Pamela Hayden, the longtime voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten – Bart Simpson’s very uncool friend – is stepping away after 35 years of whining.
Hayden, 70, who voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy, will sign off from The Simpsons on November 24 in a Treehouse of Horror episode.
“It’s been an honour and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show,” Hayden said in a statement.
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“Pamela gave us tons of laughs with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest nose in Springfield,” The Simpsons creator Matt Groening said.
“She made Milhouse hilarious and real, and we will miss her.”
Casting for her characters is planned.
Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfinger commercial in 1989 and was named for the former US president Richard Milhous Nixon.
Groening said he adopted it “because that was the most unfortunate name a kid could have”.
The near-sighted character is often the butt of jokes, is targeted by school bully Nelson, struggles to cope with the divorce of his parents, Kirk and Luanne, and has a not-so-secret crush on Lisa Simpson.
In one episode, Bart managed to get Milhouse placed on the America’s Most Wanted list, but in another he traded Bart’s soul to Jeff Albertson, the Comic Book Guy.
He is also responsible for the fan-favourite quote, “Everything’s coming up Milhouse”, which has worked its way into modern lexicon as a way of saying one is having good fortune.