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It looks like this Sunday - for the first time in the show's history - @AlbertBrooks is reprising one of his Simpsons characters: Jacques. For those keeping score, Brooks has guest-starred as a different character in 9 different episodes as well as the movie. #TheSimpsons Image
@AlbertBrooks Brooks almost reprised fan-favorite Hank Scorpio for The Simpsons Movie, but the staff dropped the idea of using Scorpio and created the original character of Russ Cargill instead. Image
@AlbertBrooks Interestingly, this Saturday, March 18, will be the 33rd anniversary of Jacques' episode "Life on the Fast Lane." (Thread to come then, of course.) Image
@AlbertBrooks Brooks is always welcomed to improvise in character when he guest stars. Here are a few ad-libs he did as Jacques that didn't make the final cut.

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