hey pal that's my head shot up there
next to the pepper steak and don't you
forget it you're all talk hamil you
never even finished jedi school welcome
to watch mojo and today we're counting
down our picks for the top 10 celebrity
reactions to simpson's parodies pie is
exactly three
very sorry that it had to come to that
for this list we'll be looking at
instances where a few well-known
celebrities saw themselves their work or
their culture being spoofed by the
iconic animated family and how they
handled it negatively or positively what
was your favorite simpsonized celebrity
spoof let us know in the comments
number 10 mike tyson anyone who's
brushed up on their celebrity parodies
will recognize dredrick tatum as a
direct parody of legendary real world
former boxing champion mike tyson from
his former career to his high-pitched
lisp all the way down to his criminal
record society put drederick tatum away
for his brutal crime
but he's paid his debt
and now he's going to get revenge
on homer simpson
but how did the baddest man on the
planet react to this spoof pretty well
actually tyson knows that as a
well-known icon there are bound to be
parodies of him in the media so he
doesn't take it personally and seem to
enjoy watching drederick mimic him while
punching homer's lights out and there's
tatum showboating for the crowd
[Applause]
it's nice to know that tyson is
accepting of his imitators though it
would have been nicer to hear him voice
frederick at least once litter is my
most treacherous foe i would like to eat
his children number nine doug mcclure
how could anyone forget troy mcclure
hello everybody i'm troy mcclure star of
such films as p is for psycho and the
president's neck is missing his
entertaining personality coupled with
the late phil hartman's voice acting
made him one of the most recognized
recurring characters in the franchise
one of troy's biggest inspirations was
the late b-movie actor doug mcclure best
known for playing s on the
virginian for those who don't know that
sounds familiar no no no i mean it being
a simpsons fan himself doug thought the
homage was hilarious and even caught his
children calling him troy behind his
back with how iconic the characters
become we'd say that's one of the
highest compliments possible and it
makes it even more tragic that we may
never see troy on the show ever again
wow mr mcclure i was a great a to
ever question eating meat
yes you were jimmy yes you were i'm
you're hurting me number eight frank
severow sadly not every celebrity
appreciates the simpsons homages some of
them take the rip-offs very personally
we tried to stop the kid but he wouldn't
quit it was like you went crazy for
example in 2014 actor frank sivero sued
the show for 250 million dollars over
the character louis the right hand
mafioso to fat tony severo believed that
louis was a shameless rip-off of frankie
carbone his character from goodfellas
admittedly louis does bear a striking
resemblance to savero's character but
with a voice matching joe pesci's
character showing that louis is a parody
of more than one mobster hey it's krusty
all right should i shoot him gang lion
style or execution style listen to your
heart ultimately the case was dismissed
and louis is still with us to this day
but this situation perfectly highlights
the risks of making caricatures too
close to home
number 7. ken burns filmmaker ken burns
has been universally praised for his
unique recognizable style of documentary
film of course his notoriety makes him
perfect parody material for the simpsons
so that's exactly what they did in the
episode pray anything homer comes across
a documentary mimicking ken burns style
about ken burns ken burns a documentary
by ken burns about the life of ken burns
ew where's the remote the simpsonized
filmmaker rambles about how he can't
afford a different haircut and how he's
never been to an actual baseball game
before homer changes the channel i've
never actually been to a baseball game
the fresh air gives me hives die monster
you're watching monkey olympics on fox
while homer didn't appreciate the
documentary ken burns loved the parody
tribute to his work so much so that he
guest starred in the episode as himself
showing just what a good sport he is
that's a high honor it's a huge high
honor number six jerry lewis if it
wasn't already obvious professor frink
is a full-on parody of the late comedic
legend jerry lewis more accurately his
character in the nutty professor i must
i must take objection there doctor if
revenge might have been the motivating
force but i feel now that curiosity has
taken over where revenge began frank's
actor hank aziria begged the writers to
cast the real jerry lewis as his
character's father in treehouse of
horror 14. oh papa you're back why now
we had to replace several vital organs
with machinery but that doesn't make you
any less of a man the staff was
understandably nervous about the
arrangement however it all worked out in
the end not only was lewis happy to
guest star in the show but he worked
well with azaria and was flattered by
his near-dead-on impression what a great
crowd you all have such big hearts and
such big brains with large juicy
dripping with knowledge heads given his
reputation as someone difficult to work
with it's comforting that he could
handle a parody of his work so
gracefully
number five barbara bush believe it or
