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In the episode, Bart receives a microphone that transmits sound to nearby AM radios. To play a prank on the citizens of Springfield, he lowers a radio down a well and uses the microphone to trick the town into thinking a little boy is trapped there. The prank succeeds, but Bart remembers labelling the radio with his name, tries to retrieve it ...
Dr. William MacDougal, [1] better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is a recurring character on The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is the head groundskeeper and Janitor at Springfield Elementary School .
Principal Skinner sends Groundskeeper Willie through a vent to retrieve Santa's Little Helper. Willie catches Santa's Little Helper but becomes trapped in the ducts. As firemen attempt to rescue him, Superintendent Chalmers arrives for a surprise inspection. Willie falls from the vent and lands on Chalmers.
A longtime recurring character — groundskeeper Willie — found love on The Simpsons Sunday, and to honor the Scottish character the episode came complete with famous Scotland-born guest stars ...
In this episode, Lisa makes a bet with Bart that she can turn Groundskeeper Willie into a proper gentleman while Homer creates an advertising campaign for blue pants so he can buy a new pair. The title and plot are based on the Broadway musical and film My Fair Lady. The episode received mixed reviews.
Groundskeeper Willie eventually tells Bart that he was once the school swim instructor, and that Skinner was once fun-loving and laid-back until an incident dubbed "Night of the Wigglers". Here, a prankster named Andy Hamilton locked Skinner in a pool full of earthworms for three days, changing Skinner's personality for the worse.
Douglas Coupland's 2009 novel Generation A refers to Groundskeeper Willie's use of the phrase. [28] The line was written by Ken Keeler during one of the episode's re-write sessions, although none of those present on the episode's DVD audio commentary could remember for sure. [8] According to Reiss, Keeler called it his "greatest contribution to ...
The characters Hans Moleman, Groundskeeper Willie and Squeaky Voiced Teen made their first appearances on the show in "Principal Charming". Willie's role in the episode was to punish Bart by making him re-sod the grass. Originally, Willie was just written as an angry janitor, and the fact that he was Scottish was added during a recording session.