“The Simpsons” killed off a longtime character this week, sparking shock and outrage amongst its followers … and one producer says he expects nothing much less from the present’s diehards.
Tim Lengthy, co-executive producer of the long-running animated sitcom, tells TMZ … the inventive workforce meant for Larry “The Barfly” Dalrymple’s demise to hit the viewers arduous — although Dalrymple by no means had a giant second on the present.
ICYMI … Larry was a background character on the present, first showing again in 1989 throughout season 1, and largely displaying up in Moe’s Tavern close to Homer Simpson and his mates. He sometimes throws out a line or two.
Lengthy says it would not matter how small Larry’s function was, as a result of characters on “The Simpsons” do not die typically … so, it is an enormous deal once they do.
Tim provides he is sorry to these followers upset concerning the demise, and the unhappy episode generally … however, he says he likes that followers appeared to take it as arduous as Homer and the gang did in the course of the episode — as a result of it speaks to how beloved the present nonetheless is.
Plus, Lengthy jokingly says ‘Flintstones’ followers would not have flinched if the present killed off the reviled character, The Nice Gazoo … so, it is good to know followers care about all of the characters who make Springfield what it’s.
That mentioned, Lengthy’s telling individuals to cease freaking out — ‘trigger it is not like they killed off a serious character like Barney or Moe!!!
Whereas it’d take followers time to recover from this cartoon demise, not less than one particular person behind the ‘Simpsons’ could not be happier about it.
