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There were plenty of solid celebrity guests for The Simpsons.
- Albert Brooks as several different characters, Hans Scorpio being his best.
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy, Homer's co-worker that he developed an attraction too
- Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Bergstrom, Lisa's Substitute Teacher
- Glenn Close as Homer's Mom
- Rodney Dangerfield as Mr. Burns' illegitimate son Larry (although lets be honest, Rodney was playing himself)
- Winona Ryder as Allison, Lisa's rival
- Danny DeVito as Herbert, Homer's Billionaire Half Brother
- Jackie Mason as Rabbi Hershel Krustofski, Krusty's father
- James Earl Jones as the Narrator for the Raven segment of the 1st Treehouse of Horror (as well as Serak the Preparer from "Hungry or the Damned" and even the Voice of Maggie during "Time and Punishment" in THoHV)
- Willem Defoe as The Commandant of the Military school Bart and Lisa attended (His commencement speech is an underrated moment in the show's history)
- Donald Sutherland as the curator of the Jebediah Springfield museum when Lisa was trying to expose the historical figure as Hans Sprungfeld
- David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson as Mulder and Scully (This crossover still makes me giggle to this day)
- Sara Gilbert as Laura, the teenager Bart had a crush on
- Harvey Fierstein as Karl, Homer's secretary that was implied to be homosexual.
- Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff, Marge's old prom date and self made billionaire
- Michael Jackson as Leon Kompowski, a mental patient who thinks he's Michael Jackson (Lisa Its Your Birthday got stuck in your head at the mention of this, don't pretend it didn't!)
- The Baseball Pros Mr. Burns recruited for this softball team, Darryl Strawberry being my personal favorite.
- Meryl Streep as Jessica Lovejoy, the bad girl daughter of Reverend Lovejoy that Bart got into a toxic relationship with.
- Johnny Cash as Homer's spirit guide/Space Coyote, who he saw after eating half a dozen Guatemalan insanity peppers.
And there are plenty I am missing. I typically preferred it when they cast the celebrity as his/her own unique character in the story rather than just playing themselves. Sometimes it worked really well (like with Nimoy and Lawless) but far too often it became "Oh look! Its ______" and glorify the celeb. That's how you get situations like the Lady Gaga episode, which felt like nothing more than a vehicle to promote Gaga, rather than a story.
Sometimes, the celebrity voices were unassuming and felt like great characters all their own. I didn't even know until just recently that Lurleen was played by Beverly D'Angelo. And while it is obvious that Albert Brooks is Hans Scorpio, he is near unrecognizable as Jacques, Marge's would be affair, but these characters left an impact regardless.
Oh and I mentioned all of these without having to mention Kelsey Grammar as Sideshow Bob (and David Hyde Pierce as Cecil).
- Albert Brooks as several different characters, Hans Scorpio being his best.
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy, Homer's co-worker that he developed an attraction too
- Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Bergstrom, Lisa's Substitute Teacher
- Glenn Close as Homer's Mom
- Rodney Dangerfield as Mr. Burns' illegitimate son Larry (although lets be honest, Rodney was playing himself)
- Winona Ryder as Allison, Lisa's rival
- Danny DeVito as Herbert, Homer's Billionaire Half Brother
- Jackie Mason as Rabbi Hershel Krustofski, Krusty's father
- James Earl Jones as the Narrator for the Raven segment of the 1st Treehouse of Horror (as well as Serak the Preparer from "Hungry or the Damned" and even the Voice of Maggie during "Time and Punishment" in THoHV)
- Willem Defoe as The Commandant of the Military school Bart and Lisa attended (His commencement speech is an underrated moment in the show's history)
- Donald Sutherland as the curator of the Jebediah Springfield museum when Lisa was trying to expose the historical figure as Hans Sprungfeld
- David Duchovney and Gillian Anderson as Mulder and Scully (This crossover still makes me giggle to this day)
- Sara Gilbert as Laura, the teenager Bart had a crush on
- Harvey Fierstein as Karl, Homer's secretary that was implied to be homosexual.
- Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff, Marge's old prom date and self made billionaire
- Michael Jackson as Leon Kompowski, a mental patient who thinks he's Michael Jackson (Lisa Its Your Birthday got stuck in your head at the mention of this, don't pretend it didn't!)
- The Baseball Pros Mr. Burns recruited for this softball team, Darryl Strawberry being my personal favorite.
- Meryl Streep as Jessica Lovejoy, the bad girl daughter of Reverend Lovejoy that Bart got into a toxic relationship with.
- Johnny Cash as Homer's spirit guide/Space Coyote, who he saw after eating half a dozen Guatemalan insanity peppers.
And there are plenty I am missing. I typically preferred it when they cast the celebrity as his/her own unique character in the story rather than just playing themselves. Sometimes it worked really well (like with Nimoy and Lawless) but far too often it became "Oh look! Its ______" and glorify the celeb. That's how you get situations like the Lady Gaga episode, which felt like nothing more than a vehicle to promote Gaga, rather than a story.
Sometimes, the celebrity voices were unassuming and felt like great characters all their own. I didn't even know until just recently that Lurleen was played by Beverly D'Angelo. And while it is obvious that Albert Brooks is Hans Scorpio, he is near unrecognizable as Jacques, Marge's would be affair, but these characters left an impact regardless.
Oh and I mentioned all of these without having to mention Kelsey Grammar as Sideshow Bob (and David Hyde Pierce as Cecil).
