Mr. Burns vows to take vengeance on Springfield.

You’ll rue the day you crossed C. Montgomery Burns!

Fifteen minutes from now, I will wreak a terrible vengeance on this city.

No one will be spared.

C. Montgomery Burns to Channel 6s Kent Brockman

Harry Shearer isnt coming back toThe Simpsons.

There will be no more Ned Flanders.

Burns can take half the town of Springfield with him.

He already has a plan to wall up a still-living Waylon Smithers in his sarcophagus when he dies.

Burns has half of Springfield in his pocket, the other half on his payroll.

Remember, he put a hit out on the Rolling Stones because they gave birth to The Ramones.

If he wants to fire the entire town of Springfield, he can.

And it looks like he just did.

Who can afford to hire them?

Artie Ziff left Springfield so long ago that Jon Lovitz cant tell that voice from his film critic.

Mr. Burns has his finger poised on the button that will release the hounds.

When Mr. Burns leaves Springfield, the town will shrivel up and wither away.

Who will run their power?

Who will pay their salaries?

What areThe Simpsonsgoing to do?

That could cost hundreds of dollars and several characters lives.

Theyve been trying to killThe Simpsonssince before Maggie could talk.

If only wed listened to that young man, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.

Mr. Burns was in Springfield before there was a Springfield.

Hans Sprungfeld) debacle.

Shearer has been onThe Simpsonsfor 26 years.

He is part of the foundation it is built on.

Shearer has been acting since he was a kid and he worked with the best.

Remember Eddie Haskell fromLeave It To Beaver?

Mr. Burns admitted his age in the Simpson and Delilah episode.

Harry Shearer was in the classic Victor Mature Biblical epicThe Robein 1953.

Burns is somewhere between 81 and 104.

He hasnt lived an entirely happy life.

His first fiance, hes had three, Gertrude, died of loneliness and rabies.

Harry Shearer directed his first feature filmTeddy Bears Picnicin 2002.

It was based on the conspiratorial enclave for billionaires called Bohemian Grove.

Mr. Burns first film wasA Burns for All Seasonsand he owns several trees on Bohemian Grove.

Sadly, Collins died on June 12, 1994, at the age of 44.

Im sure Seth MacFarlane already messengered his resume.

Hed do it for free and mop up after the offices closed.

The Simpsonsjust signed for a new season.

But maybe its not over.

James L. Brooks tweeted Hey, we tried.

Harry, no kidding, lets talk.

Shearers done this before.

The last timeThe Simpsonscast negotiated, in 2011m he was the last holdout.

Al Jean, producer and showrunner,toldThe Hollywood Reporterhe was baffled.

So I dont really know what hes up to [or] what hes thinking.

I hope he comes back.

Then Jean dropped the bomb.

If he chooses not to come back, well recast.

We will not kill his characters; thats one way to go.

But if he doesnt in a reasonable time, well have to do the other options.

Somebody like Billy West or Maurice LaMarche (Futurama) or Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants).

kindly call [executive producer] Jim Brooks and tell him what you want.

And if you dont want to do this show, tell him, but explain whats on your mind.

Will the show go on without him?

But will C. Montgomery Burns allow someone else to put on his skin?

That remains to be seen.

All right, you ragtag bunch of misfits!

You hate me, and I hate you even more.

So, Im rooting for the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

After all, Mr. Burns once negotiated a billion dollar plutonium deal with a Nigerian king for twenty goats.

Shearer just wants a little more.

As for Mr. Burns, for now I think I speak for him when I say: Mindless drones!

Return to your ugly families!