(From The Guardian) Tom Waits is set to appear on The Simpsons. The wry, croaky singer will play himself on an upcoming episode, introducing Homer to a group of survivalists who are preparing for a technological apocalypse.
Airing in December, Homer Goes to Prep School follows The Simpsons patriarch as he encounters a group of so-called “preppers”.
These are people “convinced that some horrible catastrophe – like an electromagnetic pulse – is going to occur, and that [they] will have to survive without the grid,” executive producer Al Jean told TV Line. Inevitably, Homer becomes a prepper”.
Waits is apparently the person who introduces Homer to the preppers. Although he doesn’t sing in the episode, fans will recognise the musician’s voice “in a second”, Jean said.
Justin Bieber, Zooey Deschanel and Benedict Cumberbatch will also voice characters on upcoming episodes of The Simpsons.
The animated series begins its 24th season on 30 September.
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