"Julie Kavner Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress. She first attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, the younger sister of Valerie Harper's title character in the sitcom ""Rhoda"", for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is best known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". She also voices other characters for the show, including Marge’s mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, and sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier. Known for her improvisation and distinctive ""honeyed gravel voice"", Kavner was cast"
"Marge's older twin sisters. They are apparently in their mid-to-late 40s, since Selma has gone through menopause and they were shown as teenagers in flashbacks while Marge was still a small child. They work at the Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles, and possess a strong dislike for their brother-in-law, Homer. Selma is the elder by two minutes, possesses a strong desire for family, and has been married and divorced six times, and also sought to have a child on numerous occasions despite her age. Her sister, Patty, is one of the show's few openly gay (or bisexual, as she once"
"Simpson's sisters (Patty and Selma) have with the show and their crush on the MacGyver character. The sisters' regular viewing of the show is an unalterable element of their daily schedule to the point of death as demonstrated in the episode ""Black Widower"". The episode featured a fictional scene of MacGyver where he downplays his role in saving a village. (""Don't thank me. Thank the moon's gravitational pull."") In another episode, ""A Star is Burns"", Homer tricks Jay Sherman into insulting MacGyver in front of Patty and Selma; Sherman ends up being hung from the rain gutter by his underpants,"
"was exposed, Selma managed to keep the baby as a Chinese dignitary (voiced by Lucy Liu), who had also been raised by a single parent, became sympathetic. Despite being identical twins, Patty and Selma have very different track records when it comes to finding dates. According to Marge, Patty chose a life of celibacy, while Selma had celibacy thrust upon her. Her standards are extremely low, as evidenced by her comments on Mr. Burns: ""Single, eh? Well, he passes the Selma Test."" Selma has actively sought out a husband, and has been married to six different men. Her current name"
"playing Marco Polo, and they invite Lisa to join them. Patty and Selma are then seen competing in a rowing race against the Winklevoss twins at the London 2012 Olympics, with Patty and Selma winning. This is followed by a short entitled ""A Simpsons 'Show's Too Short' Story"", animated in the dark, grim style of American artist Edward Gorey. It tells the story of how Bart was a troublemaker from the day he was born, and shows him and Milhouse wrapping Springfield Elementary School in toilet paper. ""The D'oh-cial Network"" was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Chris"
"Selma's Choice ""Selma's Choice"" is the thirteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 21, 1993. In the episode, Selma decides to have a baby, inspired by her late aunt's wish that she would not spend her life alone. She experiences what life with children is like by taking Bart and Lisa to the Duff Gardens amusement park, which does not go as planned. It was written by David M. Stern and directed by Carlos Baeza. After watching an advertisement on television for Duff Gardens, Homer, Bart and"
"minutes of the show played out to continuous laughter [in the pub he was watching it in]"". Selma's Choice ""Selma's Choice"" is the thirteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 21, 1993. In the episode, Selma decides to have a baby, inspired by her late aunt's wish that she would not spend her life alone. She experiences what life with children is like by taking Bart and Lisa to the Duff Gardens amusement park, which does not go as planned. It was written by David M. Stern"
"the episode with a thought of both Carter and Pyle standing next to each other. Carter yells, ""Pyle!"" and Pyle responds, ""Shazam!"". As Stampy wreaks havoc throughout Springfield, Patty and Selma are sucked up by a tornado and fly through the air in rocking chairs, similar to a scene in the 1939 film ""The Wizard of Oz"". In its original broadcast, ""Bart Gets an Elephant"" finished forty-second in the ratings for the week of March 28 to April 20, 1994, with a Nielsen rating of 10.7, equivalent to 10 million viewing households. It was the highest-rated show on the Fox"
