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This article is about Matlock references on The Simpsons. For the character, see Ben Matlock.

Matlock is an American television legal drama. It has been referenced many times in The Simpsons.

References to Matlock in The Simpsons[edit]

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
4	79	"Whacking Day"	Grampa said he hates everything but Matlock.
5	83	"Cape Feare"	After Sideshow Bob sent threatening letters to Bart, Grampa said they should call Matlock as he'll find the culprit, adding it was probably "that evil Gavin MacLeod or George "Goober" Lindsey". Bart then told him that Matlock's not real.
86	"Treehouse of Horror IV"	Lionel Hutz watched Matlock in a bar, and though the sound wasn't on, he thought he got the gist of it.
95	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"	A group of seniors meet Matlock himself in Springfield.
102	"Lady Bouvier's Lover"	Grampa and Jacqueline Bouvier leaves the Simpsons five minutes before Matlock.
6	108	"Sideshow Bob Roberts"	The seniors wanted the Matlock Expressway to be built.
The Simpsons Road Rage			Grampa said he needs a lift to the Retirement Castle as he is missing Matlock.

Cast[edit]

Name	Role in Matlock	Role on The Simpsons
Jason Bateman	Played himself in "The Network".	Voiced himself in "Home Away from Homer" and Max Davis and himself in "The Road to Cincinnati".
Bryan Cranston	Played Brian Emerson in "The Gift" and "The Marriage Counselor".	Voiced Stradivarius Cain in "The Spy Who Learned Me".
Dennis Franz	Played Jack Brennert in the two-part episode "The Mayor".	Voiced himself in "Homer Badman".
Chick Hearn	Played the Announcer in "The Annihilator".	Voiced himself in "Homer Defined".
David Lander	Played Eli Walsh in "The Convict".	Voiced Squiggy, his character from Laverne & Shirley, in "Helter Shelter".
Sam McMurray	Played Bart Hess in "The Model".	Voiced a Duff commercial narrator and an Springfield Nuclear Power Plant employee in "Homer's Odyssey" and Gulliver Dark in "Homer's Night Out".
Rhea Perlman	Played herself in "The Network".	Voiced Carla Tortelli, her character from Cheers, in "Fear of Flying".
Dick Van Dyke	Played Judge Carter Addison in "The Judge".	Voiced himself in "McMansion & Wife".
Betty White	Played herself in "The Network".	Voiced herself in the season 11 episode "Missionary: Impossible" and the season 18 episode "Homerazzi".

External links[edit]

Matlock at Wikipedia

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