Brian Damage
02-19-2012, 12:45 AM
"The Simpsons" might be a cartoon, but there's nothing lightweight about its star power. The show holds the Guinness World Record for Most Guest Stars Featured in a TV Series. Here's a breakdown of Simpsons' guests by the numbers:
The band Simpsons
68 Musical types who shared the spotlight include: The Dapper Dans, U2, The Moody Blues, Yo La Tengo, *NSYNC, The Who, R.E.M., Phish, NRBQ, blink-182, Baha Men, Brave Combo, Los Lobos, Metallica, The White Stripes, Dixie Chicks, Fall Out Boy, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, the Tiger Lillies, Green Day, Aerosmith, Sting, Ringo Starr, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ramones, Paul McCartney, The B-52s, Fantasia Barrino, Paul Anka, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Plácido Domingo, Lionel Richie, Ludacris, James Taylor, Ted Nugent, Little Richard, Tom Jones, Joey Kramer, Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, Daryl Coley, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Kid Rock, Joe C., "Weird Al" Yankovic, Britney Spears, Kipp Lennon, Chris Martin, Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Jack Sheldon, Yael Naim and Katy Perry.
Episodes that jammed: "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" with Elvis Costello, Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty, Keith Richards and Brian Setzer. "Homerpalooza" included Cypress Hill, Peter Frampton, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth.
Team Simpson
46 Sports celebrities who scored spots on the show include: Magic Johnson, Joe Frazier, Gerry Cooney, Larry Holmes, Johnny Unitas, Bret Hart, Joe Namath, Troy Aikman, Rosey Grier, John Madden, Roy Firestone, Dan Marison, Mark McGwire, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Montana, Marv Albert, Danica Patrick, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Terry Bradshaw, Dennis Rodman, Tom Kite, Chuck Liddell, Ronaldo, Nick Bakay, Lisa Leslie, Gene Tenace, Tony Hawk, Michael Buffer, Trevor Denman, Elvis Stojko and Bob Costas.
Episodes that hit it out of the park: "Homer at the Bat" used the voices of Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly, Steve Sax, Mike Scioscia, Ozzie Smith and Darryl Strawberry; "Oh Brother, Where Bart thou" featured Eli, Peyton and Cooper Manning and "Tennis the Menace" aced Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and Serena and Venus Williams.
Simpsons Cheesehead connections
3 Willem Dafoe, Jane Kaczmarek and Sal Bando.
Episode to judge: "Brake My Wife, Please" with Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm (a role she repeated). And Sal Bando was in "Regarding Margie."
Simpsons' dearly departed
41 Rest in peace to these Simpson guest stars: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Harry Morgan, Tom Poston, Michael Jackson, Bob Hope, Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson, Barry White, Phil Hartman, George Harrison, James Brown, Linda McCartney, Rodney Dangerfield, Johnny Cash, Paul Winfield, George Carlin, Dick Tufeld, Rosey Grier, Clarence Clemons, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Schimmel, George Plimpton, Jack Lemmon, Jim Varney, James Brown, Tito Puente, Joe Frazier, Johnny Unitas, Audrey Meadows, Steve Allen, Harry Morgan, Chick Hearn, Werner Klemperer, Isabel Sanford, Eartha Kitt, Patrick McGoohan, Bob Denver, Anne Bancroft, Stephen Jay Gould and Rod Steiger.
Simpsons, Surprise!
6 You had to wonder how the Simpsons got these guests: Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Johnny Carson, painter Jasper Johns, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Stephen Sondheim.
Episode that pops: "Stark Raving Dad" featuring Michael Jackson.
Literary Simpsons
19 Thomas Pynchon, Tom Wolfe, Mitch Albom, Bill James, David Mamet, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King, Helen Fielding, J.K. Rowling, Tom Clancy, Michael Chabon, Gore Vidal, Alan Moore, Daniel Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Neil Gaiman, John Updike, James Patterson and Amy Tan.
Simpsons smarties
4 Scientists and astronauts were on the show: Buzz Aldrin, Stephen Hawking, Dudley R. Herschbach, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry; Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist.
Simpsons a la carte
5 Chefs often appeared on the show: Tom Colicchio, Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay and Wolfgang Puck.
Simpsons guests who amputated their own arms
1 Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who amputated his own arm was in the episode "Treehouse of Horror XXII"
Simpsons school of acting
30 Academy Award-winners have been guest stars on the show: Rod Steiger, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon, Mel Brooks, Meryl Streep, Anne Bancroft, Stephen Sondheim, Ernest Borgnine, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman, Halle Berry, Rachel Weisz, Jodie Foster, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Natalie Portman, Cloris Leachman, Frances McDormand, Marisa Tomei, James L. Brooks, Olympia Dukakis, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, Jack Ong, Elton John, Kim Basinger and Helen Hunt. Also on the list: Kirk Douglas and Mickey Rooney, who each earned honorary Oscars.
