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Benedict Cumberbatch voiced an animated Morrissey-like singer on
The Simpsons last night (April 18). The character, named Quilloughby, is a depressed British crooner from the 1980s who becomes Lisa Simpson’s imaginary friend. The episode was titled “Panic on the Streets of Springfield,” a spoof on the Smiths’ 1986 single “Panic.” Find two clip from the episode below.
As he wrote on social media, Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie co-wrote the faux-Morrissey songs featured in the episode with Tim Long. McKenzie wrote that he “woke up at 3 a.m. in New Zealand to record the sultry crooning of Benedict Cumberbatch in London and zoomed a few sweet harmonies in L.A. with Yeardley Smith.” Find his full post below.