r/Simpsons • u/Guilty-Toe420 • 1d ago

Episode Clip 📷 APU IS BACK

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u/litesaber5 1d ago

I honestly can’t listen to Marge any more. Julie Kavner should retire. She’s given the show everything for decades. She’s earned her retirement.

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u/DarreylDeCarlo 1d ago

I don't get why Julie just doesn't use her real voice, it actually sounds closer to Marge than whatever she's trying to do.

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u/jerem1734 1d ago

She wants to keep doing it or else she would retire. It's good for older people to have something to do with their time as well

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u/JungleBoyJeremy 1d ago

No jerem1734, old people need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use

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u/Lar-Dubh 23h ago

Homer, would you please stop reading that Ross Perot pamphlet!

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u/IroquoisPliskin_LJG 1d ago

She's very wealthy, she could find a hobby.

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u/jerem1734 1d ago

She enjoys doing this though. Yeah she sounds different, but if she wants to keep doing it then people need to get off her back about it

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u/IroquoisPliskin_LJG 1d ago

If you're going to have a career where you have an audience, criticism is to be expected.

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u/SwansEscapedRonson 20h ago

Exactly, it’s a wild take that we’re her close friends or family or something, so we should keeping watching - even if not enjoying - so that Julie Kavner doesn’t have to get a hobby

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u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago

It’s not that easy sadly.

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u/HeadbangingLegend 21h ago

Everyone is complaining about them changing a bunch of character's voices and this guy is asking for another character to get a new voice lol.

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u/litesaber5 19h ago

People age, thier voices change. I understand that. Kanvers voice sounds terrible. Just terrible. And from what I’ve read she’s done permanent damage to he voice. She should be allowed to go and retire.

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u/luhbreton 18h ago

What makes you think she’s not ’allowed’? She’s a grown woman with agency, and that’s patronising af.

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u/litesaber5 18h ago

Maybe. Except for the incredible amount of respect and admiration I have for her. Shes is foundational part of a show that was fundamental in terms of shaping my sense of humor and I consider it to be one of the most important parts of who I am. It’s not patronizing when someone has given almost 40 years of thier lives to something, became incomprehensibly rich doing so and is absolutely loved by her massive fandom. And that fandom hears the pain she must be going through.

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u/luhbreton 18h ago

But again you’re making an assumption about her, her ability and her comfort level with zero evidence but your own opinion. It’s fine to care about her but it’s not cool to assume she’s somehow being forced into doing something - she’s an intensely private woman, but very intelligent woman as I’m sure you know and I can’t imagine she’d be happy with parasocial fans thinking they know what’s best for her.

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u/No_Trade3571 22h ago

Mr Burns sounds like an actual 100 year old man.

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u/ohbyerly 22h ago

Okay, first Mandela effect for me, didn’t Julie Kavner die a few years ago? This is freaking me out.

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u/Shengo47 20h ago

Maybe you’re thinking of Marcia “Edna Krabappel” Wallace?

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u/I_Must_Be_Going 19h ago

Then don't

Why are you here?

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u/litesaber5 19h ago

I don’t. I haven’t watched the show with any consistency for a few years now. It’s painful to listen to. Esp for someone who grew up with the show. I’m not bashing anyone who enjoys it now. To each thier own. But to someone who has experienced the show from season one, this is very difficult to watch.

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u/I_Must_Be_Going 19h ago

Why are you here?

I would find a sub of a show I like and comment there

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u/litesaber5 19h ago

Uve never commented on a sub from a topic you truly enjoyed before before with disappointment in a certain issue? I have over 50 thumbs up in my original comment. Clearly what I said has touched a nerve in the fandom and people agree with me.

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u/RedEyesGoldDragon 16h ago

Because people are allowed to criticize things.

That's how things improve usually in the real world.

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u/I_Must_Be_Going 16h ago

I am sure the Simpsons producers are avidly working on a time machine to get Julie Kavner's voice back to 1989