Spanglish director and Simpsons head honcho James “Jimbo” Brooks recently teased an upcoming guest star on Twitter, claiming it’s on par with Michael Jackson’s appearance in 1991:
Simpson's new guest cant reveal.but not since Michael Jackson did crazy 300 lb white man who thought he was Jackson have we been as jazzed.
— james l. brooks (@canyonjim) April 15, 2014
It’s gotta be Obama, right? Dude’s willing to do a Funny or Die sketch, but not the venerable American institution known as The Simpsons? They’ve already gotten three Beatles, a sitting prime minister, a reclusive author, AND telephone voice Joan Kenley; who else is even notable enough to get these old grizzled comedy writers all jazzed up?
Other guesses I’m throwing out there:
- Bob Dylan – Turned them down before, maybe he relented?
- The Game of Thrones guy – All the writers are horrible nerds, so…
- Pope Francis – Hey, it could happen.
- Ella Fitzgerald – Maybe Brooks discovered a way to revive the dead during his time at My Mother The Car?
Speculate away in the non-existent comment section below.
Simpsons executive producer James L. Brooks took to Twitter on Thursday to express his growing concerns about the iPhone search application Siri. Announcing that he was “on the brink of an insight through a troubling plot against us,” Brooks spent the next 45 minutes tweeting observations about the app. Mainly, he suspects Siri reflects our emotions, nothing “I believe that when I was hyper the other day she talked faster.” How, exactly, this proves Siri is plot against mankind is unclear. Nevertheless, Brooks is optimistic “we have a chance against her diabolical programmers” if he heed his warnings.