>>> WELCOME BACK, YEARDLEY SMITH HAS BEEN DOING VOICEOVER WORK
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> IT’S NOT THE ACTING CAREER
SHE ORIGINALLY INTENDED, BUT NOW
HER VOICE IS SYNONYMOUS WITH ONE
OF THE MOEGSST ICONIC CHARACTERS
TELEVISION HISTORY.
TELEVISION HISTORY. >> I REMEMBER HOW HARD IT WAS TO
BE AN OUTSIDER YEARDLEY SMITH
HAS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE
VOICES IN SHOW BUSINESS.
SHE IS LISA SIMPSON ON THE
LONGEST RUNNING AMERICAN SITCOM
IN HISTORY.
IN HISTORY. CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF THAT
SIGNATURE SAXOPHONE, AND FIGHTS
WITH HER BROTHER BART.
YOU’VE SEEN HER ON SCREEN AS
WELL IN MADMEN.
>> NOW, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE NEED
YOUR PERMISSION.
YOUR PERMISSION. >> THE BIG BANG THEORY.
>> THANK YOU FOR NOTICING.
>> AND BLOCKBUSTER FILMS LIKE AS
GOOD AS IT GETS.
>> DIDN’T GET EMOTIONAL AND
TRIED NOT TO TERRIFY YOU.
>> WE’RE FASCINATED BY TRUE
CRIME.
CRIME. >> NOW SHE’S PRODUCING AND
CO-HOSTING A POPULAR TRUE CRIME
PODCAST "SMALL TOWN DICKS"
FEATURING THE DETECTIVES IN
SMALL TOWN USA BREAKING BIG
CASES.
CASES. >> YEARDLEY SMITH, IT IS SUCH A
THRILL TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.
WHY DID YOU MAKE THIS
TRANSITION?
TRANSITION? OBVIOUSLY YOU’VE GOT THE
NIGHTTIME GIG, BUT WHAT
INTERESTED YOU IN SMALL TOWN
VIOLENT CRIME?
VIOLENT CRIME? >> I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A RULE
FOLLOWER, SO I WAS ALSO ALWAYS
FASCINATED BY PEOPLE WHO DON’T
VALUE THE SAME THINGS THAT WE
VALUE IN ORDER FOR SOCIETY TO
FUNCTION WELL, SO WHO ARE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO BREAK
THAT TRUST, AND I’M A PERSON WHO
LIKES THE GOOD GUYS TO WIN, SO I
ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
FORCES OF GOOD OUT THERE THAT
CAN SET THE TRAIN BACK ON THE
TRACKS.
TRACKS. >> PEOPLE ARE SO INTO TRUE CRIME
THESE DAYS.
THESE DAYS. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
TELL ME ABOUT THIS PODCAST, WHY
PEOPLE LOVE IT SO MUCH.
>> I CO-HOST THIS PODCAST WITH
MY COCREATOR AND BEST FRIEND,
AND TWO IDENTIFIABLE TWIN
DETECTIVES DAN AND DAVE.
>> WHOSE IDENTITY IS NOT
REVEALED.
REVEALED. >> WE CHANGE ALL THE NAMES OF
OUR VICTIMS AND NEVER TELL YOU
WHERE THE CRIMES TAKE PLACE, AND
IT IS OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE VP
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. IT’S NOT ABOUT WHO THE CRIME
HAPPENED TO, IT’S ABOUT HOW
JUSTICE WAS SERVED.
THE CASES REALLY ARE THE STAR.
ALL OF OUR CASES ARE TOLD BY THE
DETECTIVES WHO BROKE THE CASE.
ZIBBY AND I ALMOST DO NONE OF
THE TALKING.
THE TALKING. WE ARE THE AUDIENCE.
WE’RE YOU WHO WOULD ASK ALL THE
QUESTIONS YOU WOULD IF YOU HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE GUTS.
>> I LIKE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE, I’M A HUGE SIMPSON’S
FAN, BEEN WATCHING THEM SINCE
THEY WERE IN SHORTS ON THE TRACY
ULMAN SHOW.
