If you didn't know I'm a huge fan of The Simpsons so I had to think long and hard about what my first Simpsons Top 8 list would be and then I realized the Oscars are this Sunday, Instant Inspiration: Oscar winners who have been a guest star on The Simpsons. Had a lot of fun doing the research on this one.
Before I get to the list here my Oscar Picks:
Best Picture - "Slumdog Millionaire" - An amazing movie that has jumped in my top 10 all time movies
Best Actor - Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler" - I think Sean Penn might win though
Best Actress - Didn't see any of these performances so I'm going with Anne Hathaway because I got to see her boobs in "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger "The Dark Night- For obvious reasons
Best Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Hensen "Benjamin Button" Even though I didn't like this movie I thought she did a great job
Best Director - Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire" Have you seen the movie? Go see it!
Best Screenplay - WALL-E - very original
Other awards who cares...I see a bunch of the tech, makeup, costume, etc awards going to Benjamin Button
Top 8 Oscar Winners Who Have Been a Guest Star on The Simpsons:
8 - Dustin Hoffman / Mr Bergstrom - Dustin has one two Oscars (Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man) He played a substitute teacher that Lisa falls in love with. This was just an okay episode for me.
7 - Susan Sarandon / The Ballet Teacher - Susan won for Dead Man Walking. She was Bart's ballet teacher. Bart had to do ballet because he skipped the "gym sign up day" and ballet was the only thing left. Bart ends up becoming a ballet prodigy and wows his classmate as the mysterious masked dancer. Once they find out it's Bart, the whole school turns on him.
6 - Marissa Tomei / Sarah Sloane - Marissa won for My Cousin Vinny. She played a famous actress who tries to escape Hollywood and decides to hide out in Springfield. While their she meets Ned Flanders and they fell in love. The Simpsons basically ripped off the entire plot from the movie, Notting Hill.
5 - Kirk Douglas / Chester J. Lampwick - Technically didn't win but he did just recently receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. This Hollywood legend played the original creator of Itchy and Scatchy and more importantly created the whole concept of cartoon violence. Love this quote, "I don't need any more money, I'm not greedy. As long as I've got my health, and my millions of dollars and my gold house and my rocket car, I don't need anything else."
4 - Jack Lemon / Frank Ormand - This Grumpy Old Man won twice (Mister Roberts and Save the Tiger.) Frank Ormand is more commonly known as the Pretzel Guy. He sells Marge a pretzel franchise which becomes a huge business with help from Fat Tony.
3 - Meryl Streep / Jessica Lovejoy - Meryl won twice(Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie's Choice) She also has had the most nominations then any other actor. Meryl famously plays the daughter of Rev. Lovejoy. She is believed to be a perfect angel and Bart falls in love with her. He quickly realizes she is the devil and nothing but trouble. Jessica tries to blame Bart for stealing the collection money but the town eventually figures out Jessica did it. Bonus Meryl Steep trivia: She was once engaged to the guy who played Fredo in The Godfather until he died of Cancer in 1978.
2 - Reese Witherspoon / Greta Wolfcastle - Reese won for Walk the Line. She plays the daughter of Rainier Wolfcastle, aka McBain. Bart meets Greta at her private school fair and falls in love with Bart. Bart eventually breaks her heart by breaking up with her at the ice cream parlor.
1 - Elizabeth Taylor / Maggie Simpson - Elizabeth has won twice (Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) She has actually appeared twice on The Simpsons, once as herself not accepting an invitation to The Krusty Comeback Special and she voiced Maggie Simpson's first word. Does anyone know what that was? Daddy, which is what my daughter's first word was. Bonus Maggie Simpson Trivia: What other word has Maggie said? Sequel. She says this at the end of the credits of The Simpsons Movie
Honorable Mention:Helen Hunt played Moe's old girlfriend. Can anyone think of any Oscar winners that I missed? FYI - I didn't include winners that played themselves.
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