It will be a starry affair at 'The Simpsons': Cate Blanchett & David Harbour are heading to Springfield
While Blanchett will feature in episode 31 finale, the 'Stranger Things' star will be seen in season 32 episode.
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Cate Blanchett and David Harbour will guest star in 'The Simpsons'.
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett and David Harbour are heading to Springfield with the actors set to voice guest star on "The Simpsons". The long-running animated comedy will see the Oscar winner Blanchett voice a canine psychologist named Elaine, who will appear next year in an episode that is likely to be the season 31 finale.
In "The Way of the Dog", Elaine agrees to help Santa's Little Helper, who is suffering from depression.
"She determines if there's a trauma in his past that they have to go solve, which actually goes back to the first episode of the series," "The Simpsons" executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly.
"Stranger Things" star Harbour will play an alternate version of Mr Burns, voiced by Harry Shearer, in a season 32 episode.
In a take on Undercover Boss, Mr Burns notices some graffiti on the wall at the nuclear power plant and decides to go undercover to root out the problem.
"Like 'Mission: Impossible', they give him a whole new body and face and voice so that this people in the plant won't possibly recognise him.
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"He's supposed to be a blue-collar guy from another part of the plant, but everything he says is like Mr Burns. He wants to go to karaoke and sing songs from the 1890s, but the guys don't see through it," Jean added.
"The Simpsons" airs Sundays on Fox.
'The Simpsons', 'Star Trek': When Stephen Hawking Charmed The Telly
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Stephen Hawking, a prolific theoretical physicist, would have celebrated his 77th birthday today. The cosmologist and author of 'A Brief History Of Time', who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at 21, spent his life trying to resolve the mysteries of the universe. However, while Professor Hawking, who passed away on March 14 last year, was busy deciphering the basics of black holes and tackled time travel, he enjoyed a brief, small-screen career as well.
Here's a round-up of 5 times when Professor Hawking made an appearance on TV shows.
Stephen Hawking, a prolific theoretical physicist, would have celebrated his 77th birthday today. The cosmologist and author of 'A Brief History Of Time', who was diagnosed with motor neuron diseas..
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'Star Trek' fans fondly called Hawking 'Trekkie'. In 1993, he starred in the season six finale of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. On the show, Hawking was shown playing a game of poker against scientists like Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.
'Star Trek' fans fondly called Hawking 'Trekkie'. In 1993, he starred in the season six finale of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. On the show, Hawking was shown playing a game of poker against sc..
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Hawking first made an appearance on 'The Simpsons' in 1999, with the signature yellow skin. Starring in the episode 'They Saved Lisa’s Brain' in Season 10, Hawking is even shown pondering over Homer's idea of a 'doughnut-shaped universe'.
Hawking first made an appearance on 'The Simpsons' in 1999, with the signature yellow skin. Starring in the episode 'They Saved Lisa’s Brain' in Season 10, Hawking is even shown pondering over Home..
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Professor Hawking also appeared in multiple episodes of 'Futurama' in 2000. In one of the episodes, he loses his body and is left being a head stored in a not-so-ordinary jar. The rocket-powered jar allowed Hawking to shoot lasers from eyes to intimidate and stun people around him.
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Professor Hawking also appeared in multiple episodes of 'Futurama' in 2000. In one of the episodes, he loses his body and is left being a head stored in a not-so-ordinary jar. The rocket-powered ja..
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Hawking studied the big bang theory so the makers of the show thought it was appropriate to name a sitcom after it in 2012.
The show's Sheldon Cooper, a theoretical physicist, is known to worship Hawking. From dressing as him on Halloween to celebrating his first birthday party, Cooper could just not stop thinking about Hawking.
To honour the character who was such a huge fan, Hawking made multiple appearances on this sitcom. In one episode, he even pointed out an 'arithmetic mistake' in Cooper's thesis, causing the know-it-all to faint.
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Hawking studied the big bang theory so the makers of the show thought it was appropriate to name a sitcom after it in 2012.
The show's Sheldon Cooper, a theoretical physicist, is known to worship..
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Besides his daunting wit, Professor Hawking was known for his sense of humour. Hawking did his bit for the Red Nose Day by starring in 'Little Britain Comic Relief' in 2015. For the show, he turned into a Transformer to attack co-stars David Walliams and Catherine Tate.
Besides his daunting wit, Professor Hawking was known for his sense of humour. Hawking did his bit for the Red Nose Day by starring in 'Little Britain Comic Relief' in 2015. For the show, he turned..
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