ULMAN SHOW. LISA SIMPSON, HAS SHE CHANGED
OVER THE YEARS?
HAS SHE EVOLVED?
THERE’S THIS CONSTANT DEBATE
ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND WHETHER
THEY ARE THE SAME NOW AS THEY
WERE 30 YEARS AGO OR WHETHER
THESE CHARACTERS ACTUALLY LIKE
MOST REAL LIFE CHARACTERS,
WHETHER THEY DO GROW?
>> ABSOLUTELY THEY GROW.
ALTHOUGH THE FUNNY THING IS LISA
SIMPSON IS 8, AND EVERY TIME SHE
HAS A BIRTHDAY SHE TURNS 8.
WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WHAT, WHAT’S
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT?
LISA SIMPSON, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HER MOST
IS HER RESILIENCE BECAUSE THEY
PUT THAT GIRL THROUGH SO MUCH.
EVERY TIME THEY GIVE HER
SOMETHING, SHE NEVER GETS TO
KEEP IT.
KEEP IT. 22 MINUTES LATER SHE DOESN’T
HAVE IT ANYMORE, WHETHER IT’S A
FRIEND OR A PONY OR ANYTHING.
THE FACT THAT THAT GIRL STILL
FEELS LIKE THE GLASS IS HALF
FULL IS EXTRAORDINARY TO ME.
>> IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT’S
COME FULL CIRCLE IN THAT LISA
WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO WOULD
INVESTIGATE CHIEF HIBBARD.
>> THAT’S WELL SAID, AL.
>> THAT’S WHY HE’S AL.
>> IF HE WAS LOOKING AT SMALL
TOWN CRIME IN SPRINGFIELD.
>> SHE WOULD AND WITH ENORMOUS
EMPATHY.
EMPATHY. >> YES.
>> YES. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY
WANTED TO DO WITH THIS PODCAST,
IT’S AN ARTIFACT OF DOING IT
WITH THE DETECTIVES THAT BROKE
THE CASES, WE WANTED TO SHOW
THAT REALLY FINE POLICE WORK IS
BEING DONE WITH THESE INCREDIBLE
CRIMES IN SMALL TOWNS.
LIKE, PEOPLE THINK SMALL TOWN
DETECTIVES, WHAT DO YOU DO JUST
RESCUE A CAT OUT OF A TREE?
BUT IN FACT THEY’RE DEALING WITH
THE SAME LEVEL OF DEPRAVITY AND
RECKLESSNESS AND DISREGARD FOR
HUMAN LIFE AS POLICEMEN IN BIG
CITIES.
CITIES. AND YET, IF YOU’RE PART OF A
SMALL AGENCY YOU HAVE TO WEAR
MULTIPLE HATS.
MULTIPLE HATS. THEY JUST DON’T HAVE THE PERSON
POWER FOR THERE TO BE A SEPARATE
S.W.A.T. TEAM.
S.W.A.T. TEAM. YOU KEEP ALL THAT STUFF IN YOUR
TRUNK.
TRUNK. WHILE THERE IS A WORTHY
CONVERSATION CERTAINLY ACROSS
THE NATION ABOUT THE BAD ACTORS
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR US WE
REALLY BELIEVE THAT 99% OF THE
TIME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO THE
VERY BEST JOB THEY CAN, DOING IT
WELL WITH INCREDIBLE INTEGRITY.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL SAID, AND TWITTER DON’T GET
UPSET.
UPSET. IT’S CHIEF WIGGINS.
>> WIGGAM.
>> WIGGAM. >> LAY OFF AL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU HEARD IT FROM YEARDLEY
SMITH.
SMITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THE PODCAST AVAILABLE
EVERYWHERE, AND OF COURSE COULD
LISA MAYBE TAKE US OUT?
>> YES, YES.
AND YOU CAN WATCH THE SIMPSONS
SUNDAY NIGHTS ON FOX.