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As the latest round of Simpsons guest stars are wheeled out, it’s easy to dismiss the whole thing as a lot of old barrel scraping. But guest stars make the Simpsons, and have done since its inception. It’s just that in recent years, the show’s pandering to current trends and faces that become instantly obscure is far more pronounced. The old cliché is that you haven’t really made it until you’ve been featured on the Simpsons, but the tendency for the later seasons to bundle actors in under their real names is frankly indulgent (and indicative of the blight on professional voice acting that Hollywood stars have been since Aladdin). Katy Perry, Halle Berry, Russel Brand, Daniel Radcliffe?

The Simpsons entered the Guinness Book of Records with 337 Guest Stars nearly six years (and seasons) ago. There are now 740 Credited appearances of guest stars, though this figure (unlike the record breaking figure above) includes the multiple appearances of actors like Albert Brooks, Kelsey Grammer, Phil Hartman and Joe Mantegna (you know, talented people who play characters other than themselves). This is quite an achievement when you consider that for at least the first four seasons, a number of A-listers were appearing under pseudonyms, apparently embarrassed about appearing on an animated show. Nowadays, we get to be embarrassed about A-listers in our animated shows. How times change.

Anyway, without further ado the best and the worst in Simpsons guest stars

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Twitter has been mentioned a lot lately, it was mentioned in conversation on “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” between Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross, then on Richard & Judy on Watch, and today it was on GMTV with Lorraine Kelly.

So why the sudden interest, maybe it’s that celebrities are using Twitter themselves, or are they?

I myself follow Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Philip Schofield to name but three

But the debate has always been are these real celebrities, some impersonating them or their own PR manager tweeting for them….

I think it’s just a case of making up your own mind as to whether or not they are legitimate..

Anyway here’s a few that I follow if you know any more then let us all know

Kate Hewlett – Sister to David Hewlett (Rodney in Stargate Atlantis)

Stephen Fry – Master of the spoken word and presenter of QI

Jonathan Ross – TV chat show host etc

Imogen Heap – Musician

So are they the real celebrities, who knows? Who cares? It’s all a bit of fun at the end of the day!!