37 Athletes and Entertainers Who Took a Trip to Springfield for ‘The Simpsons’

Goin’ down to Springfield, gonna have ourselves a time! Wait, where have we heard that before?
37 Athletes and Entertainers Who Took a Trip to Springfield for ‘The Simpsons’

Since 1989, The Simpsons has given us a total of 788 episodes, so of course there’s been a wide variety of special guests. We were just surprised at how many! We don’t know what this feels like, but it seems like when something gets this popular, everyone wants to be involved! 

So if you guys could help our site reach astronomically new heights, maybe we could get some A-listers begging us to interview them or something. It’ll be a win-win! For now, here are a ton of famous folks that were dying to get to Springfield…

Shaq

SHAQUILLE ONEAL is wandering around in a snowstorm CRACKED.COM Homer and Grandpa find a lost Shaq snowshoeing through the woods. When Homer presses him for help, Shaq insists that he doesn't have any money and flees into the night. Like the best Simpsons cameos, it's brief and it's wierd.

Aerosmith

Everyone loves a Flaming Мое, especially AeROSMITH CRACKED.COM Мое begs the band to rock the house, but Steven and the boys refuse until they're offered free pickled eggs. Then it's HELLO, ST. LOUIS! and a howling, flaming-hair version of Walk This Way. Мое even gets to croak along on the chorus.

David Byrne

Everybody hates Ned Flanders, even DAVID BYRNE Duff CRACKED.COM I've been researching indigenous folk music of Springfield and I couldn't help overhearing your delightfully cruel hate song. Byrne offers to produce Homer's anti-Flanders ditty, adding lyrics like His Leftorium is an emporium of woe!

Linda Ronstadt

The Plow King gets a helping hand from LINDA RONSTADT CRACKED.COM When the snow starts a-fallin', there's a man you should be callin', that's KL5-4796, let it ring! Mr. Plow is a loser, and I think he is a boozer, so you better make that call to the Plow King!

Pharrell

PHARRELL WILLIAMS offers to write Springfield's new town song MAYOR CRACKED.COM But the job has been promised to Lisa. When Pharrell starts to sing anyway, he is blindfolded, tied to a horse and sent packing. Undaunted, the exiled singer taunts the town with Shelbyville rules, Springfield drools!

Ringo Starr

Teen-age Marge paints a portrait for RINGOSTARR CRACKED.COM She sends the painting to Liverpool and gets a response 20 years later: Dear Marge, thanks for the fab painting of yours truly. I hung it on me wall. You're quite an artist. Yes, we have hamburgers and fries in England, but we call french fries 'chips.' Love, Ringo

Sammy Hagar

Homer's cover band shares a jail cell with SAMMY HAGAR CRACKED.COM The Red Rocker dies early in the episode before the Heimlich brings him back to Cabo Wabo. Over the end credits, Hagar tells the guys a story about the heads on Easter Island requesting a song, despite knowing all the music of the universe. Sammy, your stuff just rocks a little harder.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Hullabalooza isn't complete without SMASHING PUMPKINS CRACKED.COM Billy Corrigan, Smashing Pumpkins. Homer Simpson, smiling politely. Homer finds fame on the tour as Fat Guy Who Gets Hit In the Stomach With Cannonballs. As James Iwa says People from high school get to see what a successful freak you've become.

Sting

When a boy's down a well, you can count on STING GRACKED.COM Bart pretends to suffer tragedy and Sting shows up for We're Sending Our Love Down The Well, a celebrity singalong rescue effort. (The part was originally written for Springsteen.) When Bart actually falls down the hole, a shirtless Sting leads the shovel brigade.

Ted Nugent

Homer helps the Presidential campaign of TED NUGENT CRACKED.COM No one is voting Democrat while I can still draw a bow, promises the Motor City Madman. With Homer's bumbling aid, Nugent almost takes the White House - a remarkable feat for a celebrity candidate that wouldn't have seemed possible prior to 2016.

Weezer

WEEZER rocked the end credits CRACKED.COM Weezer jams out a crunchy-guitar version of the Simpsons theme to end Season 31. In the episode, the group appears as a cover band named Sailor's Delight, performing the songs of ... Weezer.

Yo-Yo Ma

YO-YO MA helps Monty Burns WOO his lady love SCRACKED.COM To set the mood for romance, Ma plays the prelude to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major. Producer Al Jean felt lucky to book the classical musician but he had an in --he and Yo-Yo lived in the same dorm when they attended Harvard.

Lady Gaga

The Simpsons predicted the future of LADY GAGA CRACKED.COM Lady Gaga thrilled Springfield by flying through the air in a spangly space outfit. Five years late, the real Gaga did the exact same thing in her Super Bowl halftime show. Just one more example of the show's eerie ability to know what lies ahead for all of us.

Michael Jackson

Good luck finding the iconic episode with MICHAEL JACKSON CRACKED COM Since the release of the Finding Neverland documentary, Stark Raving Dad has been removed from DVDs, Disney+ and syndication. Clips featuring Jackson as mental patient Leon Kompowsky are still on YouTube and old DVD box sets easily found in your neighborhood used book store.

Katy Perry

KATY PERRY is into puppets Creative Consultant MATT GROENING CRACKED.COM In an unusually risqué Christmas episode featuring Muppet versions of the Simpsons, Perry drops by to nuzzle Mr. Burns into her bosom. Over the credits, Muppet Мое tries to kiss her belly button. That's not my belly button, COOS Perry. But I didn't say stop.

David Mamet

DAVID MAMET learns the value of &*%$ing profanity CRACKED.COM The playwright had a gig writing for 80s sitcom Thicker Than Waters when the dad cusses him out for a subpar script. Mamet takes note, jotting down the most colorful swear words for Glengarry Glenn Ross.

Elon Musk

ELON MUSK uses 'muskrulez' as a password CRACKED.COM Rather than a quick cameo, Musk essentially stars in this tepid episode. Tepisode? Looking for new things to invent, he finds himself inspired by Homer's stupid ideas. As Lisa notes, for a man who likes electric cars, he sure burns a lot of rocket fuel.

Julian Assange

JULIAN ASSANGE is no Ned Flanders CRACKED.COM Assange invites new neighbors the Simpsons over for a movie. Is it the murder of Iraqi journalists? Don't be ridiculous, says Assange, it's the bombing of an Afghan wedding. In return, Homer offers Assange a secret: I'm not wearing any underwear.

Ken Burns

KEN BURNS loves two things CRACKED.COM That's baseball and jazz. They so consumed my life I never had time for a proper haircut.

Rupert Murdoch

Homer sneaks into the skybox of RUPERT MURDOCH CRACKED.COM The Simpsons took plenty of shots at the media mogul over the years, but Murdoch remained a fan. Не appeared as himself, kicking Homer and friends out of his Super Bowl skybox. But not before they stick their dirty mitts in Murdoch's onion dip.

Martha Stewart

MARTHA STEWART knows the true meaning of Christmas CRACKED.COM When Marge needs holiday help, Stewart knits a jetpack and soars to Springfield. Reminding Marge that magical memories don't make themselves, she duct-tapes Bart and Milhouse into Nutcracker soldiers.

Mark Zuckerberg

MARK ZUCKERBERG was defusing Social Network des Commentor Center CRACKED COM The BBC theorizes the cameo was a stab at deflecting attention from the unflattering movie. Zuck meets Lisa and Nelson at an entrepreneurial exhibition, admitting he dropped out of Harvard. I'll get the best kind of degree - honorary, baby.

Teddy Roosevelt

There's no older cameo guest than TEDDY ROOSEVELT CRACKED.COM Roosevelt is brought to life by the magic of archival audio. With the help of Superintendent Chalmers, Bart soon has a new favorite president, albeit one that he imagines taking bites out of the skulls of his political opponents.

Matt Groening

MATT GROENING can cameo anytime he damn wants S7 B CRACKED.COM So say he has a new animation project to promote called Futurama? Why shouldn't he make a cameo autographing Bender dolls?

Stan Lee

STAN LEE is king of the cameos SPACE book X-MEN CRACKED.COM Bart's attempt at a new comic book hero sets off Stan's stinky sense. The boy is crestfallen, but the Marvel icon encourages Bart to keep trying. If you fail, you can always open a comic book store.

Stephen Hawking

STEPHENHAWKING asked the writers to keep him sober CRACKED.COM The physicist was up for a beer with Homer, but didn't want his animated self getting wasted. Everything else was fair game. One thing about him that is maybe not as well known, he had a tremendous sense of humor, says producer Al Jean.

Anthony Bourdain

ANTHONY BOURDAIN knows a good Singapore street-food market CRACKED.COM Marge finds a new career as a food blogger, prompting Bourdain to appear in her dream sequence. There's nowhere I won't go and nothing I won't eat... as long as I'm paid in emeralds and my hotel room has a bidet that shoots warm champagne.

Joe Namath

JOE NAMATH gives Bart some QB advice CRACKED.COM When Namath's car breaks down in front of the Simpson house, Bart asks the legend for pigskin secrets. There's only one thing you need to know to be a great quarterback, Joe says. But his car is quickly fixed, so he leaves Bart with an unsatisfying remember what I said.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR teaches Homer what it's like to be Bart CRACKED.COM Homer joins a fathering enrichment class, where he casually mentions choking Bart. To show Homer what it feels like, Dr. Zander enlists the 7' 2 Abdul-Jabbar to do some choking of his own. Dr. Zander, you made me see my life through Bart's neck!

LeBron James

LEBRON JAMES was animated before Space Jam 2 CRACKED.COM The fans love my dunks but they hate my dancing. So LeBron turns to Homer for showboating assistance. In your face, Steph Curry!

Magic Johnson

MAGIC JOHNSON was the first pro athlete to guest as himself LOS ANGELES LAKERS AL SL AS and SSIN CRACKED.COM The Springfield Nuclear Plant is going into meltdown mode and by sheer luck, Homer randomly pushes a button that saves the day. As a reward, he gets a call from Magic: I just used our last timeout to congratulate you on avoiding that nuclear holocaust.

Mark McGwire

MARK MCGWIRE admits MLB is spying on Springfield Cardinals CRACKED.COM But the question is 'why?' Do you want to know the terrifying truth, McGwire asks Bart before turning to the crowd. Or do you want to see me sock a few dingers? Springfield gives the obvious answer and McGwire sends a baseball into the stratosphere.

The Williams Sisters

VENUS AND SERENA get into doubles trouble CRACKED COM At a tennis tournament, Homer replaces his doubles partner Lisa with Venus. An angry Marge ditches Bart for Serena. The Williams sisters ditch both of them for Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. No Simpson wins the prize money, though Homer lifts a few bucks from Sampras's wallet.

The Mannings

THE MANNINGS live in a brother paradise P MANNING E MANNING C MANNING 18 10 18 GRAGKED CON When he realizes he'll never have a brother, Bart dreams of Bro-Town USA, a theme park populated by the Smothers Brothers, the Mario Brothers, the Marx Brothers, the Blues Brothers, and Eli, Peyton, and Cooper - the Super Bowl- winning Manning brothers.

Tony Hawk

TONY. HAWK loses to Homer in a skateboarding duel CRACKED.COM Do you live in this building? Bart asks the skateboarding legend. When I'm not on the road or in rehab for my shattered pelvis, replies Hawk. I hope you don't mind living below a bunch of pro skaters who love to party. (Bart doesn't mind.)

MLB All Stars

MLB ALL STARS made Homer a baseball immortal CITY CHAMPS LA 1992 CHAMPIONS GRACKED COM SPRINGFELLD NUEVEA 25 years after Homer at the Bat, Homer was inducted into the Baseball HOF. His speech: It is with great humility that I enter the Hall of Fame. And it's about time! I'm fatter than Babe Ruth, balder than Ty Cobb and have one more finger than Mordecai Three Finger Brown.

Troy Aikman

TROY AIKMAN has his own Super Bowl caricature booth 67 8 CRACKED.COM The Super Bowl champ-turned- broadcaster asks Ned if he likes dune buggies. Everyone likes dune buggies!

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