# Long John Silver

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-john-silver/422643>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 14, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-john-silver/422643 "2007-10-14T03:38:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-john-silver/422643/21 "2007-11-02T01:51:06Z")

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And IMDB gives us this little tidbit about Newton:

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> The voice of Captian McAllister in “The Simpsons” (1989) is based on his portrayal of Long John Silver.

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-john-silver/422643/22 "2007-11-02T03:06:58Z")

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And I came as close as I could at last year’s NJ Renaissance Kingdom. (It’s a hard voice to do outdoors.)

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