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/it-seems-as-if-most-celebrities-have-visited-springfield-and-the-simpsons-dd44cjg-139523198.html
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The band Simpsons
68 Musical types who shared the spotlight include: The Dapper Dans, U2, The Moody Blues, Yo La Tengo, *NSYNC, The Who, R.E.M., Phish, NRBQ, blink-182, Baha Men, Brave Combo, Los Lobos, Metallica, The White Stripes, Dixie Chicks, Fall Out Boy, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, the Tiger Lillies, Green Day, Aerosmith, Sting, Ringo Starr, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ramones, Paul McCartney, The B-52s, Fantasia Barrino, Paul Anka, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Plácido Domingo, Lionel Richie, Ludacris, James Taylor, Ted Nugent, Little Richard, Tom Jones, Joey Kramer, Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, Daryl Coley, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Kid Rock, Joe C., "Weird Al" Yankovic, Britney Spears, Kipp Lennon, Chris Martin, Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Jack Sheldon, Yael Naim and Katy Perry.
Episodes that jammed: "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" with Elvis Costello, Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty, Keith Richards and Brian Setzer. "Homerpalooza" included Cypress Hill, Peter Frampton, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth.
Team Simpson
46 Sports celebrities who scored spots on the show include: Magic Johnson, Joe Frazier, Gerry Cooney, Larry Holmes, Johnny Unitas, Bret Hart, Joe Namath, Troy Aikman, Rosey Grier, John Madden, Roy Firestone, Dan Marison, Mark McGwire, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Montana, Marv Albert, Danica Patrick, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Terry Bradshaw, Dennis Rodman, Tom Kite, Chuck Liddell, Ronaldo, Nick Bakay, Lisa Leslie, Gene Tenace, Tony Hawk, Michael Buffer, Trevor Denman, Elvis Stojko and Bob Costas.
Episodes that hit it out of the park: "Homer at the Bat" used the voices of Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly, Steve Sax, Mike Scioscia, Ozzie Smith and Darryl Strawberry; "Oh Brother, Where Bart thou" featured Eli, Peyton and Cooper Manning and "Tennis the Menace" aced Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and Serena and Venus Williams.
Simpsons Cheesehead connections
3 Willem Dafoe, Jane Kaczmarek and Sal Bando.
Episode to judge: "Brake My Wife, Please" with Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm (a role she repeated). And Sal Bando was in "Regarding Margie."
Simpsons' dearly departed
41 Rest in peace to these Simpson guest stars: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Harry Morgan, Tom Poston, Michael Jackson, Bob Hope, Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson, Barry White, Phil Hartman, George Harrison, James Brown, Linda McCartney, Rodney Dangerfield, Johnny Cash, Paul Winfield, George Carlin, Dick Tufeld, Rosey Grier, Clarence Clemons, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Schimmel, George Plimpton, Jack Lemmon, Jim Varney, James Brown, Tito Puente, Joe Frazier, Johnny Unitas, Audrey Meadows, Steve Allen, Harry Morgan, Chick Hearn, Werner Klemperer, Isabel Sanford, Eartha Kitt, Patrick McGoohan, Bob Denver, Anne Bancroft, Stephen Jay Gould and Rod Steiger.
Simpsons, Surprise!
6 You had to wonder how the Simpsons got these guests: Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Johnny Carson, painter Jasper Johns, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Stephen Sondheim.
Episode that pops: "Stark Raving Dad" featuring Michael Jackson.
Literary Simpsons
19 Thomas Pynchon, Tom Wolfe, Mitch Albom, Bill James, David Mamet, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King, Helen Fielding, J.K. Rowling, Tom Clancy, Michael Chabon, Gore Vidal, Alan Moore, Daniel Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Neil Gaiman, John Updike, James Patterson and Amy Tan.
Simpsons smarties
4 Scientists and astronauts were on the show: Buzz Aldrin, Stephen Hawking, Dudley R. Herschbach, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry; Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist.
Simpsons a la carte
5 Chefs often appeared on the show: Tom Colicchio, Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay and Wolfgang Puck.
Simpsons guests who amputated their own arms
1 Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who amputated his own arm was in the episode "Treehouse of Horror XXII"
Simpsons school of acting
30 Academy Award-winners have been guest stars on the show: Rod Steiger, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon, Mel Brooks, Meryl Streep, Anne Bancroft, Stephen Sondheim, Ernest Borgnine, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman, Halle Berry, Rachel Weisz, Jodie Foster, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Natalie Portman, Cloris Leachman, Frances McDormand, Marisa Tomei, James L. Brooks, Olympia Dukakis, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, Jack Ong, Elton John, Kim Basinger and Helen Hunt. Also on the list: Kirk Douglas and Mickey Rooney, who each earned honorary Oscars.
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/it-seems-as-if-most-celebrities-have-visited-springfield-and-the-simpsons-dd44cjg-139523198.html
http://media.jsonline.com/images/gmti-photoj2000q4m11t06h110.jpg