B
angladesh-born Nobel Laure-
ate Muhammad Yunus will
join Facebook’s Mark Zucker-
berg and Harry Potter star Daniel
Radcliffe on the next season of The
Simpsons.
A special episode of the hit tele-
vision series will focus on the work
of Yunus and his Grameen Bank
micro-credit schemes.
Yunus’s voice has already been
recorded and the episode is ready
to go on air, the country’s UNB
news agency said, quoting the
Yunus Centre.
The episode will
shine a light on
the problems of
the poor – and
how these can
be alleviated by
the extension of
very small loans
to spur entrepreneurship.
The best-selling animated TV
series, created by Matt Groening
for Fox Broadcasting Company, is
popular all over the world and is
recognized as one of the world’s
most enduring cultural icons. It
celebrated its 450th episode and
20 years of broadcasting this Janu-
ary.
American actor Jon Hamm and
comedy duo Cheech and Chong
are also part of next season’s
celebrity bill.
Yunus was asked to appear on
the show following a visit by Yeard-
ley Smith, who lends her voice to
the character Lisa Simpson in the
series. Smith is currently in Dhaka
on a week-long visit to study the
Grameen Bank model and other
initiatives by Yunus. A long-time
admirer of Prof Yunus, Emmy-
award-winner Smith has visited
and provided support to Grameen
micro-credit programs in Haiti
and other countries.
The Simpsons is a satire of a
working-class American lifestyle
epitomized by its eponymous fam-
ily, which consists of Homer,
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The
show is set in the fictional city of
Springfield, and lampoons Ameri-
can culture, society, television and
many aspects of the human condi-
tion.
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