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Jimmy Apollo

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Jimmy Apollo
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Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Hair: Gray
Occupation: Football commentator
First appearance: "Lisa the Greek"
Voiced by: Phil Hartman


"Smooth" Jimmy Apollo is a cigar-smoking pro-football commentator and statistician on TV.

History

Jimmy Apollo appeared on Inside Football Today where he was interviewed by Bret Gunselman. Homer watched Jimmy Apollo's predictions for betting. Apollo claimed he got an accuracy rate of 52% and he also used a huge padlock to illustrate his "Lock of the Week" pick. His predictions included:

His advantages are being right and not being wrong, while his disadvantages are being wrong and compulsive gamblers that take his advice.[2]

Behind the Laughter

He is based on bookie and sports commentator Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder.

Appearances

References