{"id":2225144,"date":"2026-01-07T02:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2225144"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:53:17","slug":"after-30-years-on-the-simpsons-this-iconic-character-is-finally-calling-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/after-30-years-on-the-simpsons-this-iconic-character-is-finally-calling-it-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"After 30 Years on \u2018The Simpsons,\u2019 This Iconic Character Is Finally Calling It Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8091541\/\">Troy McClure<\/a>. Edna Krabappel. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Bleeding Gums Murphy. Marvin Monroe. Lionel Hutz. Over the years, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0096697\/\">The Simpsons<\/a> has had to say goodbye to several original characters for various reasons, including the passing of a voice actor, shifting cultural conversations, and evolving creative choices. But as of last Sunday, another familiar face headed to retirement. After three decades of tank tops, endless beer promos, and irresponsible drinking, the scantily clad, booze-slinging Duffman (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000279\/\">Hank Azaria<\/a>) shouted his final \u201cOh yeah!\u201d as the series officially shelved the character. In the January 4 episode \u201cSeperance,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0392955\/\">Homer<\/a>\u2019s (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0144657\/\">Dan Castellaneta<\/a>) optimism gets him recruited by Enthusiasm on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0859766\/\">Demand<\/a> (Eod), a mysterious company offering a procedure to remove personality hurdles,&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troy McClure. Edna Krabappel. Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Bleeding Gums Murphy. Marvin Monroe. Lionel Hutz. Over the years, The Simpsons has had to say goodbye to several original characters for various reasons, including the passing of a voice actor, shifting cultural conversations, and evolving creative choices. But as of last Sunday, another familiar face headed to retirement. 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