golden era" to start until Season 3? Aw daaaang...
Anyway, here we go with another reporter character that I have to mostly make up myself:
This is all we get of him in the show...
2023-07-24 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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These are the weirdos we live for here:
I'm sure you noticed this guy yesterday, he stands out to me.
I hope that when this Patreon project is finally completed in the year 3377, it is seen as a celebration, as a chance to really admire the background nobodies that this show produced. I hope the robots that destroyed humanity take solace in the fact that a small group of people on ...
2023-07-21 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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This is the presenter of America's Most Armed and Dangerous, the show that Bart switches off Happy Little Elves for:
The show is a parody of America's Most Wanted, which had started on Fox on 1988, so was also relatively new at the time. Coincidentally, the Wikipedia page for America's Most Wanted mentions The Simpsons in its
2023-07-20 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I can't help myself! Let's get through some of the non-speaking characters from this Happy Little Elves sequence, even though I don't have anything to say about any of them!
The most interesting thing about...
2023-07-18 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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We covered some of the Happy Little Elves back in Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire (back in November 2021 if you can believe it). I think this is a brand new one, but who can tell, honestly? The show quickly forgets about the Happy Little Elves, so there's no need to have them as distinct...
2023-07-17 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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A couple of odd ends from the "Chez Paree" sequence, all conveniently pictured here in one image:
The Homer/Marge outfits are more memorable to me from the deleted animation from ...
2023-07-14 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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This is a true one timer, the type of character we love around here.
If you go back and listen to the scene, please tell me who you think voices him! IMDB says Hank Azaria, but to my ear I don't think that's right! Let me know your thoughts. Personally I think it's Christopher Collins, who appears in a few season 1 episodes, but I have nothing to back this up.
This post is part of my...
2023-07-13 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The best of the losers! It was a close vote but "I Sleep In A Racing Car" will be the Patron print for this month! I like this one, it's silly.
If you'd like this as an A5 print, stay (or sign up) at the £10 or higher level on this very Patreon and it'll be sent out to you at the start of next month!
If you have any questions, let me know! Thank you for your support.
2023-07-11 08:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Sideshow Bob was the real main "recurring" villain to come out of season 1, but they certainly gave The Babysitter Bandit a good try. She's certainly one of the more memorable characters of the show so far, partially due to a great performance by Penny Marshall, and partially due to the fact that she's really actually quite mean and unpleasant.
Of course, this isn't her only appearance in the show, just her only voiced appearance. Her fugitive status is alluded to in "Bart's Dog Gets An...
2023-07-10 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Our second voiced character this week is also not voiced by one of the main Simpsons cast - and it's a doozy. This lady is voiced by LEGENDARY voice actress June Foray. I suppose she was "best" known as Granny from Looney Tunes, but this is such a downplaying of her incredible career - just browse her IMDB to see how prolific she was. How many people have been on the original Rocky and Bullwinkle show and the Simpson...
2023-07-06 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Because we leave no stone unturned here, let's cover some weird non speaking characters, like this abstract representation of Marge's anger at Homer:
And one of the babysitters at the Rubber Baby Bumper Babysitting Service:
The lady on the left 2023-07-05 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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LOSERS EDITION!
I always feel guilty when I do a poll for the patron print and there are multiple people who vote for whatever comes in third. I hope you're all enjoying the prints you've gotten so far - even if it wasn't your first choice!
For July, I thought we'd try putting all the "runners up" in a poll, and doing a best-of-the-rest print for this month. A couple of the third place entries ended up being prints on my 2023-07-04 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Please bear with me a moment. This is the first post I've written since going off on paternity leave back in March so I may be rusty. But I'm back and ready to talk more about the...Simpuns? Is that right?
Howard, like Pawn Shop Clerk or 2023-07-03 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Bill Pye is heard on the radio in the family's kitchen at the start of this episode, but never seen. He does have a very similar voice to Arnie Pye, there is some possibility they are indeed the same person, but I'm saying this is Arnie's brother or something, because drawing is fun and this way I get to do extra drawing. Spoiler: this is not the last time I'll have to basically make up a character's appearance in this episode.
