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Paul McCartney persuaded The Simpsons to make Lisa a vegetarian in exchange for guest spot

21 August, 2016 - 0 Comments

Sir Paul McCartney has been one of the world's most coveted acts for decades. And on Wednesday, it emerged that the longest running scripted primetime programme ever had to bend over backwards to get him.

The Huffington Post reported that The Simpsons agreed to make Lisa, the family's iconic daughter, a vegetarian in exchange for the former Beatle's agreement to play himself on a 1995 episode called, of course, Lisa The Vegetarian.

Hank Azaria, who's voiced several characters over the course of the show's 27-series run, told the blog, 'I can tell you, over the years, they were tempted a bunch of times to have Lisa break her vegetarian vow'. He did, however, add that they 'probably have not because they made that vow to Sir Paul. No, you don’t break a knight’s vow. As we’ve learned from Game Of Thrones, you do that at your own risk'. The Birdcage actor features on the episode alongside the rock legend, playing Apu, an Indian immigrant character who was a fixture on the programme.

It's with the help of McCartney and his first wife, who also voiced a yellow incarnation of herself on the show, that Apu persuades Lisa to give up meat. 

By: Sameer Suri

Source: The Daily Mail

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