Harry Shearer, voice of Mr. Burns among a cast of hundreds on The Simpsons is getting serious in an effort to defend Mel Gibson, as the movie star faces ongoing criticism for an ill-advised, drunken rant against Jews. Shearer insists he doesn’t want to come across as a staunch defender of the ‘ Mad Max’ [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 12, 2005
Harry Shearer has put his stamp on such iconic roles as Spinal Tap bass player Derek Smalls and the Simpsons’ nosy neighbor Ned Flanders, but he’s about to add record label owner to his resume. Along with his singer/pianist wife Judith Owen and her manager Bambi Moe, Shearer has founded Courgette Records, which will [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Simpsons producer Al Jean has responded to Harry Shearer’s comments exclusively at No Homers Club. Here’s what the he had to say at our partner site: “I am responding to recent comments by Harry Shearer regarding the current quality of the Simpsons.” writes Jean. “He complains that his parts have shrunk–the reason for that is, as [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 5, 2004
The actor behind Mr. Burns, and Ned Flanders has slammed The Simpsons, claiming the last three seasons of the show have been the “worst”. Harry Shearer believes the 15-year-old show is beginning to run out of ideas and he is getting bored providing the speech for Flanders, Burns and his assistant Waylon Smithers, Reverend Lovejoy, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 21, 2004
Brokennewz.com has scored an interview with Harry Shearer, who provides the voice of Mr Burns, Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner just to name a few. “Harry Shearer first caught my attention in the 80’s during his days on SNL. His writing talents and on air appeal kept me captivated, which in turn inadvertently kept me [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2003
The Comic Mint Australia is currently running an exclusive on-line Simpsons animation art exhibition with a superb collection of original production cels and drawings for sale, with specially signed cards by the extraordinary voice artist from The Simpsons, Harry Shearer. Harry is the voice of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner & many others! [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2003
“Harry Shearer has an interesting level of fame. Half of the performer’s public working life is spent hidden as a radio broadcaster or voice artist on The Simpsons. He says it’s one of his favourite things about the career that he’s “stumbled into”. It’s quite hard hearing such deadly serious talk from a voice that [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2003
Just because Homer Simpson’s evil boss, Mr. Burns, is a cartoon character, you can’t assume he hasn’t changed over the years, says Harry Shearer. Shearer does the voice of Burns and says Burns has changed ever so slightly in the show’s 300-plus episodes. “I watch the show, but I can’t say it compares to the [...]
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