Simon Crerar of The Times also listed Hamill's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of The Simpsons.

Simon Crerar of The Times listed his performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.

Kevin Bacon has a funny cameo as an actor tagging along with the local homicide detectives, and Ms. Dern is a terrifying tornado of smiley, obsessive-compulsive femininity.

Quentin Tarantino took time out from being the hottest director around to do a very funny cameo.

(The show was originally titled "Let's Rob Mick Jagger," but Mr. Jagger, who makes a very funny cameo in the first episode, apparently did not care to have his name emblazoned on a sitcom indefinitely.)

There's one funny cameo by Mike Tyson, but even that is built around a predictable punch line.

(He also directed the movie and gave himself a funny cameo as the town's clear-eyed minister.)

In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times listed Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elvis Costello and Lenny Kravitz's performances among the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.

While he can certainly be self-mocking, as proven by his very funny cameo in Knocked Up, when he is working he is neither tediously snarky (like Chelsea Handler) or disturbingly overenthusiastic and sickeningly sycophantic (like Mario Lopez.)

In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times listed the Smashing Pumpkins' and Cypress Hill's performances among the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.