No! Say it ain’t so! Everything I know has been a lie. Is nothing sacred?
In a new interview with TMZ, Yeardley Smith, the actress who does the voice of Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons, revealed that Sony would not permit Michael Jackson to sing in the episode where he voiced mental patient Leon Kompowsky.
Instead, Jackson himself picked an impersonator, Kipp Lennon. The character’s name, Leon Kompowsky, is actually a clever nod to Kipp.
If you are a die-hard fan, you may have caught this in the commentary to the DVD set years ago, but for some of us, this is quite a shock to the system.
Check out the fake Michael Jackson below singing “Happy Birthday Lisa”, as well as the original below featuring the REAL MJ, but it couldn’t be used due to the contractual issue…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4U7cfVLcv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0AXbuiAnDA
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