Harry Shearer

Why, after 27 years on the air, do Simpsons fans still stick around? Because the characters' backstories are so much more colorful than Springfield yellow. And Sunday night's episode exemplified how the series is still a model for other animated comedies, when one of the show's OG characters, Waylon Smithers Jr., came out as gay.

It looks like Mr. Burns and Principal Skinner, among many others, will sound the same when The Simpsons returns this fall...

I've been listening to Harry Shearer doing satire on the radio in Los Angeles since - geez, this dates a fellow - 1969, when he first joined the Credibility Act ...

Eighteen hours before America re-elects President Obama, Harry Shearer is sitting in an armchair in his London residence, right leg crossed over left. The man ...

Harry Shearer, the multitalented writer, actor, director and producer who also provides voices for more than 20 characters on "The Simpsons," has been named ...