"at the Spinster City apartment complex and both work at the DMV. The two are avid, sometimes maniacal fans of the TV series, ""MacGyver"". The two seem to be aroused by the character and smoke a cigarette after every viewing of the show. When Jay Sherman, on advice from Homer, told Patty and Selma that MacGyver is gay, they stripped him to his boxers and hung him from the gutters. On the eve of Selma's marriage to Sideshow Bob, he insulted MacGyver and the wedding was almost cancelled as a result. Selma and Patty once met the actor who portrayed"
"In Selma's letters to Sideshow Bob, she refers to him by his prison number, 24601, which is Jean Valjean's prisoner number in the novel ""Les Misérables"". The reunion between Krusty and Bob at the telethon is a reference to a surprise reunion between former comedy partners Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin on a 1970s telethon. The telethon logo features an Al Hirschfeld-style caricature of Krusty. ""Black Widower"" was the second episode to show Patty and Selma's obsession with the character Angus MacGyver from the television show ""MacGyver"", which has become a recurring joke on ""The Simpsons"". When Sideshow Bob goes"
"dubbed 'Pat the Rat' by the media. New characters introduced later in the season included Patricia's best friend, the dizzy socialite Charlie Bartlett (Sarah Kemp), Rob Keegan (Noel Hodda), the younger brother of Beryl Palmer who falls in love with and marries Angela, and Paul Sheppard (Mark Ferguson), the morally-confused and neurotic grandson of Patricia's former lover James Sheppard, who left Patricia a substantial amount of his fortune following his death. End of season cliffhanger – Season 1 (Episode 174): As John and Angela celebrate their 21st birthday and the whole of the Palmer family celebrates at the Palmer household,"
"stories about Bart and Homer, and he thought a ""deeper vein of comedy"" could be reached by having Marge suffer from a nervous breakdown. During the show's fourth season, Stern wrote the episode ""Selma's Choice"" (1993), in which Selma decides she wants a baby. He wanted to go back to a ""Patty and Selma episode"" because he enjoyed ""Principal Charming"" and thought it was important to ""keep these characters alive."" In 1999, Stern was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the ""Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)"" category for writing the season ten episode ""Viva Ned"
"Jersey, in hopes of mending the sisters' relationship. Meanwhile, Bart acquires an ability to trace the location of truffles, which leads Lisa to attest to her growing greed for eating truffles. This episode was written by Dick Blasucci, and directed by Lance Kramer. The episode was met with a mixed to negative response from television critics, with much criticism going to the cultural references and the main storyline. It garnered a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The episode featured a guest appearance from Joe Mantegna, as well as several recurring voice actors and actresses for the series. Selma is"
"Principal Charming ""Principal Charming"" is the fourteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 14, 1991. In the episode, Marge's sister Selma is looking for a husband, so Marge orders Homer to help her find one. Things go wrong, however, when Homer invites Principal Skinner over for dinner and Skinner instead falls for Selma's twin sister Patty. The episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Mark Kirkland. The characters Hans Moleman, Groundskeeper Willie and Squeaky Voiced Teen make their first appearances on ""The Simpsons"" in"
"while he and Marge are trying to have sex and accidentally seeing Patty in the shower. Meanwhile, at the apartment, Selma has a hard choice: quit smoking and reconcile with Patty or carry on smoking and lose her sister's respect. She decides to quit smoking and they reconcile. At the end of the episode, Patty and Selma return to their apartment and quickly notice in the absence of cigaratte smoke the noxious odors in a small apartment that include two aging women, a baby and an iguana. They quickly take up smoking again to cover up the odors, though are"
"episode ends with three dragons flying in the sky and singing while playing an erhu. Goo Goo Gai Pan ""Goo Goo Gai Pan"" is the twelfth episode from the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 13, 2005. The episode focuses on Selma Bouvier adopting a Chinese orphan after experiencing menopause. Lucy Liu guest stars. The original closing credits feature the show's director David Silverman giving viewers a quick lesson on how he draws Bart Simpson. The episode was banned in the People's Republic of China. Selma gives Mr."
