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The Simpsoms' Smithers finally comes out to Mr Burns
Smithers finally comes out to Mr Burns after 27 years in the closet in Simpsons storyline inspired by a show writer's gay son
- Waylon Smithers has finally come out the closet to his boss Mr Burns
- The Burns Cage episode was inspired by a Simpsons writer's gay son
- Rob LaZebnik based story on experience of his son Johnny coming out to him and his wife Claire
- 'What better way to tell my son I love him than to write a cartoon about it?'
- Episode ends with Mr Burns accepting Smithers and them sharing a hug
After almost thirty years secretly pining after his boss, Smithers has finally come out of the closet
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After almost thirty years secretly pining after his boss, Waylon Smithers has finally come out of the closet.
The touching Simpsons episode, which aired last night, sees Smithers admit his true feelings to Mr Burns.
Longtime show writer Rob LaZebnik told the New York Post he wrote The Burns Cage - a pun on movie The Birdcage - as a show of support for his son Johnny, 21, who is gay.
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The episode began with a skydiving adventure gone awry, with Smithers, voiced by Harry Shearer, forced to save Mr. Burns when he passes out mid-leap, allowing his backpack and parachute to fall right off of his back
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'I am a Midwestern guy, so I don't tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve, but I thought, 'What better way to tell my son I love him than to write a cartoon about it?' he said.
Of course, Smithers' sexuality won't come as much surprise to fans of The Simpsons.
Over the past 27 years he has appeared rollerskating in rainbow shorts out of the Stonewall Bakery in Springfield's gay district and has become the official president of the Malibu Stacy fan club.
He has also had a number of racy fantasies about his crush including one where Mr Burns jumps out of a birthday cake - Marilyn Monroe style - singing 'Happy birthday, Mr. Smithers.'
But Rob LaZebnik, 53, said he did not want Smithers' 'coming out' to be comedy and overblown, but based it on his own experience when Johnny came out to him and his wife Claire.
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When they lands, it dawns on Smithers how close he came to losing his one true love, Mr Burns
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The episode began with a skydiving adventure gone awry, with Smithers, voiced by Harry Shearer, forced to save Mr. Burns when he passes out mid-leap, allowing his backpack and parachute to fall right off of his back.
He courageously saves him - showing off a rainbow-colored parachute embellished with his boss' face.
And with the realization of how close he came to losing him, Smithers is ready declare his undying love to Mr Burns when the curmudgeon quickly stomps on his heart by telling him he 'is someone I give less thought to than the little piece of popcorn stuck in my tooth.'
Heartbroken, Smithers takes out his frustration on power plant workers Homer
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Homer decides he needs to find Smithers a new man to put him in a better mood, and takes to dating app Grinder
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They then decide they need to find him a new man to put him in a better mood, with Homer later taking to dating app Grinder for a little help.
Their efforts result in a mixer - equipped with a chatty George Takei, who wants to dish on 'Bill Shatner horror stories' - where Smithers seems unimpressed by their plot.
However, as he goes to drown his sorrow he finds a connection with the bartender Julio (Azaria who also appeared in the film The Birdcage).
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Smithers finds a connection with the bartender Julio (voiced by Hank Azaria who also appeared as a gay character in the film The Birdcage which inspired the name of the episode)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz450XGHinu
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