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  1. Harry Shearer is back on The Simpsons! They won't have to do an episode called "Who Shot Mr. Burns and Smithers and Flanders and Skinner and Hibbert and Lenny and Scratchy and

    Tuesday, 07-Jul-15 19:23:45 UTC from web
    1. @mrmattimation Oh wow! Was there any reason why he decided to return?

      Tuesday, 07-Jul-15 19:25:10 UTC from web
      1. @northernnarwhal I'm still not 100% sure as to what the exact turn of events were, but according to showrunner Al Jean, Harry Shearer had 5 weeks of vacation time scheduled and Jean was either uninformed or forgot completely, so he requested that he come in for material during his vacation, which led to a misunderstanding in which Shearer believed that they were breaching contract. Or something like that. Anyway, it's resolved now and he's coming back to the show.

        Tuesday, 07-Jul-15 19:31:01 UTC from web
        1. @mrmattimation Huh, so the whole thing turned out to be one big colossal misunderstanding. Neat.

          Tuesday, 07-Jul-15 19:34:03 UTC from web
          1. @northernnarwhal I honestly believed that Shearer was holding out for a higher salary, which Simpsons cast members are known to do on occasion. Glad it's not that.

            Tuesday, 07-Jul-15 19:34:54 UTC from web
    2. @mrmattimation Excellent

      Tuesday, 07-Jul-15 19:31:32 UTC from web