CODES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT TYCOON FULL
CODES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT TYCOON TV

CODES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT TYCOON TV

Bumblebee Man – Roberto Gómez BolañosĪctor and comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños inspired the Spanish-speaking Bumblebee Man in The Simpsons via his own TV character, El Chapulín Colorado. Next to the store was a historic log cabin which burned down, and the location of the two buildings later combined in Groening’s head to create Montgomery Burns. Burns was based on Barry Diller, who headed up the show’s network Fox at the time of The Simpsons‘ TV debut in 1989.Īnd the Burns name? Charles is taken from Citizen Kane‘s Charles Foster Kane, while Montgomery came from a childhood friend of Groening’s who lived across the street from a Montgomery Ward shop. That same TV Guide story also cited supervising director David Silverman’s claim that the look of Mr. Rockefeller with the It’s a Wonderful Life character Henry Potter. In a 2000 interview with TV Guide in the US, Groening stated that Burns’ personality had been concocted by combining actual oil tycoon John D. It was long thought that Norwegian oil magnate Fred Olsen had inspired the creation of the Springfield Power Plant tycoon, but Groening finally denied the link in 2015.

The real-inspirations for Charles Montgomery Burns, it seems, are numerous. Burns / Barry Diller (Picture: Getty and Alamy/Fox) Rockefeller, Barry Diller and many others Simpsons writers Wallace Wolodarsky and Jay Kogen chose the surname Krabappel for the Springfield Elementary educator for two reasons: 1) as a play on the name of the “crab apple” fruit, and 2) as a nod Marlowe’s teacher character Miss Crabtree in the Our Gang shorts, which later became known as The Little Rascals. Edna Krabappel – Our Gang actress June Marlowe Simpsons producer and writer Mike Reiss once recalled meeting Doug McClure’s daughter, who revealed that her late father was a huge fan of his Simpsons namesake before his passing in 1995. Troy McClure and his namesakes (Picture: Getty / Fox)Ī portmanteau of the names of two prominent 1960s actors helped create the much-loved and much-missed Troy McClure, star of Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!, Get Confident, Stupid! and Meat And You: Partners in Freedom (“Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy: if a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about”). Troy McClure – Actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure Groening, like many kids of his age at the time, grew up watching Rusty on TV and later described him as “a very sweet clown” with an “incredibly disturbing, because as a child you know you’re supposed to avoid rusty nails”. Krusty The Clown – Rusty Nails The ClownĪs explained in the OPB video above, the character of Krusty was inspired by real-life Portland clown James Allen, AKA Rusty Nails.

CODES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT TYCOON FULL

We’re still holding out hope that McBain: Let’s Get Silly will actually be released in full one day, too. Rainier Wolfcastle’s McBain could’ve easily slotted into the leading role in any of Arnie’s many action movies in the ’80s and ’90s. You probably didn’t need telling about this one.

And he never strangled me, but he got so mad sometimes, it felt like that could be the next move.” “My father was an athletic, creative, intelligent filmmaker and writer, and the only thing he had in common with Homer was a love of donuts. “Homer originated with my goal to both amuse my real father, Homer, and just annoy him a little bit,” Groening told EW in 2010. Groening derived the names for America’s most famous family from his own family, with dad Homer, mum Margaret and sisters Lisa, Maggie and Patty all getting a nod. The creator of the show has been at pains to point out, though, that cartoon Homer was nothing like his actual father. “Once you get over the shock of seeing yourself as a horrible, yellow caricature.” Homer Simpson – Matt Groening’s father / actor Walter Matthau “It’s an honour,” Hall said of being the inspiration for Moe. The comedian has long claimed that Simpsons creator Matt Groening once revealed to him that he was the basis of grumpy, downtrodden bartender Moe, and in November 2018 Hall dressed up as Moe for a photoshoot. US alternative comic Rich Hall found fame on the comedy circuit in the 1980s for his bad tempered – but hilarious – rants and bleak outlook on life.

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