# Who is this Simpson's Character? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939 "2003-10-12T01:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/1 "2003-10-12T01:25:04Z")
He’s got some of my favorite lines, like “Bingo Bango, sugar in the gastank, your ex-husband strikes again.” There’s also the dressing down he gives to comic book guy - “Oh a fat sarcastic Star Trek fan…” He’s generally depicted as bald with a mustache. I assume that Hank Azaria provides the vocal talent, but to the best of my knowledge, it’s never billed (other than probably ‘clerk’ or ‘salesman’). I just call him the slick talkin’ guy. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/2 "2003-10-12T01:52:09Z")
The guy that’s got that sort of muttering New Yorker voice? I don’t know his name, but is that who you’re talking about? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/3 "2003-10-12T01:58:02Z")
I’m pretty sure he’s known as “Raphael,” but I don’t remember how I came by that knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/4 "2003-10-12T02:05:55Z")
I got yer [corroborating evidence](http://www.snpp.com/guides/smam.file.html) right here. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/5 "2003-10-12T02:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*The guy that’s got that sort of muttering New Yorker voice? I don’t know his name, but is that who you’re talking about? \*\* Yup. I am skeptical that his name would be Raphael. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/6 "2003-10-12T02:13:03Z")
D’oh! Damn slow board! Thanks much BraheSilver!! ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/7 "2003-10-12T03:12:14Z")
“Hey fatty! I got a movie for ya! A Fridge too Far!” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/8 "2003-10-12T08:09:14Z")
“Whoa! Whoa! A fat, sarcastic Star Trek fan. You must be a devil with the ladies.” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/9 "2003-10-12T17:17:40Z")
His voice is identical to the versions of Charles Bronson that we’ve seen on the show. Remember when they screwed up and instead of Branson, Missouri they went to Bronson, Missouri? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/10 "2003-10-12T20:13:48Z")
“Yo Ma, how 'bout some cookies?” “No dice.” “This ain’t over.” ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/11 "2003-10-12T20:22:50Z")
How 'bout inventing yerself some undahpants? ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/12 "2003-10-12T21:33:00Z")
Lisa: I want the most intelligent hamster you’ve got. Clerk: OK. [reaches into a box of hamsters under the counter and randomly selects one] Uh, this little guy writes mysteries under the name of J. D. McGregor. Lisa: How can a hamster write mysteries? Clerk: Well, he gets the ending first, then he writes backward. Lisa: Aw, C’mon. Clerk: Look, kid, just take him before his mother eats him, all right? ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/13 "2003-10-12T21:37:50Z")
So here is the exchange with “Raphael”: Raphael: Okay, here’s your storage locker, just the way you left it. Bob: Thank you, Raphael. Now, this is a ticklish question, but … Raphael: You want to live in the box? Cost you two bucks a day. Bob: Oh thank you, kind innkeeper. [hands Raphael some money] Raphael: You gonna wanna wake-up jab? [makes jabbing motion with a broom handle] Bob: Please. Raphael: No problemo. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/14 "2003-10-12T21:41:43Z")
So here is the exchange with “Raphael”: Raphael: Okay, here’s your storage locker, just the way you left it. Bob: Thank you, Raphael. Now, this is a ticklish question, but … Raphael: You want to live in the box? Cost you two bucks a day. Bob: Oh thank you, kind innkeeper. [hands Raphael some money] Raphael: You gonna wanna wake-up jab? [makes jabbing motion with a broom handle] Bob: Please. Raphael: No problemo. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/15 "2003-10-12T21:45:04Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/16 "2003-10-13T00:22:49Z")
IIRC in the Season Two commentaries, Groening refers to the character as “Sarcastic Guy.” And he doesn’t always look like “Raphael.” My favorite exhange he’s had with Homer, in “The Way We Was,” when he plays Homer’s prom night limo driver—only Homer doesn’t have a date anymore. > [@](#): > > \*\*Driver: Well, where to now, Romeo? > Homer: Inspiration point. > Driver: Okay, but I’m only paid to drive. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/17 "2003-10-13T00:49:41Z")
Ah yes, Sarcastic Guy. Is there only one of him, or are there many? Who knows? Maybe they all came to Springfield from Bronson, Missouri. “Sorry, Donkey Kong, you’re just not a draw anymore.” (Is hit with barrel) “Hey, he’s still got it.” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/18 "2003-10-13T01:00:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*His voice is identical to the versions of Charles Bronson that we’ve seen on the show. Remember when they screwed up and instead of Branson, Missouri they went to Bronson, Missouri? \*\* I think this guy might have done a quick part on _The Critic_ while it was still on. **Jay Sherman:** And now, a preview of _Death Wish 9_. **Charles Bronson in a hospital bed:** Oy, I wish I was dead. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/19 "2003-10-13T01:38:31Z")
I started a thread some time ago asking about this same guy. My favorite line of his (from when Homer gained weight to go on disability, and he’s trying to go see a movie) "Hey fatty! I got a movie for you! ‘A Fridge Too Far’! " ---
**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:** [October 13, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939/20 "2003-10-13T03:14:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*I think this guy might have done a quick part on _The Critic_ while it was still on. > **Jay Sherman:** And now, a preview of _Death Wish 9_. > > **Charles Bronson in a hospital bed:** Oy, I wish I was dead. \*\* Actually, that was the _Simpsons_ episode when Jay Sherman was invited to Springfield to judge the film festival. Immediately after showing the clip, Sherman interviewed Ranier Wolfcastle and panned his movie, prompting Wolfcastle to threaten Sherman and send him scurrying to Springfield in order to get out of New York for a while. Apparantly some time after this, Wolfcastle married into Joe Quimby’s family, and I anticipate a future episode where Governor Mary Bailey is recalled and Wolfcastle starts an election campaign. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-simpsons-character/206939.md?page=2)