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Minooka Meatball

Post subject: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:13 pm

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For the dozen or so that still watch:

http://www.avclub.com/article/harry-she ... -si-219425

Almost DBOTW material; I mean, hey, if you want to leave because after all this time you're just sick of it, fine, but because of a dispute over your share of merch? GTFO. :roll:

Oh, and the voices are being recast, so I guess that's a FU back at Shearer.

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Godfella

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:25 pm

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Minooka Meatball wrote:

Oh, and the voices are being recast, so I guess that's a FU back at Shearer.

Darn. I was hoping they would have Fat Tony whack Mr. Burns and take over his fortune... No offense to Dr. Kenneth Noisewater - my Illinois Valley guy!

Seriously, he's passing up a ton of "D'oh!" (see what I did there?) for probably the easiest job in show biz. Wow.

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:28 pm

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Godfella wrote:

Minooka Meatball wrote:

Oh, and the voices are being recast, so I guess that's a FU back at Shearer.

I think he's an arrogant blowhard but according to celebrity net worth Shearer is worth 65 million. He doesn't need the cash for sure.

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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:32 pm

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Didn't think he was that old (71).

I think his voice(s) will be tough to replace.

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shakes

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:34 pm

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Jaw Breaker wrote:

Didn't think he was that old (71).

I think his voice(s) will be tough to replace.

Doesn't he play like 20 characters on that show?

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Jaw Breaker

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:43 pm

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shakes wrote:

Jaw Breaker wrote:

Didn't think he was that old (71).

I think his voice(s) will be tough to replace.

Doesn't he play like 20 characters on that show?

Burns, Flanders, and Skinner are the main ones.

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Northside_Dan

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 12:44 pm

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Chus

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons"

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 6:54 pm

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Minooka Meatball

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 7:06 pm

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May not be a done deal, yet...now reports are this is a negotiating ploy.

Seems to me he's done this before; maybe I'll Google it if I get around to it.

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Godfella

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 8:55 pm

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Minooka Meatball wrote:

May not be a done deal, yet...now reports are this is a negotiating ploy.

Seems to me he's done this before; maybe I'll Google it if I get around to it.

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:16 am

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The guy is 71. He isn't getting any other work. I'd call his bluff.

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Godfella

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:29 am

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good dolphin wrote:

The guy is 71. He isn't getting any other work. I'd call his bluff.

You gotta wonder if they would even have to recast the voices?

With today's technology and the 25+ years of all the Shearer voices/words saved in audio banks, I would think they could cut & paste any future dialogue that the characters might say.

The best audio technology available would probably equalize/auto tune any variation of tone and it would sound darn near seamless? Just a thought...

Any audio gods have an opinion?

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 8:48 am

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Godfella wrote:

good dolphin wrote:

The guy is 71. He isn't getting any other work. I'd call his bluff.

I would think between what you described and the dozens of more than passable Mr Burns voice imitators out there they could cobble together the dialogue no problem. Same with the other voices he did.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 8:51 am

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I think they should just kill the whole show. I'd have said that even if Harry Shearer weren't leaving.

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Godfella

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:08 pm

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He's back. Entertainment Weekly reporting that Harry just signed the four year contract similar to the other cast members netting him 300k per episode. Excellent!

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/15/ha ... ns-returns

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Matches Malone

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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:27 pm

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Chus

Post subject: Re: Harry Shearer Leaving "The Simpsons" (???)

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:40 pm

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Godfella wrote:

22 episodes = $6.6 M

Great gig for just doing voice work.

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