AniDom News: “The Simpsons” To Feature Deaf Guest Star , Exclusive Clips For “The Great North”, And More

 

An eagle-eyed Twitter user noticed that on a recent Epic Games stream, a folder on a Fortnite developer’s desk seems to reveal that Family Guy skins will be a part of an upcoming update. When and which skins will be available is unknown at this juncture, but Peter is being heavily rumored.

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Entering its 19th season, FAMILY GUY continues to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp humor, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation and orchestra-backed original music. Since its debut in 1999, the series has reached cult status among fans, and its breakout star, a talking baby, has become one of the greatest TV characters of all time. FAMILY GUY has racked up numerous awards, including an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, only the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. Most recently, series creator and lead voice actor Seth MacFarlane (voices of “Peter Griffin,” “Stewie Griffin,” “Brian Griffin” and “Glenn Quagmire”) was nominated for the 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance and won the 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Cast member Alex Borstein (voice of “Lois Griffin”) won the 2018 Emmy Award in the category. MacFarlane also was nominated that year. He won the 2017 and 2016 Emmy Award in the category, and was nominated from 2013 to 2015.

Set to premiere with its 375th episode, FAMILY GUY continues to provide a humorous take on current events, with big name guest voices, including Mike Judge as “King of The Hill” character Hank Hill;Justin Hartley, Zachary Levi, Jay Pharoah, Chris Parnell, Patton Oswalt, Wendy Malick, Peter Macon, Elizabeth Gillies, Leslie Uggams and Kenny Loggins, as well as Sam Elliott as the new mayor of Quahog.

FAMILY GUY is a 20th Television Animation production. Seth MacFarlane is creator and executive producer. Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin serve as executive producers and showrunners, while Steve Callaghan, Tom Devanney, Danny Smith, Kara Vallow, Mark Hentemann and Patrick Meighan are executive producers.

 

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We’ve got two exclusive clips for you for this Sunday’s all-new episode of The Great North that you can see below.

After seeing something he shouldn’t have, Moon incurs Debbie’s wrath. Meanwhile, Beef is determined to save his favorite museum from being closed down in the all-new “Dead Moon Walking Adventure” episode of THE GREAT NORTH airing Sunday, April 10 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Synopsis:

THE GREAT NORTH is an animated comedy series follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family, as a single dad, BEEF (Nick Offerman), does his best to keep his bunch of kids close – especially his only daughter, JUDY (Jenny Slate), whose artistic dreams lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall. Rounding out the family are Judy’s older brother, WOLF (Will Forte), and his new wife, HONEYBEE (Dulcé Sloan), middle brother HAM (Paul Rust) and 10-year-old-going-on-50 little brother MOON (Aparna Nancherla). While their mother is not in the picture, Judy seeks guidance from her new boss, ALYSON (Megan Mullally), and her imaginary friend, ALANIS MORISSETTE (voicing as herself), who appears to her in the Northern Lights.

Season Two kicks off with a big musical episode, in which Judy reaches the monumental milestone of getting her braces removed. This season also features special holiday-themed episodes, celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, Tobin-style.

The series, which already has been renewed and is currently in production on its third season, was created and written by BOB’S BURGERS writers and executive producers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, as well as writer Minty Lewis (“Regular Show”). The Molyneux sisters serve as executive producers and showrunners. BOB’S BURGERS creator Loren Bouchard also is an executive producer. THE GREAT NORTH is a 20th Television Animation production, and animation is produced through Bento Box Entertainment.

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The Simpsons is welcoming the son of Bleeding Gums Murphy (now voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) in Sunday’s all-new episode airing on FOX and the role will be portrayed by deaf actor John Autry II. This episode will make history as it will be the first-time ASL has been featured on the longest-running animated sitcom in primetime . In the upcoming episode entitled “”The Sound of Bleeding Gums”, Lisa meets the son of the late musician Bleeding Gums Murphy — and attempts to improve his life.

In other news from The Simpsons. The franchise has launched new collections with Stance socks and Billabong. While the Stance collection is socks featuring The Simpsons, Billabong’s features hats, shirts, shorts, and other items featuring characters from the FOX primetime series that is getting ready to wrap up it’s 33rd season in late May.