‘The Simpsons’ kill off classic character who appeared in first episode
Over the last 35 years, since The Simpsons first arrived on television screens, there has been one mainstay character lurking in the background, often found at Moe’s Tavern, but his days have now come to an end.
The legendary animated series is now in its 35th season, and in the latest episode, ‘Cremains of the Day’, Springfield paid farewell to a familiar face. While Larry the Barfly may not be a name that immediately springs to mind with casual fans of the programme, everybody who grew up watching The Simpsons will recognise the character.
Larry, whose full name was Lawrence Dalrymple, could typically be seen propping up a stool at Moe’s Tavern and drinking the establishment dry. However, the character’s days are now over, as Homer Simpson and the rest of the Moe’s Tavern locals discovered in the latest episode, ‘Cremains of the Day’.
In the latest programme, Moe, Homer, Lenny, and Carl are shocked to discover their friend has passed away, which leads them to research his life. Despite consuming beer with him on a weekly basis for 35 years, the four cartoon figures soon discover they knew very little about Larry’s life outside of the bar.
At his funeral, Larry’s mother, Iris, tells the congregation: “My Lawrence always talked about his best friends, the fellows at Moe’s Tavern. It would warm my heart if they came up and shared fond memories of my son.”
Although they didn’t have any particular special memories to share of Larry, the group of friends created a fictional anecdote about a fishing trip, which led to them setting off on an adventure to Serenity Falls and finding out a series of unexpected truths about Dalrymple.
The death of Larry doesn’t mark the first Springfield stalwart to have been killed off, with The Simpsons previously waving goodbye to cherished characters such as Fat Tony and Maude Flanders.
Meanwhile, The Simpsons recently successfully predicted the future once again as a throwaway joke from 1996 came to fruition. During the course of the episode, ‘Homerpalooza’, Homer worries he is no longer cool, which leads him to join the bill at a music festival – meant to be a play on Lollapalooza. The episode featured cameos by acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Frampton, Sonic Youth, and Cypress Hill.
In the episode, Cypress Hill books a concert with the London Symphony Orchestra, which is now set to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in the English capital this July.
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