The Simpsons 生産者 わびるs to fans for 殺人，大当り off long-running character... while defending the shocking death for 存在 impactful

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One of The Simpson's 核心 creative team is 申し込む／申し出ing a mixed 返答 to upset fans after the series shockingly killed off one of its oldest characters on Sunday.

Tim Long, a co-(n)役員／(a)執行力のある 生産者 on the iconic animated comedy, 申し込む／申し出d up an 陳謝 to traumatized fans on Thursday while speaking to TMZ.

Long also defended the character culling, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that it was always ーするつもりであるd to be an emotional blow to fans because of how rare death is on The Simpsons.

The series had teased the death ahead of time, though that didn't put all fans at 緩和する once it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that Larry, one of the longtime denizens of Moe's Tavern, had died.

Larry the Barfly, who was first introduced almost 35 years ago in the 首相 episode, was also 明らかにする／漏らすd to be 指名するd Lawrence Dalrymple.?

He was まず第一に／本来 a background character, and his drinking buddy, the perpetually slurring beer-bellied drunk Barney Gumble, always outshone him.

Long told the 出版（物） he was sorry that Simpsons fans were saddened by Larry's death, 同様に as the 一般に somber トン of the episode as a whole.?

But the 生産者 was also heartened that the show meant so much to its fans that they could have that strong of an emotional reaction.

He 明らかにするd that it was always the 意図 of The Simpsons' creative team to move テレビ視聴者s with Larry's death. Even though he was mostly a background character, death is 極端に rare on the series, making even the loss of a minor 人物／姿／数字 noteworthy.

Long also poked fun at another classic 風刺漫画, The Flintstones, by （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that fans of the series ― which 空気／公表するd from 1960 to 1966 ― wouldn't have been troubled if one of its least-popular characters, The 広大な／多数の／重要な Gazoo, had bitten the dust. (Fittingly, The Simpsons parodied the little green 外国人 by introducing the 類似して designed Ozmodiar in season eight.)

The 生産者 said he was happy to see that fans could still have a strong emotional reaction to the show, which was created by Matt Groening and 首相d in 1989.

However, he 勧めるd upset fans to keep things in 視野, as The Simpsons didn't kill off any of its main characters, or even a popular minor character.

After the episode 空気／公表するd, Long 地位，任命するd on X (以前は Twitter): 'Good call by [co-showrunner Matt Selman] to 調査する how ホームラン and his friends 予知する the afterlife. Poignant and 深く，強烈に weird!'

The creative team ― who?（機の）カム under 解雇する／砲火／射撃 from 極端に 極度の慎重さを要する テレビ視聴者s last year over scenes in which ホームラン comically strangles his son Bart ― may not have 推定する／予想するd to upset many fans, as Selman wasn't 特に subtle with hints about which character would die 事前の to the episode 公表／放送.

One social マスコミ 地位，任命する 勧めるd fans to guess who would be the unlucky character, but Larry was joined by three main characters ― ホームラン, Marge and Bart ― who would almost certainly never be killed off.

Larry the Barfly's first 外見 on the series was on the Christmas-主題d debut episode Simpsons Roasting On An Open 解雇する／砲火／射撃.?

In the 最新の episode ― featuring the punny 肩書を与える Cremains Of The Day ― テレビ視聴者s learned that he had died.

Larry had been a member of the intoxicated ensemble たびたび（訪れる）ing Moe's Tavern, and he was 発言する／表明するd by Spinal Tap 星／主役にする Harry Shearer, who is known for bringing to life a bevy of characters, 含むing Ned Flanders, Mr. 燃やすs, his assistant Smithers, 主要な／長／主犯 Skinner and the Reverend Lovejoy, の中で many others. However, Larry rarely got a chance to open his mouth on the series.

Although Larry had been around for １０年間s, he never took a 目だつ 役割 in an y episode, and almost nothing was known about the character's backstory.

That changed with Sunday's episode, as he was posthumously 明らかにする／漏らすd to be 指名するd Lawrence Dalrymple.