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Post by Lance Uppercut on Nov 28, 2023 17:43:28 GMT -5
I miss Uncle Herb.
Danny Devito still alive and famous, why hasn’t he shown back up in 30 years?
I know Rodney Dangerfield is dead but didn’t mr burns have a son?
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Post by Spider2024 on Nov 28, 2023 17:59:50 GMT -5
I second the Herb one.
Also, did Hank Scorpio ever make another appearance?
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Nov 28, 2023 18:02:45 GMT -5
There was Herb reference in a later season.
Can’t remember what season and episode.. but if I remember correctly Homer needs money and calls Herb and he get’s an automated message that says something like “You have reached Herb Powell, and if your hearing this I am poor again”.
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Post by fg on Nov 28, 2023 18:07:29 GMT -5
I miss Uncle Herb. Danny Devito still alive and famous, why hasn’t he shown back up in 30 years? I know Rodney Dangerfield is dead but didn’t mr burns have a son? Uncle Herb’s voice was heard on an answering machine in a 2012 episode revealing he’s once again poor.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Nov 28, 2023 18:12:28 GMT -5
I second the Herb one. Also, did Hank Scorpio ever make another appearance? He was going to be the villain in The Simpsons Movie but they decided he had liked Homer too much to be the bad guy. So they kept Brooks and created Russ Cargill.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 28, 2023 18:18:50 GMT -5
I wonder what ever happened to Dave Shutton, and Scott Christian for that matter.
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Post by karl100589 on Nov 28, 2023 18:29:34 GMT -5
Dr J Loren Prior became pretty redundant after the early seasons. The school faculty are a fun ensemble and he would’ve added an interesting dynamic.
I’m guessing since they introduced Chalmers for Skinner to bounce off there was no need for the doctor.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 28, 2023 18:58:24 GMT -5
I miss Uncle Herb. Danny Devito still alive and famous, why hasn’t he shown back up in 30 years? I know Rodney Dangerfield is dead but didn’t mr burns have a son? Danny DeVito had some issue with the 2nd episode he did. That’s why he hasn’t come back except for a quick appearance as mentioned.
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Post by Scoops on Nov 28, 2023 20:46:45 GMT -5
The series could have done way more with Ruth and Laura Powers, it's baffling to me that they were pretty much one and dones.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 28, 2023 21:21:24 GMT -5
I wonder what ever happened to Dave Shutton, and Scott Christian for that matter. Funny, I remembered these characters, but not their names. I had to look them up. Also, there are plenty of one-off characters who I would have liked to have seen return as a character in an episode rather than an extra. For example, Laura Powers and Allison Taylor. I would have liked to have seen Laura in another episode. If her mother Ruth could be featured in another episode a year after her initial appearance, then maybe Laura could have had the same treatment. Even a decade later, Ruth made another appearance but no Laura. As for Allison, I wondered if Winona Ryder was approached to do another episode but declined. Maybe there was nothing for her because she had been delegated to background character for a long time.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Nov 28, 2023 22:48:19 GMT -5
I wonder what ever happened to Dave Shutton, and Scott Christian for that matter. Funny, I remembered these characters, but not their names. I had to look them up. Also, there are plenty of one-off characters who I would have liked to have seen return as a character in an episode rather than an extra. For example, Laura Powers and Allison Taylor. I would have liked to have seen Laura in another episode. If her mother Ruth could be featured in another episode a year after her initial appearance, then maybe Laura could have had the same treatment. Even a decade later, Ruth made another appearance but no Laura. As for Allison, I wondered if Winona Ryder was approached to do another episode but declined. Maybe there was nothing for her because she had been delegated to background character for a long time. Alison did talk in another episode the one Lisa Kudrow guest starred in. Maggie Roswell did the voice that time.. I don't why they did not keep that up. It's not like the show had too many female kid characters.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Nov 28, 2023 22:59:56 GMT -5
I wonder what ever happened to Dave Shutton, and Scott Christian for that matter. IIRC, Dave Shutton briefly appears in the second part of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" as a reporter who tries to ask Smithers about Burns getting shot before Kent Brockman upstages him. As for Scott Christian, I guess he kinda became redundant once Brockman started to be the show's go-to news reporter character.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 28, 2023 23:02:33 GMT -5
Another one is Eddie the cop. He still makes occasional appearances, but mostly the only police characters we see now are Lou and Wiggum (and Lou has now become the straight man to Wiggum's goofiness, as opposed to when he was just as corrupt as Eddie and Wiggum).
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Post by Andee9001 on Nov 29, 2023 2:38:16 GMT -5
Karl from the episode where Homer grows his hair back. Great character. I know his actor Harvey Fierstein was asked back at one point but he thought the writing had declined.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Nov 29, 2023 4:12:54 GMT -5
Karl from the episode where Homer grows his hair back. Great character. I know his actor Harvey Fierstein was asked back at one point but he thought the writing had declined. I believe the episode he was asked back for was the Homer moves in with gay guys episode and he said it was just bad stereotypes.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Nov 29, 2023 4:14:26 GMT -5
Also, did Hank Scorpio ever make another appearance? Not television wise but he has made some appearances in the official Simpson comics.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Nov 29, 2023 7:16:28 GMT -5
Karl from the episode where Homer grows his hair back. Great character. I know his actor Harvey Fierstein was asked back at one point but he thought the writing had declined. I believe the episode he was asked back for was the Homer moves in with gay guys episode and he said it was just bad stereotypes. I think he wasn't a fan of the John Waters episode either. Honestly, a lot of early season characters had the potential, even just for a followup. Ms Botz, could have teamed up with Bob, the corrupt retirement castle manager, Adil.
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 29, 2023 9:35:49 GMT -5
Maude Flanders. It’s not like the laws of physics apply.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 29, 2023 9:57:56 GMT -5
Maude Flanders. It’s not like the laws of physics apply. With the way Al Jean wanted to roll the series back to the season 4 status Quo I'm surprised they never just had her pop back up like Kenny did from South Park.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 29, 2023 10:33:20 GMT -5
Maude Flanders. It’s not like the laws of physics apply. With the way Al Jean wanted to roll the series back to the season 4 status Quo Come again?
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