The Simpsons is famous for its guest stars, and if you were a wrestling fan in the 90s, you’d remember fondly when Bret Hart made a brief appearance in the episode called “The Old Man and the Lisa.” It initially aired in 1997, and when Mr. Burns loses his money, Bret buys his mansion and calls him a “pencil-neck geek”.
Speaking on his Confessions of a Hitman series, he discussed this cameo and revealed that he originally wasn’t going to appear as himself on the show. Instead, he was set to play a fictional wrestler as the director of the episode didn’t how famous he was.
“My limo driver had driven off, had gone to get gas, so I got stuck sitting there for about a half-hour ’cause I got done so quick. All these workers that were working at Fox Studios came out of the woodwork. I’m talking over a hundred people came out, and they had programs and pictures and figures. So, I just signed. I had nowhere to go anyway. So, I just signed all their stuff. I remember when I was sitting there after I’d signed for maybe 30-40 minutes, I remember the guy who was the director of my episode came up to me, and he goes, “I had no idea you were this big of a star. If it’s okay with you, we’re gonna draw you in as yourself now, ’cause we had no idea.”Bret Hart
The season 8 episode would get a Nielsen rating of 8.3 and was the joint 3rd highest-rated show on Fox along with King of the Hill, behind The X-Files and Melrose Place. NECA would go on to produce an action figure of Bret Hart based on his appearance as part of their Simpsons 25th Anniversary range.
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