Voiced by [28], In 1968, Burns opened the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant with his assistant, Waylon Smithers Sr. Shearer refers to these clips as found objects. He is currently the head of the Springfield Republican Party and once headed a short-lived religion. "[34] Shearer is also the voice of Burns' assistant Smithers, and is able to perform dialogue between the two characters in one take. [126] He once attempted to block out the sun to force Springfield residents to increase their use of electricity produced by the nuclear plant and was subsequently shot by Maggie. [44] In addition, Mr. Burns when watching a play Skinner organized to get him to provide funds for the then-recently closed Springfield Elementary School, reacted with horror after the Chef, out of incompetence caused by the school being closed, placed rat poison into broth instead of salt, before Skinner pointed out that Mr. Burns could have ingested it. He continually fails to remember who Homer is, despite the two having interacted extensively throughout the series. In "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", it is stated in a news caption that he is 89 years old. Shearer has voiced the character ever since. Burns graduated from Yale University in 1914. At the age of 112, he is a shut-in who sponsors a Yale scholarship as punishment for stealing Christmas. His home is also guarded by a large group of flying unicorn-clam creatures (uni-clams). [1] In the mid-1970s, he started working with Rob Reiner on a pilot for ABC. Mr. Burns appears as a playable character in the game. While Larry and Mr. Burns originally try to form a productive relationship, this was proven rather difficult due to the vast differences in their personalities. Sex "[6] Shearer said in an interview that one person who "took him under his wing" and was one of his best friends during his early days in show business was voice actor Mel Blanc, who voiced many animated characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Barney Rubble. Later, in Medal of Homer, a younger Mr. Burns steals paintings from Ville de St. Capitulons and protects them on board his personal naval carrier with a squad of sailors that resemble Smithers. He was able to convert Springfield's church into a successful advertising business[61], as well as incorporate an oil drilling company in a very short amount of time[62]. Just as the vampire versions of Homer, Marge, Bart, Maggie and Grampa are about to bite Lisa, they all say, "Happy Halloween, everyone!" Count Burns is a vampire. [45] Similarly, when Homer had a manatee pose as himself, Mr. Burns was shown to befriend him, and when learning he was about to die from dehydration, he immediately requested they give the manatee a sponge bath.[46]. [110], Burns is almost entirely work-oriented. The film was not well received by critics. [63], In 2006 Shearer appeared with Brian Hayes in four episodes of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Not Today, Thank You, playing Nostrils, a man so ugly he cannot stand to be in his own presence. Mr. Burns appears in The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk as two characters. Burns was a member of the Stonecutters until it disbanded, at which time he joined the secret society that succeeded it: The Ancient Mystic Society of No Homers (One source of dislike of Burns for the "Stonecutters" is that despite his wealth and greed, he is outranked by Lenny). In 1939, at Burns' Yale University reunion, he had an affair with the daughter of an old flame named Lily Bancroft. However, because his mother, who is currently alive, is 122, Burns would have to be younger. The Credibility Gap broke up in 1976 when Lander and McKean left to perform in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley. He found out he was hired that same day. He has been referred to as "Springfield's Oldest Resident" with a Social Security number of 000-00-0002 (cursing Franklin Roosevelt for having 0001). Al Jean made a statement from the producers saying "the show must go on," but did not elaborate on what might happen to the characters Shearer voiced. After the filming, Shearer's parents said they did not want him to be a regular in a series. [144] He once had an affair with Countess von Zeppelin, as he slept with her one time. Shearer has appeared in films including The Truman Show (1998) and A Mighty Wind (2003), and has directed two, Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) and The Big Uneasy (2010). They are the ones who are actually doing something, changing people's lives for better or for worse. Writer George Meyer lifted Burns' "Excellent!" The four of us had been around rock 'n' roll and we were just amazed by how relentlessly the movies got it wrong. [41] In a 2010 interview on The Howard Stern Show, Shearer alluded that the reason he was not part of the ride was because he would not be getting paid for it. [143] Though when he tells Homer about Gertrude, he says that he was her fiance, but he implies that they were married, as he says he missed their wedding, their honeymoon, and their divorce due to working so hard. It was lonely, I had no deal for it and it took six years to do. "[83], Shearer married folk singer Penelope Nichols in 1974. In more recent seasons, Burns is completely helpless without Smithers. [25] In 2009, the band released Back from the Dead to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of the film. This was the maiden name of. Springfield Concert Hall 7. 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However, he is not completely thawed, as when he tries to sit down, he snaps in half, which is also cured.[151]. In this instance, he looks the same as he does today. Animator David Silverman based Burns' appearance on Fox founder Barry Diller, and modeled his body on a praying mantis. [60] In 2008, he assembled video clips of newsmakers from this collection into an art installation titled "The Silent Echo Chamber" which was exhibited at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. [35] Also due to his riches, Mr. Burns is very stingy and averse to rewarding good deeds with money. Christopher Collins (1989-1990)Harry ShearerNancy Cartwright (Angry Dad)Muneharu Samejima (The Simpsons Arcade Game), Paternal grandmother: Evelyn GraycombMaternal Grandfather: Jean-Claude CharlesMaternal Grandmother: Ophelia CharlesFather: Clifford Burns Mother: Daphne CharlesSiblings: George Burns, Clifford Burns Jr., Dominique Burns, Archibald Burns, Ernest Burns, Sarah Drew Linscott and 10 moreHalf-Brothers: Cornelius Burns and Zeph BurnsHalf-Sister: Cornelia HernandezGirlfriend: Maxine LombardSon: Larry BurnsNephew: Ironfist BurnsNieces: Pepita HernandezVictoria Burns-Vanderbilt-DuPont-Bush-RockeFeller-Symthe-Pitt-WhitneyAunt: Doreena BurnsCousins: Lyla and Mr. BumbleGrandchildren: UnnamedGreat-Grandfather: Franklin Jefferson Burns[1]Daughter-in-law: UnnamedFourth cousin: Abraham SimpsonEx-Fiancé: Jacqueline Bouvier. His organs have grown immensely weak over the years: his heart is black and desiccated, it barely beats or does not beat at all, and is shrunken to the size of a cherry. In 1967 and 1968, he was a high school teacher, teaching English and social studies. [43] The dispute, however, was resolved and Shearer received $125,000 per episode until 2004, when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $360,000 an episode. [157], The local villain Montgomery Burns, terrorizing children in a 19th century woodcut, Frequent allusions to Mr. Burns' age place his date of birth in the late 19th century, which would make him more than 100 years old. If a guest put him in a particularly good mood, he will return the favor by significantly reducing the number of hounds released to one. He is thin to the point of being skeletal, since his spine and ribcage are visible. [53] The show has also been made available as a podcast on iTunes[54] and by WWNO. [130], The interior of the mansion includes a room containing a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters,[131] a bottomless pit, a hedge maze, a moat, bleached hardwood floors,[132] a human chessboard,[133] the largest television in the free world, a "Hall of Patriots" that commemorates his ancestors,[134] a laboratory, a botanical garden of vultures bearing his likeness, a safe containing a Beefeater guard,[135] a theater that is showing round-the-clock movies and shows which plays regardless whether there is an audience or not, a TV studio and a CCTV room. One is that he was raised by a. Blame that Mr. His exposure to radiation during his lifetime of working at the plant has given his skin a healthy green glow and left him infertile and as impotent as a Nevada boxing commissioner. Mr. Burns embodies a number of stereotypes about Corporate America, as he has an unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power. [127] In The Simpsons: Hit & Run, during mission 4 in Level 7, it is implied that he had a business partner that he killed. The Musical with Tom Leopold, which spoofed J. Edgar Hoover's relationship with Clyde Tolson. This is a voice pack of Mr. Burns from the animated TV series The Simpsons, as the richest and most powerful citizen and the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Mr. Burns is a member of various organizations. [93] When his finger is pricked, he bleeds dust, and when his arm is poked with a needle, it passes through his arm like meringue. [159], Other references to Mr. Burns' age place him at thousands of years old. In addition, Mr. Burns, when planning his Sun Blocker plan shortly after firing Smithers, and while literally stomping down on potential rivals at his model of Springfield, proceeded to stamp down on one of the cooling towers of the plant and yell "Take that, Springfield Nuclear Power Pl..." before realizing that the plant was actually already under his control and then sheepishly muttered, "Oh, fiddlesticks!"[39]. His net worth has been stated to be in the billions and in one instance was pegged at exactly $1,800,037,022[12]. His reaction to Maggie's offer references the events of "Who Shot Mr. [7] He was told that the actors would record their lines together[7] and after three calls, executive producer James L. Brooks managed to convince Shearer to join the cast. Burns is proud of having manufactured shells for the Nazis, seeing himself as being superior to Oskar Schindler because his shells "worked, dammit!". After being defeated, Mr. Burns is knocked out unconscious and Maggie then places her pacifier into Mr. Burns' mouth. [118] It was once suggested that he did so again. Due to his unnaturally long life, Burns has numerous physical ailments and health problems, or more accurately, he has every physical ailment and health problem, including several discovered in him. In 1974, he re-opened the plant. Mr. Burns appears as the final boss of this game, operating a giant mechanical robot from within that changes form depending on the damage it receives from the Simpson family. In the GameCube/Xbox/PS2 versions, Mr. Burns, while making clear that he is fed up with the people of Springfield complaining about his nuclear-powered buses and saying that it outranked even the 1967 Summer of Love in terms of the most contemptible effort of civil disobedience, caves and lets them have their public transport system back, but then ominously warns the player that they have not seen the last of him before sending the player down his trap door. Clifford Burns was the son of Wainwright Montgomery Burns and Evelyn Graycomb. He did not get along well with the other writers and cast members and states that he was not included wit… Burns' paternal family is of Scottish descent while his maternal family is of Scottish, German, and supposedly Mexican descent (although this is contradicted many times). Not even Homer spray-painting "I AM HOMER SIMPSON" on Burns' office wall was sufficient to get Burns to remember Homer's name, this incident only resulting in an altercation. [1] While at KRLA, Shearer also interviewed Creedence Clearwater Revival for the Pop Chronicles music documentary. Mr. Burns' investment portfolio includes long-defunct shares in "Confederated Slave Holdings, Trans-atlantic Zeppelin, Amalgamated Spats, Congreve's Inflammable Powders, U.S. Hay", and an "up-and-coming Baltimore Opera Hat Company". In "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants", he said that he was a passenger on the Titanic. [98] Burns had also lost body parts due to leprosy (one example is when he lost an entire fingernail in a cup). before they all parody the ending scene to A Charlie Brown Christmas. [3] Shearer says he criticizes both Republicans and Democrats equally, and also says that "the iron law of doing comedy about politics is you make fun of whoever is running the place"[55] and that "everyone else is just running around talking. [90] A 1,000 dollar bill dispensed from an ATM bruised him, leaving a reverse imprint of the bill on his chest. [72], Burns commonly refers to deceased persons as if they were alive, including Al Jolson,[73] Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks,[74] Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown. In an issue of Simpsons Comics, Smithers states that Mr. Burns is 118 years old. Young Burns in the 1890s with his teddy bear, Bobo. Harry Shearer, Voice of Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Leaving ‘The Simpsons’ Voice of Smithers, Kent Brockman, McBain, Principal Skinner and Lenny tweets departure over contract dispute [27], Burns spent time as a biochemist and bio-terrorist before opening the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. From time to time, he takes up arms against someone he perceives as his enemy, as the joke being his feebleness and the archaic nature of his chosen weapons (i.e. Harry Shearer, Voice of Mr. Burns, Leaves 'The Simpsons' The rest of the cast have signed on for seasons 27 and 28 of the Fox show. [125] Burns has used his power and wealth to blackmail and bribe various members of Springfield, including Mayor Quimby, as well as safety inspectors. These parties were held until 1929 when the Roaring Twenties abruptly ended with the Great Depression (which, ironically, Burns was not aware of until sixty-eight years after the Wall Street crash had passed). [73], Shearer has also worked as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times Magazine, but decided that it "became such a waste of time to bother with it. [72] His other film appearances include The Right Stuff (1983), The Fisher King (1991), The Truman Show (1998), Small Soldiers (also 1998), and EdTV (1999). [21], After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Burns joined the SS. Burns appears to be unaware of 20th century political and private developments, such as Fidel Castro becoming President of Cuba,[65] Siam becoming Thailand,[66] India gaining its independence from the British Empire, New Mexico becoming a state, women being granted independence rights,[42] the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (with him also blaming Smithers for not warning him about the crash despite the fact that, as Smithers pointed out, the event in question occurred 25 years before he was even born and thus was in absolutely no position to warn him of the event),[67] Idlewild Airport becoming JFK Airport,[68] the extinction of the dodo,[69] confusing The Ramones with The Rolling Stones ("have the Rolling Stones killed"),[70] and the occurrence of the 1939 World's Fair.