Amy Schumer to play Mr. Burns’ mom in premiere
Amy Schumer is slated to appear as the mother of prominent Springfield resident Mr. Burns on the season premiere of The Simpsons, which airs Sunday.
The comedian will voice Mrs. Burns in flashbacks of the crotchety billionaire’s younger days. “We learn something that might have made him the man he is,” executive producer Al Jean told EW.com. We discover he was the equivalent of an Internet fail sensation in, like, 1917.”
According to Fox’s description of Sunday’s episode, the Simpson family asks Mr. Burns to fund the rebuilding of Springfield after the town is “burned to the ground.” Mr. Burns agrees on the condition that he gets to stage a variety show at the Springfield Bowl (which presumably survives the fire).
As noted by Vanity Fair, viewers have already met Mrs. Burns — through flashbacks in “Rosebud,” a classic episode from Season 5 of Fox’s long-running animated comedy. There have been other references to her throughout the series.
Schumer is an avowed fan of The Simpsons. In 2014, she told Vulture that her favourite episode is “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish” (another classic) from the show’s second season.