In its almost 30 years of existence, The Simpsons has played host to a long and wide range of guest stars, either playing themselves or characters on the show. Ringo Starr, Danny DeVito, Elizabeth Taylor, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Simon Cowell, Jeff Bezos, Fall Out Boy - the list goes on and on (and on and on).
Now, though, it's been officially confirmed that the King Of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, voiced a character on an episode in the third season. On 'Stark Raving Dad', the late pop star played the Kompowsky, a patient Homer meets after being sent to a mental institution - but that the part was credited to a John Jay Smith.
According to the NME, Jackson actually wrote a song for the episode, too, called 'Happy Birthday Lisa', but turned down the opportunity to sing it - sound-a-like Kipp Lennon took on the vocal parts instead.
In an interview with The Weekly With Charlie Pickering, Simpsons creator Matt Groening confirmed that it was indeed Michael Jackson and that the iconic star actually asked for a guest role.
"He didn't want credit for - or there was some kind of deal with his record company or whatever - so when it came time to sing the songs, he had a sound-a-like singer," said Groening.
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"He stood there and watched the guy, who was so nervous who had to sound like Michael Jackson, and then he giggled."
Matt Groening isn't just the brainchild of The Simpsons, of course.
The 64 year-old from Portland - whose street names, such as Quimby, Flanders and Burnside likely gave birth to many of the characters' names - was also behind Futurama as well as Disenchantment, a new animated series that just launched on Netflix.
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