Simpsons Guests Flop

The News that Lady Gaga is going to guest on 'The Simpsons' made me curl up a little inside ....

Lady Gaga Simpsonised

.... although perhaps unfairly, as she has obviously has a sense of humour.

 

I have watched the majority of Simpson shows over the years, and its been noticeable that when "Stars" play as characters in the show and not themselves e.g. Michelle Pfeiffer as 'Mindy Simmons', then they are often funny and fit into to the spirit of the shows. 

 

But when they are "Guest stars" i.e. themselves, then they are often plain not funny (or even embarrassing), the only ones who were OK in my opinion was Tom Jones, and possibly Leonard Nimoy .... I don't know why.



Michelle Pfeiffer as 'Mindy Simmons'

 

Character Stars:

• Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
• Danny DeVito as Herbert Powell
• Tracey Ullman as Emily Winthropp
• Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Bergstrom
• Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony

All funny and part of the show .....

Kelsey Grammer as 'Sideshow Bob'

 

Actually, there was one particular guest who made many of us in the UK cringe, and that was the Ricky Gervais episodes. He is not half as funny or popular as he likes to think he is ..... it would have been far funnier if they had asked Bill Bailey to write and star in some episodes. 

 

Bill Bailey

He is genuinely funny, and strangely of the same world view as the Simpsons .....