"by Disney) and UPN. Following the series, a movie, """" (2002) and a spin-off series, ""Sabrina's Secret Life"" (2003–2004), were produced by DiC, this time without the ownership of Disney. Unlike previous incarnations, Sabrina Spellman in this series is depicted as a 12-year-old attending middle school. As in the original comic series, Sabrina lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda Spellman, and her loud-mouthed cat Salem Saberhagen, all of whom advise Sabrina on the use of magic. Most episodes center on the typical problems of middle school, along with those that stemmed from Sabrina's inexperience with or misuse of"
"The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (also known as Billy & Mandy) is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network, and is the 14th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons (albeit on when it was part of ""Grim & Evil"", due to the ""Cartoon Cartoons"" brand being temporarily discontinued earlier in June 2003; the show itself is considered by some to still be a ""Cartoon Cartoon"" show regardless). It follows two children named Billy—a slow-witted happy-go-lucky boy—and Mandy—his dark and cynical best friend—who, after winning a limbo game"
"and not go to work tomorrow, which also leads to the economy collapsing, making the United States being doomed. Elmo calms him down, saying that it's just a TV Show, making David Alan Grier scold him. Telly Monster Telly Monster, known usually as just Telly, is an eternally worrying, fuchsia monster Muppet on ""Sesame Street"". He is puppeteered by Martin P. Robinson. On his debut in 1979, he was known as the ""Television Monster"", a character that was fixated on television. His name is derived from the British slang term for a television, ""telly"". Initially the character had antennae standing"
"Goo Goo Gai Pan ""Goo Goo Gai Pan"" is the twelfth episode from the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 13, 2005. The episode focuses on Selma Bouvier adopting a Chinese orphan after experiencing menopause. Lucy Liu guest stars. The original closing credits feature the show's director David Silverman giving viewers a quick lesson on how he draws Bart Simpson. The episode was banned in the People's Republic of China. Selma gives Mr. Burns his driving test to replace his old license, which expired in 1909. During the"
"something."" Eric Cartman Eric Theodore Cartman, often referred to as just Cartman, is a main character in the animated television series ""South Park"", created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and voiced by Parker. Cartman is one of four central characters in ""South Park"", along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick. Cartman first appeared, originally named Kenny, in prototypical form in a 1992 animated short ""Jesus vs. Frosty"", and a 1995 animated short ""Jesus vs. Santa"", and first appeared on television in the pilot episode of ""South Park"", ""Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"", on August 13, 1997. Cartman"
"The companies Fun 4 All, Mezco Toyz, and Mirage have produced various South Park action figures, collectibles, and plush dolls. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with Frito-Lay to sell 1.5 million bags of Cheesy Poofs, Cartman's favorite snack from the show, at Walmart until the premiere of the second half of the fifteenth season on October 5, 2011. South Park South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny"
"dolls. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with Frito-Lay to sell 1.5 million bags of Cheesy Poofs, Cartman's favorite snack from the show, at Walmart until the premiere of the second half of the fifteenth season on October 5, 2011. South Park (franchise) South Park is an American multimedia comedy franchise created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It is based on the television series of the same name, originally developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. ""South Park"" is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden"
"Selma Bouvier to come over and watch Grampa watch the kids. During the evening, Grampa and Selma end up kissing and eventually fall in love with each other, and are unaware that they are caught by Homer, much to his dismay, as he wants his dad to end up old and lonely. However, just as she was when Abe previously dated Selma's mother Jacqueline in ""Lady Bouvier's Lover"", Marge is happy with the arrangement, noting that Selma and Abe are like a yummy hot dog made from the parts of a pig no one wants. Patty is no happier than"
"The Real Housewives of Fat Tony ""The Real Housewives of Fat Tony"" is the nineteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> twenty-second season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 1, 2011. This episode mainly centers around Marge Simpson and one of her older sisters, Selma, who falls in love with mobster Fat Tony II. Selma later begins the glamorous lifestyle associated with being in the Mafia and the couple agree to marry each other. The marriage leads to tension between Marge and Selma. Fat Tony later invites Homer & Marge to his mansion in New"
