‘The Simpsons’ Planning To Kill Character: Major Death Ahead In Season 25
Posted: 10/01/2013 10:40 am EDT
“I’ll give you a clue that the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character, but I won’t say who it is,” Jean said.
Several of the stars have won Emmys for their work on “The Simpsons,” including Dan Castellaneta (Homer, Krusty, Barney and more), Hank Azaria (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy and more) and guest actors Kelsey Grammer (Sideshow Bob) and Anne Hathaway (Princess Penelope).
Viewers will remember “The Simpsons” famously killed off Maude Flanders, the wife of the Simpsons’ neighbor Ned, in the Season 11 episode “Alone Again, Natura-Diddily.”
Other “Simpsons” characters who have perished include Dr. Nick Riviera, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Frank Grimes and Dr. Marvin Monroe.
“The Simpsons” airs Sundays, 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 
Jeez, Maude’s death was all the way back in season 11? And the show was losing steam even back then. I’m waiting for the ‘Simpsons plans to kill entire show’ headline. As an over-all show it is an amazing piece of pop culture, but it’s really time to put it to bed.
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Amazing how long it has lasted. If you think about it, everyone under 40 has had the Simpsons on since they were freshman in high school or younger. Look at all the cartoon shows in prime time now, with Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, Adult Swim and the whole cartoon network for that matter.
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Yep, the show is an incredible achievement in itself. The impact it has had on so many of our lives and the fact it lead the way in making animated prime-time comedy a viable concept is mindblowing. And the quality of the writing for a long time was untouchable.
So, there’s no real issue in it just running on and on until it’s no longer profitable – but for less tangible reasons it really bugs me that someone hasn’t pulled the plug on it yet. As someone who respects people like Ricky Gervais and John Cleese for cutting short their own cash cows (The Office and Fawlty Towers respecitively), it’s painful to watch the legacy of a once great show being run through the mud as it becomes a pale parody of itself.
Back when they announced the Simpsons movie I could have sworn I read that they would stop at 20 seasons. I wish
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