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British mentalist and illusionist Derren Brown will function in a forthcoming episode of The Simpsons, which is being referred to as “one of many largest visitor starring roles” within the historical past of the present.
This December will mark 35 years for the reason that present started and to mark the event they may air a particular two-part Christmas particular on the very same date the present aired in 1989.
On 17 December, Disney+ will premiere “O C’Mon All Ye Trustworthy” which is able to see Homer turn out to be satisfied that he’s Santa Claus after being hypnotised by Brown, who seems as himself within the episode.
Talking about showing within the episode, Brown referred to as it “the perfect factor that’s occurred in my life thus far”. The 53-year-old added: “I had simply began writing Solely Human, my new touring present, when the decision got here in. I used to be requested to maintain it very quiet in the meanwhile, so I instantly informed everybody I met.
“I did marvel if it meant I had reached a degree of such stratospheric success that I not wanted to write down the brand new present, however I’ve been politely assured that isn’t the case. I’m not towards stepping out on stage with vivid yellow make-up.”
Carolyn Omine, who works as a author on The Simpsons, stated: “By way of strains and display screen time it’s in all probability one of many largest visitor starring roles we’ve ever had, and he’s unbelievable, charming and really humorous within the episode.”
The primary ever Simpsons episode was additionally a Christmas particular, referred to as “Simpsons Roasting on An Open Fireplace,” and was a direct success, incomes two Emmy nominations the next yr.
This comes simply days after it was introduced that Pamela Hayden could be retiring from the hit Fox sitcom after 35 years.
Hayden, who’s credited for that includes in practically 700 episodes of the long-running animated sequence, is finest often called the voice behind Bart Simpson’s bespectacled buddy Milhouse Van Houten; nevertheless, she’s additionally performed dozens of different characters, together with Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders and Malibu Stacy.
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Her ultimate episode, Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Depraved This Manner Comes, will air on Sunday (November 24).
“The time has come for me to hold up my microphone, however how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons? Not simply,” Hayden, 70, stated in a press release. “It’s been an honor and a pleasure to have labored on such a humorous, witty, and groundbreaking present. … I’ll at all times have a particular place in my coronary heart for that blue-haired 10-year-old boy with glasses.”
The Simpsons will start the seek for Hayden’s substitute within the close to future, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter.