Pamela Hayden, the longtime voice actress behind Milhouse Van Houten — Bart Simpson’s very foolish friend — is stepping away after 35 years of complaining.
Hayden, 70, who voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Jenny and Malibu Stacy, will sign up from The Simpsons in the Treehouse of Horror episode on November 24.
“It’s an honor and a pleasure to work on such a witty, funny and groundbreaking show,” Hayden said in a statement.
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The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said, “Pamela made us laugh a lot with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest nose in Springfield.”
“He made Milhouse hilarious and real, and we will miss him.”
Casting has been planned for their characters.
Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfinger advertisement in 1989 and was named after former US President Richard Milhouse Nixon.
Groening said he adopted it “because it was the most unfortunate name for a baby”.
This near-sighted character is often the butt of jokes, targeted by the bully Nelson at school, struggles to deal with the divorce of his parents, Kirk and Luann, and his not-so-secret crush on Lisa Simpson. Is.
In one episode, Bart managed to put Milhouse on America’s Most Wanted list, but in another he sold Bart’s soul to Comic Book Guy Jeff Albertson.
He is also responsible for the fan-favorite quote, “Everything’s coming up Milhouse”, which has entered modern terminology as a way of saying that one is fortunate.
