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[jigglet]

So I've been binging on the Simpsons recently (only S1-9) and I stumbled across this list: https://time.com/3154233/simpsons-television-celebrity-entertainment/

And I was expecting James Woods to be in there. I always considered him to be one of the best celeb guests on the show. I'm not even a huge fan of him as a real life actor but I just thought he nailed it in the Simpsons.

Anyway I wasn't expecting him to be #1 as everyone has different tastes...and yes this is just one of many lists out there, but for him not to even qualify for the top 30?

Am I out of touch?

 

[Aesius]

James Woods is canceled because he's a conservative who supports Trump.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

James Woods is canceled because he's a conservative who supports Trump.

Nailed it. Really petty shit.

 

[p_xavier]

He was more of a Family Guy thing.

 

[jigglet]

James Woods is canceled because he's a conservative who supports Trump.

Wait what?? And you think this is why he's not on the list?!

 

[Revolutionary]

Even Time is doing clickbait bullshit articles now? Jesus christ...

 

[Aesius]

Wait what?? And you think this is why he's not on the list?!

Possibly. It doesn’t make sense to not include him unless the author/editors intentionally omitted him because they either dislike him due to his outspoken conservatism or because they didn’t want to risk social media backlash.

 

[jigglet]

It doesn’t make sense to not include him unless

I mean he did a good job right? I wasn't sure if it was just nostalgia playing with my mind.

 

[INC]

James Wood episode was dope, its one of the few i can remember without looking up other cameos

 

[Reality Czar]

Yuk at that list. Anne Hathaway and Snoop Dogg and Jon Stewart. Oh yes who can forget those classic eps.

No Spinal Tap? None of the "Homer at Bat" team? Phil Hartman?

Funny how they include MJ. Isn't he cancelled? Guess he never supported Trump so he gets a pass.

 

[Hatemachine]

I don't even remember a James Woods Simpson episode. His Family Guy episodes are good though.

The much bigger crime here is not including Rodney Dangerfield in "Burns, Baby, Burns". That's an all time classic episode, and Dangerfield killed it.

 

[Reality Czar]

James Woods played a method actor who takes over for Apu at the Quik-E-Mart. Was pretty funny.

 

[Jaysen]

As others said, there’s nothing memorable about his Simpsons appearance. Family Guy though, yes. And Phil Hartman wasn’t listed because many thought of him as a regular, not a guest.

 

[DoubleJTripleDistilled]

Feel dirty for clicking that link, and yes, James Woods deserves a spot on that list, def memorable, was able to be himself and entertaining unlike most other actors on the simpsons who when playing themselves are incredible boring or cringy

 

[Jaysen]

The 100 Greatest Simpsons Guest Stars

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Albert Brooks definitely deserves a spot that high. You’ll find James at 3.

 

[Reality Czar]

The Ramones had a great cameo they sing happy birthday to Mr. Burns and he tells Smithers "Have the Rolling Stones killed."

 

[Jaysen]

It’s strange, I remember every cameo listed by Paste except Woods. With lines as good as the following, I should have:

Memorable Quote:
“Tony, you’re my agent. You have to do something about this… How can it be the same movie if they’ve changed my character from a convenience store clerk to a jittery eskimo firefighter? Uh huh… uh huh… mm hmm… well, actually, that’s a pretty good explanation. Now this is gross, right, this’ll be gross points in this new…? OK. Yeah, ‘cause there’s monkey—yeah, OK, great. OK, good: book me a flight, rent me an igloo, and tell those dorks at the Kwik-E-Mart that boom! I am outta here, I’m a dot, I’m gone, OK? What do you mean, I gotta give two weeks’ notice? Why you frickin’, no good, motha$%^&@ &!$@# cheese! No, not you, I’m just talking to my oven.”

 

[GarlicSnake]

Wtf? I just learned the guy that plays Apu is no longer playing him. Wtf? He's so iconic.

 

[Jaysen]

Wtf? I just learned the guy that plays Apu is no longer playing him. Wtf? He's so iconic.

It’s alright, Hank plays about 1000 other guys on the show.

 

[Fugitive Sex]

Yeah, he was too white.

 

[DeepBreath87]

This seems..... political.

 

[jigglet]

The Ramones had a great cameo they sing happy birthday to Mr. Burns and he tells Smithers "Have the Rolling Stones killed."

That was brilliant. Mr Burns' reaction had me in stitches.

I think the best in terms of pure acting was James Woods & Danny Devito.

One of the worst was Paul McCartney. I get he's not an actor but that's what I'm judging it on - just how good the performance was, not how famous they are.

 

[pel1300]

Speaking of James wood....how about a Vikings movie starring

James Wood
Jon Voight
Gina Carano
Roseanne
Kevin Sorbo
Tim Allen

Directed by Mel Gibson

 

[quickwhips]

James Woods played a method actor who takes over for Apu at the Quik-E-Mart. Was pretty funny.

Basically the hard way with Michael j fox and James wood.

 

[jigglet]

Basically the hard way with Michael j fox and James wood.

Holy crap...it never occurred to me it was a sort of parody on the hard way...OMG.

 

[Reality Czar]

Haha they even have him name drop it. Classic Simpsons.

 

[jigglet]

Haha they even have him name drop it. Classic Simpsons.

Yes I'm quite slow like that sometimes. lol

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

James Woods played a method actor who takes over for Apu at the Quik-E-Mart. Was pretty funny.

Super memorable but that scene always stuck out to me when Apu flies about thinking he’s a humming bird after working a 96 hour shift.

 

[jigglet]

Super memorable but that scene always stuck out to me when Apu flies about thinking he’s a humming bird after working a 96 hour shift.

 

[Corgi1985]

I mean he did a good job right? I wasn't sure if it was just nostalgia playing with my mind.

I didn't see Albert Brooks on that list eaither. Maybe it's just a bad list.

 

[jigglet]

I didn't see Albert Brooks on that list eaither. Maybe it's just a bad list.

It has N'Sync and Tony Hawk on it. TH was sooo bad. Again it's no reflection on him as a person, just in terms of his voice acting and the way he was integrated into the story. Yeah it's a trash list.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Speaking of James wood....how about a Vikings movie starring

James Wood
Jon Voight
Gina Carano
Roseanne
Kevin Sorbo

Directed by Mel Gibson

Jim Caviezel too.