The 500th episode of the popular animated series “The Simpsons” aired in the United States. According to the scenario, the family meets with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Representatives of the Fox television company say Assange recorded his part of the dialogue in Britain when he sought to have his extradition to Sweden overturned. Details from Alena Kuznetsova.

The long-awaited episode of The Simpsons starring Julian Assange has finally aired on the American Fox channel. According to the plot, the Simpson family moves from their native Springfield and their neighbor at their new place of residence turns out to be the founder of WikiLeaks, said series producer Al Jean.

“When choosing Assange as a guest star of the series, we were aware that we are talking about a “controversial” personality,” he said. “However, we did not focus on the “legal battles” of the founder of WikiLeaks and presented Assange’s character in a satirical vein ".

This is a very successful move by the creators of the series. The name Assange is well known; many scandals are associated with him. In addition, for the founder of WikiLeaks himself, this is a good opportunity to remind himself and do at least something, says Vitaly Leibin, editor-in-chief of the Russian Reporter magazine.

“It’s a pretty funny story because The Simpsons is, of course, a typical adult character series, and Assange is really almost an archetype of our time,” he says. “He’s a lone hero. I think it’s ironic and not bad for him.” Moreover, he now badly needs money and any contacts with the outside world, because it looks like he could be locked up for a long time.”

The animated series "The Simpsons" is included in the Guinness Book of Records as an animated program with the largest number of guest stars. During the existence of the animated series, TV presenter Larry King, drummer Ringo Starr, Elton John and Britney Spears managed to take part in it.

The first episode of The Simpsons aired on Fox in 1989. The creators of the series have already announced that at least two more seasons will be filmed.

"Assange is practically the archetype of our time"