The trigger for that was to ask Shearer about his portrayal of Benny as a child on TV back in 1953.
But they do bring up his “Simpsons” characters in a roundabout way, as if a certain combination of words can “trigger me and just pull it out.”įor the record, in a phone interview with j., he was not asked to “do Flanders!” nor did we stumble upon the trigger phrase to induce a “Hi-diddly-ho, neighbor-ino!” But Shearer did do dead-on impersonations of Jack Benny and Frank Nelson (who famously portrayed the smarmy clerk on Benny’s radio and TV programs). Burns! Do Smithers!” than you would think.
Well, there’s one thing you do know - if you ask him to record an outgoing message for your answering machine, he will politely decline.Īctually, far fewer people demand Shearer to “Do Otto! Do Mr. A Kenny Osmond appearance at the Osher Marin JCC probably wouldn’t spark a stampede, but when Shearer shows up on Wednesday, Dec. It’s a little-known fact that Harry Shearer - the mellifluously voiced comic actor who may or may not have uttered “Blackjack!” when he portrayed his 21st character on “The Simpsons” - was the first young actor cast as Eddie Haskell on “Leave it to Beaver.”īut playing tricks on Wally and The Beav was not to be - Shearer’s Jewish immigrant parents would rather he led a normal life at Los Angeles public schools than be educated on a set.Īs it was, Ken Osmond got the part.