The other guy stood out to be because of the weird way he s...
2023-06-28 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Our first character in the final episode of season one is this guy who works on Marvin Monroe's radio show.
I've peeked ahead and I'm afraid this episode doesn't have many particularly memorable new additions to our canon - this guy certainly never shows up again.
So now seems as good a time as any to dish out the trivia that "Some Enchanted Evening" was actually the first production epi...
2023-06-26 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I still think this is the best episode of season 1. It sets up a mystery format that will be used several more times and introduces us to one of the most charismatic villains the show has. Not many memorable characters introduced beyond Kent and Bob, but those two loom large.
But we all know what we're here for: the NCHC for "Krusty Gets Busted" is 18.75%, because I'm taking it on faith that Scott Christian isn't wearing a toupée.
We encountered 16 new friends in this episode, br...
2023-06-23 08:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Our final character for this episode is the guy who informs Bob that Bart and Lisa are here to see him.
He is bland and unremarkable. I went back to check and this is NOT the same Security Guard f...
2023-06-22 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Skipping the queue slightly is this lady from Bob's arrest, who stuck out to me.
I can see myself circling back to cover more of these season 1 background weirdos at some point. Look at the guy on the left there, is that an early Frank Grimes spotting? No, no it's not. But it looks like him!
This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in thi...
2023-06-21 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The final member of Bob's merchandising team even gets a second distinct line in this scene, so I'm giving him the honour of another screenshot, in which you can see Bob's big honkin' feet (a clue to the mystery of the episode...even though Bob's nefarious actions have already been revealed to the viewing audience.)
There was never a Sideshow Bob snow globe - or any official Simpsons snow glob...
2023-06-19 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The second of Bob's merchandising team. Sadly, a Sideshow Bob water-action pen never materialised in real life. Perhaps if it had, Bob would have held onto it himself, and not had to write so many notes in blood.
I think a "water-action pen" is one of those pens that shows a different image on the side when you turn it upside-down, by the way. One of the biggest novelties of the 1990s, now bare...
2023-06-15 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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As Bob has a sudden rise to mega-stardom, his merchandising team has ideas on how to capitalise on his success.
Each of these dopes gets one or two lines, and then is never seen again. The first to speak is the lady, who seems very excited about putting Bob's face on a little keychain.
I cannot find an exact date for when her dream came true, but eventually it did:
2023-06-12 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Another one-timer for this week, with a bold outfit choice.
Some bold passionate online discourse* rages on surrounding this guy's name. Disney+ has Bob call him "Ed", where Frinkiac says "Ted". I believe Frinkiac takes the DVD subtitles as a source so these are both official versions - we may never know his true name.
If you're thinking "they're both short for Edward, his name is Edward...
2023-06-08 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Bob's intellectual takeover of Krusty's show is in full swing and, against conventional wisdom, is a hit.
This reveal of Bob as sophisticated and cultured, with Frasier's voice coming from him, was a joke of sorts - the idea that this sideshow clown would be reading The Man In The Iron Mask and singing a jazz classic is absurd juxtaposition. We're used to Bob being the way he is that it's easy...
2023-06-07 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The joint winner for this month's print was this piece! If you know me, you know Lenny has become very near and dear to my heart, so I'm thrilled to send this print out to people.
If you'd like this as an A5 print, stay (or sign up) at the £10 or higher level on this very Patreon and it'll be sent out to you at the start of next month!
If you have any questions, let me know! Thank you for your support.
2023-06-06 08:17:24 +0000 UTC
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Got a pretty uneventful week I'm afraid, as we don't have a lot of familiar faces left in this episode. This lady reads the jury's verdict in Krusty's trial.
She is never seen again.
There are some good jokes in the first of many courtroom scenes, but a lot of the more memorable wacky antics in the Springfield justice system come later, once certain lawyers are introduced into the cast. ...
2023-06-05 08:00:01 +0000 UTC
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As always, I keep an eye out for odd little background details that stick out, like this gentlemen who is present for Krusty's trial. He reminds me of someone, but I'm not entirely sure who. Larry King maybe?
This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in this project, 2023-06-02 08:00:02 +0000 UTC
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