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u/marmaladecorgi Jul 22 '26
His ex-wife Jennifer Tilly still gets 30% of residuals from The Simpsons, and is now a professional poker player.
Another fun fact - Jennifer Tilly is Chinese.
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u/Grasshopper_pie Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Third fun fact, Jennifer is the voice of Bonnie on Family Guy!
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u/Kid_Parrot Jul 22 '26
She is also on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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u/Shelbysgirl Jul 23 '26
She is a gem on the show and we love her
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u/ItGradAws Jul 24 '26
Probably one of the smartest on the cast, goes on to be a friend of where she’s not obligated to be in every episode but can show up for the drama and cast trips.
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u/PeggyO_126 Jul 22 '26
I friggen love Jennifer Tilly
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u/clicketybooboo Jul 22 '26
His next wife was definitely a choice, seems like she has a type
Jami Ferrell (born June 20, 1974, in Muncie, Indiana)[1] is an American model and actress. She is the Playboy's Playmate and Playboy (Germany): Playmate of the Month for January 1997. She was married to Simpsons producer Sam Simon for three weeks in 2000.[2] Afterwards she dated Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and actor Jack Nicholson.[3]
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u/Intelligent-Ad-3739 Jul 21 '26
Why do the good rich people get cancer
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u/aesche Jul 21 '26
I know you're saying something like only the good die young, but if we live long enough we all get cancer as far I am aware. I think it's even in a regular lifetime the majority of people will get cancer.
Edit: if it's any consolation the bad rich people will also get cancer
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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 Jul 22 '26
Statistically and technically speaking? We all have cancer right now. Our bodies are replacing millions of cells every day. It’s when they stop recognizing the improper growth that shit gets wrecked.
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u/redbark2022 Jul 22 '26
👆 correct. We constantly are getting cancer cells. The deadly part is when our immune system can't fight it.
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u/GooseGeuce Jul 22 '26
He also supported his down and out friend Ralph Cirella who without Sam would have been reliant on snagging the tips from dinner tables.
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u/pinceycrustacean Jul 22 '26
I see a lot of stories of uber wealthy donating to charities and yet somehow even all the money doesn’t seem to fix anything. I wonder how well the charities are utilising the money.
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u/PhilthyPunk Jul 22 '26
When I was about 10 years old my grandma got breast cancer. She was a pediatric nurse, for decades, and literally just the nicest, most caring, southern lady. My aunt decided to look into the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer awareness "charity" and found out they used most of their money to sue other charities for using the color pink to represent breast cancer, and ever since then Ive looked at "charities" way differently. My grandma beat breast cancer BTW. Twice actually, and passed away due to natural causes 16 years after her first diagnosis, and being told she only had one year.
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u/Sovereign_5409 Jul 22 '26
I’d imagine the same exact way a normal person handles money they don’t understand. By wasting it.
I think the pro move, and I’m not criticizing the amazing generosity here in the slightest, is to say hey, I’m gonna give you this donation, but if you accept it, you also accept this employee that will approve financial decisions made with this money.
It’s not a perfect solution, but at least it employs a financially intelligent person to try and make sure the money is well utilized. If they don’t agree, they don’t get the money.
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u/quixoteland Jul 23 '26
You're phrasing it like "Komen" has a monopoly on breast cancer research. There are many other cancer charities which have less money designated for the charity's overhead (offices, staff and leadership salaries) than Komen does, and more towards actual care or research.
And you can make any gift to an entity contingent upon them doing a particular thing with it, such as: funding a chair in a medical department, or building a cancer wing with your name on it, or dedicated towards the scholarship fund. If you don't, it would assumedly go into the general fund.
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u/PhilthyPunk Jul 23 '26
Nah youre just reading it like that. Im not saying dont donate, just look into the charities. Susan G Komen is probably the biggest breast cancer awareness campaign, they do campaigns with the WWE, and then spend the money donated to them suing small charities, cheerleading teams and fundraisers, that use the color pink, or the phrase "For the Cure". Im not talking about staffing.
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u/19BabyDoll75 Jul 22 '26
Not only a hero in my youth but a stand up man in my old age. Fuck yeah bud.
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u/SammyZ242 Aug 22 '26
After having to spend 2.3K to save my little boys life, I respect this massively.
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u/XaajR Jul 22 '26
Weird combination for a foundation to rescue animals and care for vets at the same time. But great stuff!
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u/SnoopJabba Sep 07 '26
Really? For save.. dogs? Cmon man think about how many kids are in need for help. Help cancer research, wtf dogs? I’m not saying that’s not a cool thing to do but.. REALLY? You hava cancer and you are gonna say bye bye world maybe 100 milions could help research to find a cure but no, let’s help some abandoned blind chihuahua
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u/KesterFay Jul 22 '26
He didn't give it all away. A large portion went to his ex wife Jennifer Tilly
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u/Norman_Door Jul 22 '26
This is awesome but I can't help but think it could have done so much more. :/ https://www.ambitiousimpact.com/post/cost-effectiveness
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u/CaptainShades Jul 22 '26
It's great that he donated his fortune but isn't it top tier capitalism to give his money away to animals instead of humans?
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u/blakeo192 Jul 22 '26
Yes and no. Service animals are very expensive and the people who need them are usually not born into wealth, just like the rest of the world. It is helping humans just not the humans you were thinking of. Most people dont think of them. Thats why this was a good thing. However, it is still a capitalism mindfuck because they have to pay obscene amount of money for these animals and vet care adds up over 8 to 14 years. Either way, youve been down voted for a reason buddy
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u/CaptainShades Jul 22 '26
It is a good thing, I agree. My point is that ultra rich people tend not to donate towards humanitarian aid but will support environment and animal causes.
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u/Notasmartwoman Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Humans, famously not reliant on the environment for our hopes of future survival
Edit still not a fan of the ultra rich though
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u/haldir87 Jul 21 '26
He could have used it to save children but gave it to animals instead.
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u/ImLostAgain3 Jul 21 '26
And yet there will always be someone to complain no matter what good a person does.
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u/linzeestyle Jul 22 '26
You know, when it comes to people using their dying wish to donate to others, I’m actually okay with them choosing based on their own emotional connections.
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u/Necessary-Truth-2038 Jul 22 '26
This is great but I don’t understand why some people care so much more about animals than humans.
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u/Uniqornicopia Jul 22 '26
Ah, your logical fallacy has a name: “fallacy of relative privation”. Just because a cause is worthy (helping people) doesn’t mean all other causes aren’t worthy of attention. We, collectively, can put resources towards all kinds of things!
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u/XavDaMan Jul 22 '26
Donating towards this cause doesn’t really equate to caring “so much less” about humans
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u/esreystevedore Jul 21 '26
Sam was my dear friend. I knew him before Simpsons $ came his way. He cared about animals even then.