Lurleen Lumpkin
Lurleen Lumpkin
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Character Information
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- "I used to play the field, I used to be a roamer
But the season's turning 'round for me now,
I finally bagged me a Homer!" - ―Lurleen Lumpkin[src]
Lurleen Lumpkin is an attractive, aspiring country western singer. Homer was her manager for a time.
History
Homer discovered Lurleen in a bar in the middle of nowhere, and was amazed by her voice. He decided to help her launch a singing career, much to the chagrin of Marge. Lurleen was grateful to have someone helping her with her career, but she quickly started falling for Homer, and it came out in her song lyrics. First, she flirted with him in "Bagged Me a Homer," which angered Marge, but to which Homer remained oblivious. Then she made an open attempt to seduce him with an erotic song called "Bunk with Me Tonight." When Lurleen sang the song for him, it finally dawned on Homer that Lurleen was attracted to him. Later he had another epiphany, and suddenly realized that managing Lurleen could hurt his marriage, so he abruptly quit as her manager (very abruptly, while she was in the middle of a TV appearance) and went home. Saddened, but wiser, Lurleen then sang on the show a song called "Stand By Your Manager" which she had written on the spot. Happily, Homer and Marge were able to make up before the show was over[1].
Lurleen was present during the opening of the Springfield Monorail, where she revealed to Kent Brockman that she had been to the Betty Ford Clinic and had "spent last night in a ditch". She may have been inside the monorail when it went out of control during its maiden voyage [2].
Lureen was also seen as one-fourth of a bowling team called "The Home Wreckers", the other three members being Jacques Brunswick, Mindy Simmons and Princess Kashmir [3].
Marge helped reunite Lurleen with her deadbeat father after her career was ruined. When her father betrayed her again (stealing one of her songs), she retook control of her career and went on to open for The Dixie Chicks.
Songs
- Your Wife Don't Understand You
- Bagged Me a Homer
- Bunk with Me Tonight
- Stand By Your Manager
- Daddy's Back (Lurleen's Dad stole the song from her and The Dixie Chicks sang a version of the song called "America's Back")
Behind the laughter
- In her debut appearance in "Colonel Homer", Lurleen Lumpkin is voiced by American actress and singer Beverly D'Angelo. D'Angelo reprises her role in the Season 19 episode "Papa Don't Leech".
- In "Marge vs. the Monorail", Lurleen is voiced by Doris Grau.
- Lurleen is based on the character Lynn Halsey-Taylor, played by Sondra Locke in the Clint Eastwood movie Every Which Way but Loose.
Appearances
- Episode – "Colonel Homer"
- Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail"
- Episode – "Team Homer"
- Episode – "Bart on the Road"
- Episode – "Realty Bites"
- Episode – "Homerazzi"
- Episode – "Papa Don't Leech"
- THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX"
- – The Simpsons Movie
Gallery
- Lurleen and Homer.jpg
Lurleen trying to kiss Homer
- 8f19 homer und lurleen.jpg
Lurleen Flirting with Homer
- Lurleen Singing You're Wife Don't Understand You.jpg
Lurleen singing "Your Wife Don't Understand You"
References