# Former US Presidents and the Simpsons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946 "2003-11-24T04:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hydrocortisone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Hydrocortisone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hydrocortisone)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/1 "2003-11-24T04:21:35Z")
Have any former US Presidents lent their voices to the Simpsons? I thought they were all faked, but then I read this article. > [@](#): > > although former US presidents Bill Clinton (news - web sites), George Bush, and Jimmy Carter have lent their voices to the series. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031123/en\_afp/us\_britain\_simpsons\_031123181807](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031123/en_afp/us_britain_simpsons_031123181807) ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/2 "2003-11-24T08:19:14Z")
I bet Clinton did that “I’ve done it with pigs, real live pigs” line. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/3 "2003-11-24T12:08:48Z")
Hmm, the only thing I can think of was there was a brief live action clip from a Bush speach early on when they were complaining about “The Simpsons.” As I understand it that was only played when it first aired. I thought they faked those too and the [Guest Stars](http://www.snpp.com/guides/gueststars.html) list at [snpp.com](http://snpp.com) don’t show any Bush, Carter of Clinton. And the cast list shows who voiced some of them. They should get Carter. I’d bet he’d work with them. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/4 "2003-11-24T14:52:38Z")
None of Jimmy Carter’s, Bill Clinton’s or George H.W. Bush’s [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com) entries (yes, they have them) show guest appearances on _The Simpsons_, though Carter’s shows a guest appearance on _Home Improvement_ and Clinton is cited for appearances on _J.A.G._ (while he was still in office, which I find vaguely disturbing for some reason). For fake presidential appearances on _Simpsons_, my favourite remains: Clinton: I know you don’t think you’re good enough for me. But believe me, you are. Hell, I done it with pigs. [laughs] Real, no-foolin’ pigs! Marge: Are you sure it’s a federal law that I have to dance with you? Clinton: You know, I’d change that law if I could, Marge. But, I can’t. Aide: [whispers in Clintons’ ear] Clinton: Aw, shoot. Quebec’s got the bomb! Well, I gotta go, but … look, if you’re ever near the White House, there’s a toolshed out back. I’m in there most of the day. But I may be biased (about the Quebec part, not about the pigs or the toolshed). ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/5 "2003-11-24T15:21:03Z")
Jerry Ford’s appearance has always been my favorite: “Homer, do you like beer?” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/6 "2003-11-24T15:25:58Z")
And Dick Nixon showed up on a Treehouse of Horror. Flanders: I give you the Jury of the Damned! Benedict Arnold, Lizzie Borden, Richard Nixon – Nixon: But I’m not dead yet! In fact, I just wrote an article for Redbook. Flanders: Hey, listen: I did a favor for you! Nixon: [humbly] Yes, master. Hell, [here’s a whole page](http://www.snpp.com/guides/presidents.html) of presidential appearance and references at SNPP. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/7 "2003-11-24T16:06:01Z")
Have you all forgotten Clinton, Reagan, and Bush I doing a Three Stooges act while helping Carter out on that Habitat for Humanity house? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/8 "2003-11-24T16:12:41Z")
I think that article is mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/9 "2003-11-24T20:31:16Z")
Heh-heh… Taft, you old dog… ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/10 "2003-11-24T22:23:48Z")
You’re next… Chester A. Arthur ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/11 "2003-11-24T23:46:48Z")
Ooh! Oooh! Don’t forget former president James Taylor’s appearance on the episode where Homer becomes an astronaut! (For you younguns, James Taylor wasn’t a president, though Homer mistakes him for one.) ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/12 "2003-11-25T15:06:44Z")
On one of the Futurama commentaries, Matt Groening talks about how ticked off he was at the whole Nixon/Watergate thing and says he never imagined he’d still be able to make fun of him so many years after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/13 "2003-11-25T18:44:35Z")
Don’t forget George Washington wrestling with Jebediah Springfield! ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/14 "2003-11-26T05:29:02Z")
Did they get George Washington to supply the voice? ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/15 "2003-11-26T05:35:16Z")
An early Bill Clinton appearance, circa 1994: we see the Commander-in-Chief leading a children’s jazz band on saxophone. Moe: Hey, Clinton! Get back to work! Clinton: Bite me. The voice here is truly bizarre - it sounds like no other Clinton impersonation I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/16 "2003-11-26T07:19:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dizzy Fingers \* > \*\*An early Bill Clinton appearance, circa 1994: we see the Commander-in-Chief leading a children’s jazz band on saxophone. > > Moe: Hey, Clinton! Get back to work! > Clinton: Bite me. > > The voice here is truly bizarre - it sounds like no other Clinton impersonation I’ve ever heard. \*\* I believe he said “Make me.” (Bite me, it’s fun!) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/17 "2003-11-26T14:50:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*On one of the Futurama commentaries, Matt Groening talks about how ticked off he was at the whole Nixon/Watergate thing and says he never imagined he’d still be able to make fun of him so many years after the fact. \*\* I love Billy West’s Nixon…especially those strange “arooo” noises. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-us-presidents-and-the-simpsons/214946/18 "2003-11-28T02:46:12Z")
Grampa: Big deal! When I was a pup, we got spanked by Presidents till the cows came home. Grover Cleveland spanked me on two nonconsecutive occasions!