not the simpsons had even clashed with
former u.s president george h.w bush and
first lady barbara what brings you to
springfield well george and i just
wanted to be private citizens again go
where nobody cared about politics so we
found the town with the lowest voter
turnout in america it wasn't anything
malicious but it all started when
barbara publicly stated that the show
was quote the dumbest thing she'd ever
seen it then turned into a funny back
and forth between both parties that
ultimately resulted in the season seven
episode two bad neighbors where the
bushes become the simpsons new neighbors
and homer and george butt heads all
right mister you want trouble you're
gonna get trouble oh i want trouble all
right then you're gonna get trouble no
you're gonna get trouble oh that's good
that's good because i want trouble then
we'll agree there'll be trouble oh yeah
lots of trouble anything george had to
say about the episode was not made
public but one of the show's writers
said in an interview that barbara didn't
appreciate the parody even though she
started all this by insulting the series
it's a shame it didn't work out marge
but george just felt this neighborhood
brought out the worst in him
[Applause]
gotta love irony
number four ryan johnson in the episode
bart's in jail homer has a nightmare
about hearing his father's will only to
learn that he gets nothing i leave you
ten thousand dollars that i never told
you about
yeah but then i lost it all to a scam so
because i'm a
i leave you nothing definitely spooky
but take a closer look at homer's dream
the entire scenery is modeled after the
2019 mystery film knives out complete
with the cast wearing outfits straight
out of the movie i hereby direct that
all my assets both liquid and otherwise
i leave in their entirety to marta
cabrera when the original film's
director ryan johnson caught wind of
this homage how did he react with an
excited tweet simply saying made it ma
the show is no stranger when it comes to
movie parodies and it's clear that
johnson recognizes the honor of having
his creation be referenced by a cartoon
legend if only more celebrities
recognized this honor
10 000. that dream again number three
hari kondabolu for decades apuna
hasapima padalon was one of
springfield's most popular residents
especially with the ladies
all right we got him holy moly wow look
who's the ladies man unfortunately not
everyone was charmed by the kwik-e-mart
proprietor
volunteer fireman many fans accused a
poo of being an unflattering caricature
of indian and south asian culture
arguably the biggest voice for this was
indian comedian hari kondabolu who
brought the controversy to light with
his documentary the problem with a poo
but there's still one man who haunts me
a pooh
additionally indian american actor kal
penn outright hated a poo and claimed he
couldn't watch the simpsons because of
him i hate up who i hate and because of
that i dislike the simpsons the whole
series whether or not you agreed with
hurray's critiques the show's response
was even worse for everyone acting
dismissive towards the documentary
before retiring a poo's major supporting
role leaving the store owner's future in
limbo something that started decades ago
and was applauded and inoffensive is now
politically incorrect what can you do
some things will be dealt with at a
later date if at all
number two seth macfarlane one of the
most famous cartoon rivalries is the
simpsons versus seth macfarlane's family
guy from what it looks like simpson
started the fire by making cracks about
family guy's quality and how it
seemingly ripped off their show
what they didn't expect was how hard
seth would fight back and boy did he
fight back from cheeky jabs at his rival
losing its comedic touch to arguably one
of family guy's darkest cutaway gags
featuring marge and quagmire see that
wasn't so bad was it oh
i gotta say that was fantastic what'd he
say we go back to your place for round
two sounds good to me thankfully the
conflict between both animation giants
is all in good fun and it all comes to a
head in the simpsons sky crossover
episode where peter and homer settle the
score once and for all chicken fight
style
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number one morrissey lisa has fallen
head over heels for vegan british singer
quilliby to the point where she makes
friends with an imaginary version of him
you're not the real quillipi you're
imaginary i've gone crazy unfortunately
when lisa meets the real quilliby he's
abandoned his veganism and turned into a
very vocal hateful bigot can't you see
this show is just a cash grab i'm only
here because i lost my fortune suing
people for saying things about me that
were completely true the punchline is
that he's a shameless caricature of real
world english musician morrissey who did
not appreciate the parody at all he made
multiple posts online expressing his
hatred for the episode and even said he
ought to sue the show to be fair though
morrissey's hands are far from clean so
it makes you wonder did the simpsons go
too far with this parody or does
morrissey need to take a better look in
the mirror is this what i turned into
i'm greedy i'm hateful and my face looks
like a syphilitic moon well it's not
your fault you got old sting is old old
sting's pretty gorgeous and he knows it
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