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He took away all Homer's customers and earned the key to Springfield (which was taken away from Homer). 'We've been looking for a project to do together for a while,' he explained. He even got Linda Ronstadt to sing on his commercials. Plow business to have his own snow removal service, calling himself the Plow King and buying a snow removal truck much bigger than Homer's. Black also hired Barney to act like Krusty the Clown for the campers at Kamp Krusty, although Bart was not fooled by his attempt at defaming Krusty (as Barney was poorly disguised as Krusty), and also ends up confirming Bart and the rest of the campers' suspicions that Black just 'slapped a clown suit on some wine-o' by answering that he is 'Krunchy the Clown,' as well as clamoring for Krusty's return (or, as he calls him, 'Krunchy').īarney was inspired by Homer's Mr. Barney showed his artistic side again when he won top prize at the Springfield Film Festival for his moving documentary about his life as an alcoholic, unfortunately titled 'Pukahontas'. Later on, with Homer, he was a member of The Be Sharps barbershop quartet, in which his stellar Irish singing voice was discovered. (Unfortunately, to celebrate the completion of his training and selection as an astronaut, he was given non-alcoholic champagne, which immediately resulted in a relapse.) For example, when forced to quit drinking while training to be an astronaut, he almost immediately regained his diction and balance and proved to be an exceptional astronaut candidate.

In spite of the years of alcoholism, he still appears to maintain some of his great early potential.

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It has also been implied that he took to drinking after his high-school sweetheart, Chloe Talbot, left Springfield to become a successful TV reporter. He was Harvard-bound until Homer introduced him to beer on the night before they had to take the SATs. Barney once had a near-death experience in which he expects to be reunited with 'my loved ones, my dad, and that plant I never watered,' perhaps implying that he did not get along with his father.Īs a teenager, Barney had great potential. His father, Arnie Gumble, was killed in a parade float accident along with Sheldon Skinner, Iggy Wiggum, Etch Westgrin, and Griff McDonald, all of whom had served in Abe Simpson's WWII squad, the Flying Hellfish. He is a recurring character in The Simpsons and a minor character in The Simpsons Movie.īarney was born on April 20. This talent was discovered by the Be Sharps when Barney was in the men's restroom. Barney was formerly an A-student back at Springfield High, but lost it all due to his drinking alcohol and is since then seen as a disgrace by his entire family, none of whom drinks.

Being a frequent customer at Moe's (to the point of sleeping there) Barney considers Moe to be his second best friend however, he is often abused by Moe and Arnie Gumble in the process, mainly due to Moe's personality. He is Homer Simpson's best friend, although to a lesser extent after high school. (born April 20) is the Springfield town drunk who often works as human guinea pig for medical research facilities. Shelby Grimm (singing) “ BURRRRRRPPPP!” ―Barney's catch phrase “ Don't cry for me, I'm already dead.” ―Barney during his home film Pukahontas “ Is that a new kind of Mace? It's really painful!” ―-Barney compliments Patty on her technique.īarnard Arnold ' Barney' Gumble, Sr.

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