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Blair Puts Novel Spin On The Simpsons

Ananova reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to brand an appearance on “The Simpsons”. He has provided his phonation for the episode, entitled "The Regina Monologues", inwards which the cartoon line of piece of employment solid unit of measurement view England. In this episode the line of piece of employment solid unit of measurement comes to London for a vacation too is met at Heathrow aerodrome past times Mr Blair, who invites them dorsum to his residence at 10 Downing Street for tea. After gaining tips on where to view inwards London from the Prime Minister, Homer causes chaos past times tipping tea from his Union Jack tea loving cup over the carpet. Homer also ends upward inwards problem alongside the Royal line of piece of employment solid unit of measurement afterward he crashes a Mini Cooper into the dorsum of the Queen's horse-drawn railroad vehicle too is locked upward inwards the Tower. The episode, which also features the voices of Harry Potter writer JK Rowling and Sir Ian McKellen, is beingness aired on Fox this evening inwards the U.S.A. of America too is due to live on shown inwards Britain inwards January.

wonders what precautions Tony Blair may receive got taken to protect his intellectual property. He has non registered his lift every bit a merchandise mark. In the Britain in that place is no holding correct inwards a distinctive voice; nor could he sue if the producers of the Simpsons had substituted a sound-alike instrumentalist for him. assumes that, every bit is unremarkably the representative alongside Mr Blair, his lines were scripted past times the Americans.

Royal Simpsons here and here; non-royal Simpsons here and here
More monologues here, here and here


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