Bret Hart Says It Was ‘An Honor’ To Appear on The Simpsons

During an interview with The Wrestling Classic (via Fightful), Bret Hart spoke about his guest appearance on The Simpsons, which he said was an ‘honor’ for him. Hart appeared in the 1997 episode ‘The Old Man and the Lisa’.

He said: “I was a big fan, so it was a big honor for me. They originally, I wanted to be Bret Hart on the show, and they said, ‘No, it’s just part for a wrestler.’ I think my wrestler was called the Mad Viking or something like that. I was like, ‘Okay.’ So when I did the voiceover, I was the voice for the Mad Viking. I wasn’t Bret Hart. That’s why when you hear the voiceover, it doesn’t sound like me. I was trying to sound like somebody else, but after the whole thing was done, the producer came up, and I was signing autographs in the parking lot at Fox Studios there, and they had probably about 300 in a lineup, signing autographs for them. He came up and he goes, ‘I had no idea you were that famous. We’re gonna draw you in as you.’ So they changed it and drew me in as myself. I always thought that’s where it pays off to be a nice guy and sign some autographs.”