After an attempt is made on Homer Simpson's life, Bob is released from prison to help find the culprit. However, Bob finds he is "accustomed to face" and cannot do it. This too is thwarted, and Bob returns to prison. Eventually, Bob and the kids discover the true culprits, Patty and Selma.[16]. Eventually, Bob, Francesca, and Gino sneak back to the US on a train. In "Black Widower" (season three, 1992), Bob's first major appearance after framing Krusty, he is released from prison and marries Bart's aunt Selma Bouvier. [35] His last name was first revealed in "Black Widower"[8] while his middle name was first mentioned in "Sideshow Bob Roberts". With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. [28] His first major appearance was in season one's twelfth episode "Krusty Gets Busted", written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky. He and Lisa bond over their interest in Walt Whitman, but Bob soon reveals that he has also genetically modified himself to give himself various superhuman abilities, intending to acquire DNA from the relics of various historical figures stored in the Springfield Museum to make himself a superhuman dictator. Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Commentary for "Brother From Another Series", in, Groening, Matt. Commentary for "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", in, Weinstein, Josh. [11] In the following season, Bob takes advantage of the prison's work release program, and appears to be genuinely redeemed. [49] In a 2007 interview, Simpsons executive producer Al Jean listed Grammer as one of his favorite guest stars (second only to Phil Hartman), saying "his voice is so rich. But how often do you get a chance to work with an actor like Kelsey Grammer and, more importantly, play his brother? Bob briefly returns in "At Long Last Leave" (season 23, 2012), where he attends a town meeting to decide on if the Simpson family should be banished or not, and he expresses his desire for the former to happen.. (2004). [45] Despite these challenges, however, creators of The Simpsons usually look forward to "Sideshow Bob episodes"; the writers consider them enjoyable to write,[46] and former director Dominic Polcino describes them as "a treat" to work on. Bob welcomes them with hospitality on the condition that they not reveal his felonious past; however, a drunken Lisa jokes about Bob's criminal deeds, alienating Bob from his citizens. Commentary for "Brother From Another Series", in, Polcino, Dominic. He exploits this to make his latest attempt to kill Bart legally over state lines, but is foiled again and gets taken away by state police. He allows a final request, however, and Bart asks to hear Bob sing the entire score of H.M.S. Crane Operator (Sideshow Bob Roberts) (first and only appearance) Hall of Records Agent (Sideshow Bob Roberts) (first and only appearance) Bob Security Guard 1 (first and only appearance) He is elected mayor of a village in Tuscany and marries a local woman named Francesca, with whom he has a son named Gino. [14] The entire Terwilliger family returns in "Funeral for a Fiend" (season 19, 2007) in which Bob's father, Robert Terwilliger Sr., and mother, Dame Judith Underdunk, make their first appearances. [42] For "Black Widower", director David Silverman updated the character model to reflect the animation of director Brad Bird. [52], Bob's prisoner number is often 24601, which is Jean Valjean's prisoner number in Les Misérables. In "Black Widower" (season three, 1992), Bob's first major appearance after framing Krusty, he is released from prison and marries Bart's aunt Selma Bouvier. (2005). Bob fakes his own death and locks Bart in the coffin, which he attempts to cremate at the otherwise empty funeral home as all the Terwilligers laugh maniacally. [10] Competing theories as to the origin of his name exist; some sources say he was named after the character Dr. Terwilliker, a megalomaniac outwitted by a boy named Bart in the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T by Dr. Seuss, but others say he was named after Terwilliger Boulevard in Portland, Oregon. In each appearance thereafter, Bob has assumed the role on The Simpsons of an evil genius. "[4] In her book My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, Nancy Cartwright (who performs the voice of Bart Simpson) wrote that "Kelsey Grammer scores big-time by injecting caustic, bitter, contemptuous and deliciously vile energy into his rendition of Sideshow Bob. In 2006 IGN listed him as the second-best "peripheral character" on The Simpsons, commenting that Bob is "a man of contradictions; his goofy appearance, complete with palm tree like hair, doesn't seem to match up to the well spoken and even musically talented maniac. Commentary for "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", in, Jean, Al. Kelsey Grammer initially expected Sideshow Bob to be a one-time role, and calls him "the most popular character I've ever played". Grammer had once worked for Rabb, whose "lamenting tones became [the] foundation for Sideshow Bob". However, towards the end of the episode, he appears again, in a panning shot of a crowd, with his familiar hairstyle. "[60], Most of the episodes featuring Bob have been well received by fans and critics. "[50] Writer George Meyer commented that "writing for Kelsey is great, he can give the kind of purple, florid, melodramatic speeches that most of the characters would never give. With a little help from Krusty the Clown, Kelsey Grammer takes Sarah Edwards on a wild carnival ride. [31] An early version of the script for "Krusty Gets Busted" called for James Earl Jones to voice Bob, but the producers instead selected Kelsey Grammer. [46] Cecil was drawn to resemble David Hyde Pierce, while retaining a visual similarity to Sideshow Bob. (2004). Pinafore in "Cape Feare" was later included on the album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons,[21] and the song "The Very Reason That I Live" from "The Great Louse Detective" was included on The Simpsons: Testify. I will not take runarounds or … The remaining episodes are all quite fun. [77] Arnold writes that "Bob's own conscience and morality are clearly unaffected by the high culture he represents." [76] Frustrated by his early role as the target of "Krusty's cheap gags", Bob frames Krusty and takes over the show. [6], In "Day of the Jackanapes" (season 12, 2001), Bob discovers that Krusty has erased all of the early shows featuring Sideshow Bob as Krusty himself is declaring his fifth and final retirement after being annoyed with the network executives. Bob is released from prison and develops a plot to kill Krusty using Bart as a suicide bomber during Krusty's retirement special. [68] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Kelsey Grammer's grand voice-performance as Sideshow Bob is Frasier pickled in arsenic. Sideshow Bob first appeared in "The Telltale Head", the eighth episode of season one. The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by David Silverman. Bob reappears again in the episode "The Bob Next Door" (season 21, 2010), where he switches faces with his prison cellmate Walt Warren. He defeats Democratic Party incumbent Joe Quimby in a landslide, but Bart and Lisa discover that Bob rigged the election, leading to another incarceration. Episodes in which he is a central character typically involve Sideshow Bob being released from prison and executing an elaborate revenge plan, usually foiled by Bart and Lisa. [66] In 2006, Grammer won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his role in "The Italian Bob"; he had previously won four awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category for his portrayal of the title role on Frasier. Eventually, Bob and the kids discover the true culprits, Patty and Selma. After being paroled from prison in "Cape Feare" (season five, 1993), Bob targets Bart directly, threatening him repeatedly and forcing the Simpsons into hiding as part of the Witness Relocation Program. [79] Believing that "nobody who speaks German could be an evil man", they release him. Kelsey Grammer guest starred as Sideshow Bob for the second time. Bob, Bart, and Lisa together stop Cecil and save the town, and both brothers, despite Bob's genuine innocence, are sent to prison. After writer Ken Keeler was assigned to write an episode featuring Sideshow Bob, he drew inspiration from episodes of Frasier. [29] Bob's design was updated for "Krusty Gets Busted"; as the episode's animation style evolved, director Brad Bird made the character of Sideshow Bob sleeker and more refined, to fit Grammer's voice technique. Sideshow Bob's first appearance (The Telltale Head). Directed by Steven Dean Moore, Mike B. Anderson. KRUSTY GETS BUSTED - Sideshow Bob's first outing still holds up quite well. They are foiled by Lisa and the rest of the Simpson family and sent to prison. Sideshow Bob's character icon can only be seen either when the player is assigned the task to apprehend him on his first appearance in the game or during the Flaw and Order questline. Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr., PhD, better known as Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. Sideshow Bob first appeared in an episode of the first season of The Simpsons in 1990.Sideshow Bob serves as the sidekick to Krusty the Clown. (2006). [43] Another rule established by the show's writers mandated Bob's return to prison at the end of each episode, although this pattern was abandoned in later episodes like "The Great Louse Detective" and "The Italian Bob".[43]. (2005). Bob is discharged from prison into the care of his brother Cecil, who is Springfield's chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer. Commentary for "Brother From Another Series", in, Jean, Al. [6] After repeated instances of abuse, including being shot from a cannon and hit constantly with pies, the Yale-educated Bob became angry at Krusty and resentful of the clown's success. [13], It is revealed in "The Italian Bob" (season 17, 2005) that Bob has moved to Italy to make a fresh start. [17] Bob briefly appears in "At Long Last Leave" (season 23, 2012), where he attends a town meeting to decide if the Simpson family should be banished from Springfield, and is one of many who express their desire for it to happen. [32] For Bob's voice, Grammer performed an impression of theatre actor and director Ellis Rabb. (2006). And he can sing. [24] Sideshow Bob appears in the 1991 The Simpsons Arcade Game, on the fifth level where he is pulling a cart containing a roast chicken health pick up. [58] Whereas in Frasier, Mahoney played the "down-to-Earth, average guy" to Grammer's and Hyde Pierce's "uppity snobs", Robert Terwilliger Sr. was portrayed as equally highbrow as Bob. [67] In 2008, Grammer was included in Entertainment Weekly's list of the sixteen best Simpsons guest stars; Hyde Pierce was also included in that list. Gino and the rest of his family constructed a trap to kill the Simpsons by building a phony barbecu… [66] In the book Leaving Springfield, David L. G. Arnold comments that Bart is a product of a "mass-culture upbringing" and thus is Bob's enemy. He's just amazing. Submit it to us here! Bob was also included as a level boss in the 1991 video game Bart vs. the Space Mutants. When the mystery is solved, he returns to murder Bart. As of the Whacking Day Update, Sideshow Bob appears more often, the chances increased from 1% to 10%. Popping up every couple hours, the players are given a chance to tap on him to receive a small sum of money, and "send" him to jail. [73] In December 2009, Robert Canning of IGN ranked the ten episodes to feature Bob that had aired at the time. [33][34], Sideshow Bob's full name is Robert Underdunk Terwilliger. However, the scheming Cecil, still smarting over his failed audition for Krusty, tries to frame Bob by sabotaging the Springfield Dam. 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