'The Simpsons' consulting producer Tim Long grew up in Ontario and has always sensed something secretly Canadian about Lisa, the middle child and most critically-minded member of the enduring American animated family.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be portrayed in Sunday's Canadian-themed episode of"The Simpsons," which is titled"D'Oh Canada." Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer tweeted on Monday that he got to guest-voice Trudeau for the segment after putting together an impressions video on YouTube.
So when it came to this Sunday's Canadian-themed episode, it felt natural to make Lisa the one who spends time on this side of the border, said Long, who has won five Emmy Awards. "The Simpsons, when they see her in the hospital, are fully prepared to go bankrupt, because that's what would happen to them in America. But they're stunned and amazed and delighted to find the health-care system takes care of them."
Earlier this week, Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer revealed he voices Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the episode. "Compared to putting immigrant children in cages, this scandal feels a little bit like small beer to me," said Long, referencing 2018 footage of migrant children housed in fenced-off cages at U.S. border facilities.
He lives in Los Angeles but has found himself back on home soil lately, in Almonte, Ont., shooting the film "The Exchange." Long wrote the comedy, which is set in Canada and loosely based on his experience with an exchange student as a teen.
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