Harry Shearer returning to The Simpsons

[brooklynite]

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Simpsons fans will find this turn of events nothing short of excellent: Seven weeks after tweeting that he was exiting the animated comedy, EW has learned that Harry Shearer—the voice of Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Smithers and a flurry of other memorable characters—has agreed to rejoin Fox’s forever-running animated comedy.

We repeat: Burns is back.

Shearer has signed the same contract as did the other five primary voice actors—Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Hank Azaria—keeping the show’s original cast fully intact, EW has learned. These deals, which run for four seasons (including a network option for seasons 29 and 30), are estimated at more than $300,000 per episode. Fox recently renewed The Simpsons for a 27th and 28th season, which will bring its episode tally to 625.

Read more: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/15/harry-shearer-simpsons-returns

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[StevieM]

1. Excellent!! (eom)

[GreatGazoo]

2. "Exxxx-celent!"

[StevieM]

4. I beat you to the punch, but I wasn't sure how to spell "excellent" in order to best simulate what

we were going for.

I wonder if the show will keep going beyond 30 seasons, or if that will be the concluding point for the show.

[GreatGazoo]

14. it's that picture of Burns

saw your post after mine went up and thought about changing to "Oak-ally-doak-ally" but the news isn't just "Oak-ally-doak-ally" -- it's "Exxxx-celent!"

30 seasons -- I'll keep watching.

[underpants]

3. Ted Cruz finally does something right

His audition tape must have been very concerning to Harry

[msongs]

5. $300K per week for reading a few dozen lines from a piece of paper nt

[brooklynite]

7. ...with feeling

[valerief]

11. It's amazing what the world values. And the people who harvest our food don't

even get bathroom breaks.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Excellent!

Especially when you consider Shearer can basically phone in his work from any digital recording studio in the world.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. It's all relative

The actors get paid big bucks because they are the ones that have made the show a success for 26 years. The show has stayed on for that long because it still makes lots of advertising bucks for the network. The producers rake in a lot of dough from the network and from reruns. Why shouldn't the actors share in the shows success?

[name not needed]

6. So... come crawling back, eh?

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

8. I heard from a lawyer it was mostly a scheduling issue

Too much commuting to L.A. to hurry up and wait.

[Esra Star]

9. They must have found another pool full of sharks that need to be jumped....nt

[Gothmog]

10. This is great news