Gunter and Ernst
From Wikisimpsons
| Gunter Schnieder | |
| |
| Character Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair | Blonde |
| Age | 30s |
| Job | Entertainer |
| Relatives | Unknown |
| First Appearance | “$pringfield” |
| Voiced by | Hank Azaria |
Gunter and Ernst, Las Vegas-style entertainers voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria, are obvious parodies of Siegfried & Roy: they speak with German accents, their act involves magic and white tigers, and ernst has black hair while the gunter has bleached-blond hair.
Contents |
[edit] Role In The Simpsons
[edit] Primary Role
Gunter and Ernst have not appeared in many episodes only appearing in $pringfield, The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons, Viva Ned Flanders, and Jazzy and the Pussy Cats.
[edit] Major Appearances
The duo preforms at the Monty Burns Casino with their tiger Anatasia. Anatasia has a dream about her life in the past and then her eventual capture by Gunter and Ernst (via a tranquilizer dart). Anastasia then goes out of control and attacks them. The duo appears later in the episode when Marge gets hypnotyzed by gambling and Maggie goes of and runs into Anatasia while Gunter and Ernst are talking to a guy who believes they live in the casino. Barney however rescues Maggie from Anatasia and then gives her back to Marge.
[edit] Minor Appearances
In The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons they appear at the airport where Marge and Apu are waiting for Manjula and have an argument with the ticket man. They appear in Viva Ned Flanders when Homer and Ned try to escape from their vegas wives Amber and Ginger Gunter and Ernst appear as casino security. At the end of the episode Amber and Ginger dump Homer and Ned for Gunter and Ernst. In Jazzy and the Pussycats appear at the funeral for Amber Simpson.
[edit] Creation
| Ernst Jorgenson | |
|
| |
| Character Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair | Black |
| Age | 30s |
| Job | Entertainer |
| Relatives | Unknown |
| First Appearance | “$pringfield” |
| Voiced by | Harry Shearer |
[edit] Model for Character
They are based on real life entertainers Siegfried and Roy. Their tiger Antasia is based on Siegfried and Roy's tiger Montecore.
[edit] Similaraties to Seigfried and Roy
In a case of fact following fiction, the 1993 episode “$pringfield” depicts the duo being savagely mauled by their trademark white tiger, Anastasia. Ten years later, the trained white tiger Montecore dragged Roy Horn off-stage by his neck during a performance at The Mirage.
