Sacha Baron Cohen Is Headed To Springfield

Sacha Baron Cohen is set to lend his voice to a character on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons.

In an episode titled, ‘The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed,’ Cohen will play a “pretty angry but funny” Israeli tour guide who encounters the Simpson family while they take a trip to the Holy Land with their church group.  The episode will also feature Homer believing he’s the messiah.

Al Jean, the series executive producer of the show confirmed to Entertainment Weekly saying:

“He’s trying to get Marge to give him good grades on the comment card.  And she goes, ‘You people are pushy,’ and he goes, ‘What do you mean, ‘you people’? You try having Syria for a neighbor! What do you have — Canada?’”

“The Christians, the Jews and Muslims are united in that they all get mad at Homer. It’s the only thing they can agree on.”

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Simpson’s episode will air this March.

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