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Live From Springfield, It’s the Simpsons/Saturday Night Live Nexus

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Live From Springfield, It’s the Simpsons/Saturday Night Live Nexus

September 30, 2021

Welcome to ComedyNerd, Cracked's new deep dive series on funny business. Today's topic: what happens when comedy behemoths collide. (Also, the ComedyNerd newsletter just launched. Sign up here.)

The Simpsons is known for its celebrity guest stars, but no other show has shared its universe more than Saturday Night Live. Here are 12 SNL cast members who made Springfield a second home.

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PHIL HARTMAN made an impact like no other SNLer CRACKED.COM Before his untimely death, Hartman was both a Simpsons regular and a go-to for new characters. Among his best: shady attorney Lionel Hutz, washed-up movie star Troy McClure, and singing huckster Lanley. Lyle Lanley. Monorail. Monorail. Monorail. — Vulture

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MAYA RUDOLPH is turned on by Homer's opera talents GRACKED.COM When an accident gives Homer a beautiful opera voice (come on, it was Season 19), Rudolph's Julia becomes obsessed. When Homer turns down her sexual advances, she does what any good fan would do: Try to kill him. — thesimpsons.com archive

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WILL FORTE finally gave voice to King Toot CRACKED.COM King Toot's Music Store lived next to Moe's for several seasons, but we didn't get to meet His Highness until Season 26. Toot shows up just long enough to get into a fistfight with Moe over dumpster rights. You call that a testicle kick? — Vulture

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KRISTEN WIIG gets up close and personal with Homer FBI CRACKED.com FBI Agent Annie (Wiig) is going to get to the bottom of Homer's strange behavior. I can torture you. I can give you incredible sex or you can just tell me what I want to know. Homer considers. What was the first one again? — EW

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Vanessa Bayer on The Simpsons

VANESSA BAYER wants to give YOUR kid a trophy YOUR CHILD'S NAME Your Chil YOUR CHIL Your Child's Name YOUR CHILD'S NAME CRACKED.c Bayer plays Dr. Clarity Hoffman- Roth, a parenting expert who believes in trophies for any kind of participation. Chief Wiggum is in: If Ralphie's shelf says he's a winner, then he'll be one! — Bubbleblabber

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JONLOVIT2 got his Critic gig from The Simpsons CRACKED.COM Artie Ziff was a one-off character, but writers loved him SO much they brought him back six times. All hail the homecoming king: Fellow classmates, instead of voting for some athletic superhero or a pretty boy, you elected me, your intellectual superior, as your king. — IGN

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RACHEL DRATCH brings the Boston accent CRACKED In an all-Boston episode, Dratch is a doctor who has to dislodge a Pedro Martinez bobblehead stuck in Homer's airway. And because of our state's socialized health care, no matter how much your husband abuses his body, someone else will pay for it. — boston.com

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KATE MCKINNON is a homeless folk singer CRACKED.CO When Bart accidentally trashes Hettie's shopping cart full of belongings, he invites her home to live in his closet. McKinnon voices Hettie's speaking voice, but her twangy singin' is provided by Dixie Chick Natalie Maines. — AV Club

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Fred Armisen

FRED ARMISEN got Groening back to his Portland roots DEVEL CRACKED.COM After Fred and Carrie Brownstein guested on the Simpsons, Matt Groening returned the favor by appearing on Portlandia. The Simpsons creator sued Armisen's character for his line of bootleg Bart Ska-mson t-shirts. — Oregon Live

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CECILY STRONG BILL HADER - GRACKED.CO Strong is a billionaire art collector whose painting might have been stolen by Homer. She enlists the help of SNL castmate Hader, appearing as Polish-American Detective Manacek. The lady-killer private eye would show up in other episodes to wrestle Cletus and arrest Professor Frink. — IMDB

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BOBBY MOYNIHAN is an old-school fan CRACKED.COM Being a part of the legacy of 'The Simpsons' is insane, Moynihan says. I remember watching them on 'Tracey Ullman,' I remember spending my allowance on a drawing that Matt Groening had done on a piece of paper. Get your geek on, Bobby! — Variety

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AMY POEHLER is Bart Simpson's future love CRACKED.COM Future Bart can't resist the charm's of Poehler's skateboarding. Jenda. He exclaims, Hey, about some forehead! before the two engage in a flirtatious head butt. It's no wonder he'll marry her. And no wonder she'll divorce him. — Ask Men

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