# Actors and the Simpsons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314 "2000-10-09T21:29:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/1 "2000-10-09T21:29:13Z")

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If they ever for some god-awful reason tried to make a live action movie out of the Simpsons (sacrilege!), who do you think the best actors would be to play each part?

Personally, I don’t think anybody could successfully portray the core family. However, I think [William H. Macy](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Macy,+William+H.) is a dead ringer for Ned Flanders. Anybody got any other ideas?

And does anybody think that Lenny looks a lot like Harry Shearer?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/2 "2000-10-09T21:41:47Z")

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I would like Alf to play Mr. Burns. I realize that there is absolutely NO similarities, but damn wouldn’t that be funny!

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/3 "2000-10-09T21:47:26Z")

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I’d like to see Uma Thurman play Marge. Not that she looks like Marge, I just like to look at Uma.

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**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/4 "2000-10-09T21:54:56Z")

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Adam West as Principal Skinner. Strom Thurmond as Burnsie.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/5 "2000-10-09T21:55:31Z")

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I think that Uma should be forced to play a variation on Marge, known as “Naked Marge”. And Homer was played by Winona Ryder. That’d be perfect.

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/6 "2000-10-09T21:57:22Z")

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Drew Carry as Mr. Smithers.

Actually, Drew Carry would make a good Dilbert too.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/7 "2000-10-09T22:08:42Z")

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Eddie Murphy as Professor Frink, my favorite peripheral character.

Y’all think Sean Connery is too old to be Groundskeeper Willie?

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/8 "2000-10-09T22:37:28Z")

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Eh, I don’t watch the Simpsons very often, but I think **Mofo Rising’s** screen name is funny as hell. Good job, man.

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**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-the-simpsons/36314/9 "2000-10-10T00:17:40Z")

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Yeah, I thought it was pretty clever.