Now, Mr. Burns' overly loyal assistant is getting his biggest shot at love yet.
“Smithers doesn’t know anything about fashion.
Smithers is a smart, hardworking, intelligent guy.
Smithers and his new boyfriend Michael De Graaf (played by Victor Garber) on ‘The Simpsons.'.20th Television/The Simpsons
Michael is tired of people from the New York fashion scene where everyone has an agenda.
He wants that middle-America regular guy who isn’t about status and fashion stuff.”
Five-and-a-half years later, the timing felt right for a new romance.
“The show has moved away from him being completely obsessed with Mr. Burns all the time.
(The elder LaZebnik had previously penned “The Burns Cage” as a loving nod to Johnny.)
