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[quadrophenic86]

The principle actors for The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer) are on strike, until their salaries are raised from $360,000 per episode to $500,000 per episode. The Simpsons typically do 22 episodes per season

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[caesarsalad77]

It's a tough field to get into, mostly because the people who have been doing voices are the ones who get the jobs.

[quadrophenic86]

Yeah, and my voice isn't that unique or maleable. I was mostly kidding.

[legsdiamond]

dude. . . seems to me that those guys are pretty spoiled. . I mean. . honestly. . don't they have a fun job to begin with?

[quadrophenic86]

It actually is quite a bit of tedious work. How long they've been doing it helps a lot, and all the little subtle tricks that each voice has are nearly impossible to replace so they probably will get this.

[roots_of_desire]

Gosh, that's like looking a gift horse in the mouth! That's a HUGE raise!

[quadrophenic86]

No, it's more like gold-plating the gift horse. Half a million dollars per episode!?

[hipsters_dig_me]

Yea why do they need that shit?
Fuck them. Honestly.

[quadrophenic86]

Becasue they're the only ones who can do it, and they know Fox will pay them. Hell, by the end of the series the guys on Friends were getting $1 million PER episode.