However, he reverted to his old ways when he was presented with a bottle of non-alcoholic champagne. Under their alcohol-ban, he quickly developed superior skills and was selected to fly with Buzz Aldrin. In “Deep Space Homer”, Barney trained to become an astronaut for NASA. However, a heat wave hit Springfield, putting them both out of business.Ī gag in “Selma’s Choice” suggests that Barney is the father of many local babies born through donation of semen and artificial insemination.īarney made a documentary about his life as an alcoholic, titled Pukahontas, which won the top prize at the Springfield Film Festival. The friends resolved their differences and agreed to work together. When Homer saw a news report showing that Barney had been trapped in an avalanche, he immediately drove to the mountain and rescued Barney. To get revenge, Homer fooled Barney into plowing a driveway on Widow’s Peak, a treacherous mountain outside of Springfield. Barney’s commercial defamed Homer, causing Homer to lose all his customers. The group realized that they were no longer popular and split up.īarney started a snowplowing business rival Homer’s in “Mr. Soon, creative disputes arose, and Barney left the group in all but name when he began dating a Japanese conceptual artist. In 1986, the Be Sharps won a Grammy Award for Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word, or Barbershop Album of the Year. The song, “Baby on Board”, appeared on the group’s first album, Meet the Be Sharps, and became a hit. Homer wrote a song inspired by the “Baby On Board” signs. Barney was asked to join when the other members heard him singing in a beautiful tenor voice in the restroom of Moe’s Tavern, replacing the group’s original fourth member Clancy Wiggum, who was kicked out. In “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”, Barney formed a barbershop quartet with Homer, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, and Seymour Skinner called the Be Sharps. Barney took to drinking when his high school love interest Chloe Talbot left Springfield to pursue a journalism career. He had his mind set on going to Harvard University until his best friend Homer Simpson introduced him to beer the day before they were to take the SATs. As a teenager, Barney was considered to have potential. In 2004, Castellaneta won an Emmy Award for voicing various characters, including Barney.īarney’s father Arnie Gumble was a World War II veteran who died in 1979 in a parade float accident. Barney was inspired by the cartoon character Barney Rubble from the The Flintstones and by several barflies from other television programs. Barney sobered up in the episode “Days of Wine and D’oh’ses”, which was co-written by Castellaneta, and stayed sober for several episodes. His capacity for alcohol is a frequent butt of jokes on the show. He is the town drunk and Homer Simpson’s best friend.
#BARNEY GUMBLE SERIES#
The character is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the series premiere episode “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire”. Barney Gumble is a character in the animated situation comedy The Simpsons.
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