The Simpsons

You can now hear the full version of The Simpsons‘ Smith parody song, including more Morrissey-esque lyrics and a very New Order solo.

"Could he actually be as big an asshole as the people on The Simpson’s writing team?" wrote Morrissey manager Peter Katsis, lashing out at Cumberbatch who voiced the Morrissey character. "Apparently so."

“In a world obsessed with Hate Laws, there are none that protect me.“

The Smiths-inspired episode of The Simpsons, ”Panic on the Streets of Springfield,” aired on Sunday night, and the real Morrissey isn't very happy about it...

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Lisa‘s imaginary friend, “a depressed British singer from the 1980s,“ in Sunday‘s episode which is titled “Panic on the Streets of Springfield.“ The songs in the episode were co-written by Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords.

The Simpsons' writer Dan Greaney previously called the 2000 episode predicting Trump’s election ”a warning to America.” Clearly, a more explicit warning is still necessary.

”I have a very simple belief about acting," Harry Shearer said. ”The job of the actor is to play someone who they're not.”

Meanwhile, Mike Henry, the white actor who has voiced Black character Cleveland Brown on FOX series' 'Family Guy' (and spinoff 'The Cleveland Show'), has announced he will no longer do the role.

"I said, 'wait a minute there’s a way to do this,' that’s mixing everything for my last 40 years together bits of film, bits of songs, probably maybe Oingo Boingo songs, and at that same time I’ve been working on this new stuff that I had in my mind and I thought …

Australian punks The Chats release their new album next week and we checked in to see how they're holding up now that their North American tour has been postponed and to see what music, TV, and other activities are occupying their time while self-isolating.