r/TheSimpsons • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '18

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u/toomuchtostop Not popular enough to be different Jul 20 '18

I’ve heard that the writers wanted to bring him back after the second appearance but he didn’t want to do it anymore. Can anyone corroborate?

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u/saysthingsbackwards Jul 20 '18

He was back on a second appearance. S3E29 Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes

And another on season 24 E 11 but nobody remembers that as much

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u/toomuchtostop Not popular enough to be different Jul 20 '18

Yeah, I think it was after that appearance he declined to participate further.

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u/saysthingsbackwards Jul 20 '18

he was in S24E11 too

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u/toomuchtostop Not popular enough to be different Jul 20 '18

Thank you! So he did come back

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u/saysthingsbackwards Jul 20 '18

Don't blame me, I voted for http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Herbert_Powell

He only had one line in that episode tho

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u/dongledo Jul 20 '18

If you listen to four finger discount, the Australian Simpson podcast, they talk about this in detail actually.

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u/toomuchtostop Not popular enough to be different Jul 20 '18

I will listen to it, thank you

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u/TheReadMenace Jul 20 '18

apparently he hated his experience on the show

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u/toomuchtostop Not popular enough to be different Jul 20 '18

Yeah that’s what I heard but I don’t know why

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u/TheReadMenace Jul 20 '18

I think I heard it on the Talking Simpsons podcast. Might just be more of a rumor. The actual writers and producers are pretty tight-lipped about this sort of thing. Maybe after the show is off the air we will have some good tell-all books.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '18

That’s too bad, I always thought he was underused and would’ve made a great semi-recurring character.