# Martha Stewart: First felon to guest star on the Simpsons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193 "2010-12-06T20:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/1 "2010-12-06T20:25:35Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/2 "2010-12-06T20:30:34Z")
50 Cent guest starred back in 2005, he was convicted of drug offenses in 1994. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/3 "2010-12-06T22:09:56Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/4 "2010-12-06T22:18:07Z")
Wasn’t Mike Tyson in an episode? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/5 "2010-12-06T22:19:07Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > felony grand threat Jebus, I wish that was a real charge. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/6 "2010-12-06T22:50:28Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Wasn’t Mike Tyson in an episode? 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… ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/7 "2010-12-06T23:14:26Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > 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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_guest_stars), he didn’t. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/8 "2010-12-07T07:10:32Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > No, his “Simpsons-Universe Version” (Drederick Tatum) A convicted felon, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Chocobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/9 "2010-12-07T08:53:49Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A convicted felon, by the way. Careful, he’ll make orphans of your children (assuming of course, your widow dies of grief). ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/10 "2010-12-07T08:57:26Z")
How soon we forget Michael Jackson… (Yes, I know he was acquitted…but so was O.J.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/11 "2010-12-07T14:23:49Z")
Paul McCartney and George Harrison were both busted for marijuana. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/12 "2010-12-07T15:21:20Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to three years probation for cocaine possession. I guess it’s appropriate that the guy who plays Sideshow Bob has a rap sheet, but is this definitely a felony? > [@fuzzypickles](#): > > How soon we forget Michael Jackson… > > (Yes, I know he was acquitted…but so was O.J.) 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. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/13 "2010-12-07T16:04:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I guess it’s appropriate that the guy who plays Sideshow Bob has a rap sheet, but is this definitely a felony? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-stewart-first-felon-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/563193/14 "2010-12-07T16:12:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > 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. Several of these were not felons at the time they guested, however.