# Guest starring in your own TV show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 25, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195 "2024-08-25T14:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195/41 "2024-08-28T15:58:16Z")
Gavin McLeod guest-starred on “Love Boat” multiple times as Capt. Stubing’s brother, who was credited under a fake name. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195/42 "2024-08-28T18:31:30Z")
> [@Jay\_Z](#): > > > [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > > > The only time I remember someone being given two separate voice credits is when Dan Castellaneta was also credited as “Jerry Seinfeld voice impersonated by.” > > I imagine that may have been done for legal reasons. The Simpsons had frequent guest stars and I can’t think of a lot of situations where a “real life” person appeared and it wasn’t the actual person. Though now that I think of it, they did it with George HW Bush. As @Q.Q.Switcheroo pointed out, Jay Mohr was credited “as Christopher Walken” in one episode. However, more recently, when this was thought necessary, there is a “Certain Celebrity Voices Impersonated” generic credit - for example, for Pele in the Season 9 episode “The Cartridge Family.” I was about to say that I thought the reason it wasn’t done for George H.W. Bush (or Gerald Ford, in the same episode) was, Presidents are considered “public domain figures”, but I don’t think that applies to first ladies as well, and Barbara Bush was voiced in the same episode. (Also, it turns out that only the Presidential portraits are public domain.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195/43 "2024-08-28T20:45:30Z")
Closed on August 28, 2024, 8:45pm UTC Closed at **ftg** ’s request. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195.md?page=2)