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Nancy Cartwright, Who Voices Bart Simpson, Reveals When She Thinks ‘The Simpsons’ Will End
Ay, Caramba! Nancy Cartwright has a prediction for when The Simpsons will wrap for good.
During an appearance on the Tuesday, August 4, episode of the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast, Cartwright, the longtime voice of Bart Simpson, said she believes the animated sitcom will end by season 40. The Simpsons is currently in its 38th season.
When asked why she landed on that number, Cartwright said, “That’s my opinion.” She added that if the cast is still alive after season 40, she would be open to continuing the show.
After spending nearly four decades voicing the perpetual 10-year-old, Cartwright, 68, admitted she still occasionally slips into the character in everyday life. “Well, sometimes I can’t resist, and I do have to kind of throw him in there. It’s so easy to do,” she said on the podcast.
This isn’t the first time Cartwright has hinted at an eventual end date. Earlier this year, in honor of The Simpsons reaching 800 episodes and its renewal through season 40, she said the show had “become such a part of my lifestyle,” the Associated Press reported.
“I’m used to doing it all the time,” she said, per the outlet. “I’m not looking forward to the day when we’re done.”
Cartwright’s gig of being the voice for Bart dates back to her March 13, 1987, audition for animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. She continued in the role when The Simpsons debuted as its own prime-time series in 1989 and has voiced the character ever since. Her work as Bart earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992.
Cartwright’s accolades are part of an even bigger legacy for The Simpsons. The series has won 37 Primetime Emmy Awards, according to the Television Academy. The series has also made television history along the way. The Simpsons holds the record as the longest-running scripted prime-time series in American television history, a distinction that makes the possibility of its ending after season 40 all the more significant.
