APRIL 11, 1991 – Ringo Starr guest starred as himself on Fox-TV’s “The Simpsons”. In the plot of the episode titled “Brush With Greatness”, Bart stumbles upon several old paintings of Ringo Starr that Marge made as a student in high school, when she had a crush on Starr. Marge tells Lisa that she was scolded by her art teacher for doing those paintings; she also recalls sending a painting to Starr for an “honest opinion”, but she never got a response. Lisa suggests that Marge take a painting class at Springfield Community College, which she does.
Starr was the first Beatle to appear on The Simpson, and both George Harrison and Paul McCartney would later guest star on the show in the season five episode “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” and the season seven episode “Lisa the Vegetarian” respectively.