"the strip's) second appearance, Patty is shown walking down the sidewalk reciting ""Little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice."" She then punches Charlie Brown in the face and, without missing a beat, continues, ""That's what little girls are made of!"" Patty's name was first mentioned on October 26, 1950, 24 days after her first appearance. She was apparently the oldest child in the strip (possibly along with Violet and Shermy), as she attended school when Charlie Brown did not (strip of September 18, 1951). Eventually, she, along with Violet, became best known for their social snobbery"
"at the revelation. Patty wooed a tenured professor from Yale University away from her husband and has also been attracted to Edna Krabappel. Selma says ""I can't face prison"" and Patty replies ""I can."" Patty's only serious relationship with a woman however was with Veronica, a pro-golfer. It was later discovered by Marge and revealed during Patty's wedding that Veronica was actually a man in disguise. Selma Bouvier is two minutes older than Patty. Due to a childhood bottle rocket accident, she has no sense of taste or smell. According to Marge, Selma ""likes ""Police Academy"" movies and Hummel figurines,"
"China. Unable to find companionship in a man, Selma has also sought to have children. At one point she considered using a sperm donor which Homer mistakenly thought meant Selma would have sex with a robot. After babysitting Bart and Lisa for a day, she realized she was not ready to have children and wound up adopting Jub-Jub, her late Aunt Gladys's pet iguana. Much later, she adopted a Chinese baby girl, Ling. During the adoption process, Selma pretended to be married to Homer, since the Chinese government only allows children to be adopted by married couples. After the fraud"
"Fatzcarraldo ""Fatzcarraldo"" is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-eighth season of the animated television series ""The Simpsons"", and the 610th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on February 12, 2017. The title is a spoof of the 1982 film ""Fitzcarraldo"". This episode was dedicated in memory of animator Sooan Kim. After Homer wins a button-counting contest and is allowed to leave, he goes home, wanting to celebrate his happy day with his family, but then he realizes that Patty and Selma's cars are parked in his driveway, much to his dismay. Patty and"
"Khokha (peach) is a furry pinkish orange colored monster with long black hair. She is a very inquisitive, imaginative and confident character whose main message is to encourage young girls. Filfil (pepper) is a bearded furry purple monster who often gets carried away with himself. He is a bit egotistical and loves to eat honey-sesame sticks. Alam Simsim reuses many of the sketches from other versions of Sesame Street, dubbed into Egyptian Arabic. Some of these include segments using American Muppets, however some names are changed. Ernie and Bert are known as Shadi and Hadi, Elmo is called Tohfa (antique),"
"Opposites A-Frack ""Opposites A-Frack"" is the fifth episode in the 26th season of the animated series ""The Simpsons"", and the 557th episode of the series overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2014. When Patty and Selma are forced out of their apartment while it is being fumigated, they invite themselves over to stay in the Simpson home without asking, much to the anger of Homer. The twins light up cigarettes, causing Bart and Lisa to cough severely. Homer makes a deal: if they smoke at all during their uninvited stay, Patty"
"by Cartoon Network Studios after the Hanna-Barbera studios was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. In format, the movie was intended to emulate the first and second seasons of the 1960s series, which was distinctly more mature and aimed at older audiences than the later seasons, and therefore chose to focus more on the relationships between the original core cast of Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty. Since its original broadcast, the movie has not been released on home video, though bootleg copies exist on various torrent sites. Fred and Wilma's marriage is in serious jeopardy, as Wilma is growing"
"""A Fish Called Selma"". IGN ranked Fat Tony at No. 18 on their 2006 list of the ""Top 25 ""Simpsons"" Peripheral Characters"". Star News Online listed Joe Mantegna as one of the 400 reasons why they love ""The Simpsons"". In 2007, Adam Finley of TV Squad called Mantegna one of the five best ""The Simpsons"" guest stars and ""Vanity Fair"" called ""Bart the Murderer"" the eighth best episode of the show, saying, ""This episode makes the cut because of the inspired Mafia satire"". Playmates Toys made Fat Tony into an action figure as part of the World of Springfield toy"