Notable Simpsons voice actor Pamela Hayden is retiring from the show after spending 35 years on the beloved program.
Pamela’s most well-known characters on the show include Barts bestie Milhouse Van Houten and neighborhood bully Jimbo Jones. Next week marks her last one as she will voice her last episode, Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes, on Sunday, November 24. Along with voicing Milhouse and Jimbo, she has also sung the voices of additional characters such as Ned Flanders son Rod, Chief Wiggums wife and Ralph Wiggums mother Sarah, and Lisa Simpsons friend Janey Powell.
Now that Pamela is departing, The Simpsons, which debuted in 1989, will begin casting for the characters she portrayed.
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Pamela revealed why she was leaving the series after over three decades.
The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons?not easily, she said in an interview. Its been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show, and to give voice to Milhouse and Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey, Malibu Stacy, and many others.
She also spoke on the characters shes portrayed such as Milhouse, who was named after former U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon.
Bart needed someone to talk to in the school cafeteria. We named him Milhouse because that was the most unfortunate name a kid could have, Pamela continued. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said. Pamela gave us tons of laughs with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest nose in Springfield. She made Milhouse hilarious and real, and we will miss her.
The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean noted the writers’ room enjoyed writing for Milhouse because most of the writers are more like Milhouse than Bart.
On top of that, executive producer James L Brooks mentioned, She is a model for having a great spirit for every cast she has been a part of. We will miss her.
Pamela went on: Ill always have a special place in my heart for that blue-haired 10-year-old boy with glasses.