Martha Stewart recently appeared on the Simpsons, and I idly started wondering: Is she the first convicted felon to guest-star on the Simpsons?
(Note: I’m not commenting on the underlying justice of her conviction, nor am I suggesting that I have any problem with her guest appearance. This is purely a trivia-motivated question).
50 Cent guest starred back in 2005, he was convicted of drug offenses in 1994.
Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to three years probation for cocaine possession.
Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 22 months in prison for violating probation after being convicted of drug charges and soliciting a prostitute.
David Crosby pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon.
Winona Ryder was convicted on felony grand threat, but the conviction was later reduced to a misdeameanor.
Andy Dick pleaded guilty to felony cocaine pssession but the conviction was later dismissed.
That’s from just a quick look.
Wasn’t Mike Tyson in an episode?
Jebus, I wish that was a real charge.
No, his “Simpsons-Universe Version” (Drederick Tatum) has always been voiced by Hank Azaria…unless Mike Tyson gurst starred and played someone else and I’m not aware…
According to this list on Wikipedia, he didn’t.
A convicted felon, by the way.
Careful, he’ll make orphans of your children (assuming of course, your widow dies of grief).
How soon we forget Michael Jackson…
(Yes, I know he was acquitted…but so was O.J.)
Paul McCartney and George Harrison were both busted for marijuana.
I guess it’s appropriate that the guy who plays Sideshow Bob has a rap sheet, but is this definitely a felony?
If they’re not convicted, I don’t think you can say they’re felons. You could say they committed the crimes despite the acquittals, but I think “felon” implies a conviction. (O.J. actually is a convited felon, but it’s for that robbery case in Vegas, not for killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend.)
Roger Clemens hasn’t been convicted of anything, but he could be added to this list some time next year since he has been indicted for perjury, among other things.
I can’t vouch for all other states, but in Texas at least, there is no “misdemeanor quantity” of cocaine; any measurable amount is at least a state jail felony.
Several of these were not felons at the time they guested, however.