NEW YORK — Pamela Hayden, the longtime voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten — Bart Simpson’s very uncool buddy — is stepping away after 35 years of whining.
Hayden, 70, who voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy, will log out from “The Simpsons” on Nov. 24 in a “Treehouse of Horror” episode.
“It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show,” Hayden mentioned in a press release.
“Pamela gave us tons of laughs with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest nose in Springfield. She made Milhouse hilarious and real, and we will miss her,” mentioned “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening.
Casting for her characters is deliberate.
Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfinger industrial in 1989 and was named for the previous U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon. Groening mentioned he adopted it “because that was the most unfortunate name a kid could have.”
The nearsighted character was usually the butt of most jokes and bullied mercilessly by Nelson. In a single episode, Bart received Milhouse positioned on the America’s Most Wished listing, however in one other he traded Bart’s soul to the man on the comedian ebook retailer.