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It's the 25th anniversary of Marge Be Not Proud, one of my favorite episodes
Here's a timeline of Laurence Tierney (Don Brodka) terrorizing the Simpsons staff:
Noon: Car arrives at Fox. Tierney steps out, driver says he refuses to take him back & speeds off. It's raining.
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Here's a timeline of Laurence Tierney (Don Brodka) terrorizing the Simpsons staff:
Noon: Car arrives at Fox. Tierney steps out, driver says he refuses to take him back & speeds off. It's raining.
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12:05 Tierney, 76, is led grumbling down the stairs to our basement recording room. I'm sweating.
12:10 As @thatbilloakley & I talk to Tierney, a PA hands out lunches & opens a plastic container. The sound angers Tierney & he yells "I'm tryin' ta talk with the director here!!"
12:10 As @thatbilloakley & I talk to Tierney, a PA hands out lunches & opens a plastic container. The sound angers Tierney & he yells "I'm tryin' ta talk with the director here!!"
12:15 Tierney informs me & Bill he intends to do the character Don Brodka in a Southern voice. We somehow convince him to do it in his regular voice which we tell him we love (it's why we hired him based on Reservoir Dogs.) He seems dubious but I lead him to the mic.
12:20 Recording lines in dead quiet studio but stop to explain jokes. The answering machine gag IS complex. We can't convey to him why it's funny so we go along w/his insistence it's only good "if someone else is on the line" & I imitate/adlib Marge "replies" which we'll edit out
12:30 Tierney's still cranky. Whenever Bill & I, sitting at a nearby table, discuss something, Tierney's all "What are you sayin' over there?!" & I end up having to stand next to him & explain stuff.
12:45 We finish. Tierney's led away to new unsuspecting driver & we breathe sigh of relief. It was the most nervewracking record ever but we have a feeling it'll be a memorable performance. (The events here are seared into my brain but may not be in the right order.)
Uh-oh, just realized I spelled his name wrong. It's Lawrence Tierney. Good thing he's not still around or he'd clobber me.
