'The Simpsons' Fires Mr. Burns: Harry Shearer Claims He's Been Kicked Out of Springfield
Harry Shearer, the legendary voice behind Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, and many more indelible Simpsons characters, claims he's been canned from the Fox series.
Are Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, and Ned Flanders leaving Springfield for good?

Longtime Simpsons actor Harry Shearer, who has voiced those roles along with Dr. Hibbert, Otto, Reverend Lovejoy, Scratchy, and many others since joining the show as a founding cast member in 1989, indicated in a very public way Wednesday night that his tenure with the long-running Fox animated series has come to an end.

Shearer, one of the show's most vocal cast members, quoted a message from a lawyer for executive producer James L. Brooks that said: "show will go on. Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best."

The Emmy-winning actor and comedian also said a desire to have the freedom to work on other projects was the source of the dispute, and later thanked The Simpsons fans for their support.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/14/the-simpsons-fires-mr-burns-harry-shearer-claims-he-s-been-kicked-out-of-springfield.html

Quote from: Solar on May 14, 2015, 01:12:35 PM
'The Simpsons' Fires Mr. Burns: Harry Shearer Claims He's Been Kicked Out of Springfield
Harry Shearer, the legendary voice behind Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, and many more indelible Simpsons characters, claims he's been canned from the Fox series.
Are Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, and Ned Flanders leaving Springfield for good?

Longtime Simpsons actor Harry Shearer, who has voiced those roles along with Dr. Hibbert, Otto, Reverend Lovejoy, Scratchy, and many others since joining the show as a founding cast member in 1989, indicated in a very public way Wednesday night that his tenure with the long-running Fox animated series has come to an end.

Shearer, one of the show's most vocal cast members, quoted a message from a lawyer for executive producer James L. Brooks that said: "show will go on. Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best."

The Emmy-winning actor and comedian also said a desire to have the freedom to work on other projects was the source of the dispute, and later thanked The Simpsons fans for their support.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/14/the-simpsons-fires-mr-burns-harry-shearer-claims-he-s-been-kicked-out-of-springfield.html

hhmmm....... not being a fan of this program, I would guess that he has made his millions and wanted more than Fox thought he and the others were worth.

The article said that the cast was forced to take a pay cut (as I read it) which is rather strange.  Everyone else in the cast accepted it except this guy.

This cash cow just keeps on giving the milk to Fox!   

The Simpsons jumped the shark about 20 seasons ago.  What was once truly hilarious satire long ago devolved into (at best) inanity.

That show went downhill a long time ago.