James Earl Jones=Dr. Hibbert?

Hungwen Li

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97

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Does James Earl Jones do the voice for Dr. Hibbert (however you spell
that)? I heard Julie Kavner mention that Jones often does voice work for
The Simpsons in an interview once.

Jason

Ondre Lombard

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97

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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, John R. Rybock wrote:

> Hungwen Li wrote in article <5jjijh$8...@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>...

> I myself have always wanted to believe that Bleeding Gums Murphy was done
> by James Earl Jones (and hence the Lion King/Darth Vader/CNN reference when
> Bleeding Gums dies).
>
> But alas, I suspect that it isn't true. But I live in hope.

James Earl Jones did a few voices for The Simpsons. Treehouse of
Horror I, he plays a moving man, and he narrates "The Raven" short. Also, in
Treehouse of Horror V, he is the voice of Maggie when Homer alters the present
by changing the past.

Harry Shearer does Julius Hibbert, and he does a lot of the deepest
voices on The Simpsons. He tends to sound like JEJ, though. And Ron Taylor
played Murphy in Moaning Lisa and 'Round Springfield.

Ondre

John R. Rybock

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Apr 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/23/97

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Aaron Lemos

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Apr 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/23/97

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In article <5jjijh$8...@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>, Hungwen Li
<we...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Does James Earl Jones do the voice for Dr. Hibbert (however you spell
> that)? I heard Julie Kavner mention that Jones often does voice work for
> The Simpsons in an interview once.
>
> Jason

Negative, Dr.Julius Hibbert is voiced by none other than Harry Shearer.

Dale G. Abersold

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Apr 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/23/97

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Hungwen Li <we...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Does James Earl Jones do the voice for Dr. Hibbert (however you spell
> that)? I heard Julie Kavner mention that Jones often does voice work for
> The Simpsons in an interview once.

Dr. Hibbert is voiced by regular cast member Harry Shearer.

James Earl Jones "appeared" twice on the show. In "Treehouse of Horror I",
he played one of the moving guys, Serak the preparer, and the narrator for
"The Raven." In "Treehouse of Horror V", he voiced Maggie.

(Which leads to this question: how many characters are there that could be
played by both Elizabeth Taylor and James Earl Jones?)

Also, in "'Round Springfield", Darth Vader, Mufasa, and "James Earl Jones"
(saying "This is CNN") appear, but were not voiced by James Earl Jones.

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TBrds R Go

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Apr 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/25/97

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Jones has appeared on the show a few times though, most notably as one of
the drooling space aliens that try to take over the earth. And of course,
his was the voice that recited "The Raven" in one of the Halloween
episodes.

Tim

Stephen Tiszenkel

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Apr 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/27/97

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In article <5jr6di$lf0$7...@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, dono...@vt.edu (Doug Norris) wrote:

>I really don't think that James Earl Jones does the voice of Dr. Hibbert. An
>actor of Jones' worth would not repeatedly do a cartoon voice without his name
>appearing in the credits. Besides, Dr. Hibbert is really a parody of Bill
>Cosby, and his voice resembles him more.

Dr. Hibbert's voice doesn't resemble Bill Cosby's at all.

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