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TIL Simpsons characters Moe Szyslak and Mr. Burns were originally played by Christopher Collins/Chris Latta, notorious for voicing Starscream in Transformers and Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe. According to Matt Groening, he was replaced because, despite being very good, "he was just a dick."

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