A Star Is Born Again
- Episode aired Mar 2, 2003
- TV-14
- 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Ned Flanders starts dating a famous movie star, but has difficulties with the tabloids following them everywhere.Ned Flanders starts dating a famous movie star, but has difficulties with the tabloids following them everywhere.Ned Flanders starts dating a famous movie star, but has difficulties with the tabloids following them everywhere.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Chief Wiggum
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Dr. Hibbert
- (voice)
- …
James L. Brooks
- Jim Brooks
- (as Jim Brooks)
Helen Fielding
- Helen Fielding
- (voice)
Marisa Tomei
- Sara Sloane
- (voice)
Marcia Wallace
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
Pamela Hayden
- Milhouse Van Houten
- (voice)
- …
Karl Wiedergott
- Diego
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring the film shoot in the episode's original broadcast, Sara references the fact that Katharine Hepburn didn't perform any nude scenes. The director replied that there was still time. This episode aired in March of 2003, almost ten years after her retirement from public life, and almost three full months before her death in June of the same year. Later syndication airings changed the reference to Angela Lansbury.
- Quotes
Ned Flanders: Sir... There's no reason Sarah needs to do this scene in the altogether.
Sara Sloane: Sam, he's got a point. Katharine Hepburn never showed her breasts.
Director: There's still time.
- ConnectionsReferences A Star Is Born (1937)
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Helen Fielding sells out
Helen was in a relationship with a writer/executive producer at the time of this episode. However, that doesn't excuse that terrible accent she used for the episode.
What was the point of using her in the episode, when that's not her accent?
(Helen was born in Yorkshire and her real accent is a Yorkshire accent)
I appreciate that American viewers might not appreciate her true accent, but it was so bad, it wasn't worth having a guest voice actor. It sounded like someone from elsewhere in the world mimicking a posh English accent.
As for the Benny-Hill-style segment featuring Helen, it's yet another example of the tired clichés used for the British.
I appreciate that I'm biased, as I'm Yorkshire born and bred, but it's a poor guest role.
I might have enjoyed the Ned dating storyline, had I not had steam coming out of my ears!
I appreciate that American viewers might not appreciate her true accent, but it was so bad, it wasn't worth having a guest voice actor. It sounded like someone from elsewhere in the world mimicking a posh English accent.
As for the Benny-Hill-style segment featuring Helen, it's yet another example of the tired clichés used for the British.
I appreciate that I'm biased, as I'm Yorkshire born and bred, but it's a poor guest role.
I might have enjoyed the Ned dating storyline, had I not had steam coming out of my ears!
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