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List of recurring characters from The Simpsons - Gil
Gil (Voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a perpetual loser, a nervous, middle-aged man with the inability to hold a steady job, due to strings of misfortunes that tend to hit him at the worst times. He has been seen holding any number of jobs, first as a real estate salesman, but also as a used car salesman, doorbell salesman, Coleco computer salesman, newspaper subscription salesman, corn farmer and in one episode he appeared working at the Kwik-E-Mart. Since the departure of Lionel Hutz from the series, Gil has been used as a cheap replacement lawyer in court scenes.
Gil is married, or probably at this point, was married; he once mentioned that his wife would leave him if he didn't start "bringing in the green." This has most certainly happened by now; in fact, he overhears his wife carousing with 'Fred', another man, over the phone in one episode. She even has the gall to ask Gil if he would like to speak to Fred.
The episode "Tis The Fifteenth Season" includes a brief scene showing Gil committing suicide by hanging himself with Christmas lights, possibly because his life is a wreck. But he appears later in the same episode scatting at Homer's house with the Christmas lights around his neck, suggesting that the cable snapped when he let himself hang.
It is also revealed he can dress quite scantily and fools thousands of people when he dressed up in a sexy costume for a show and dances around until someone knocks his costume off to reveal poor old Gil. Moe then proposes to him (ignoring the fact it is a man and Gil)
The character is based on Jack Lemmon's portrayal of salesman Shelley "The Machine" Levene in the 1992 movie adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross and the character first appeared in an episode parodying the play entitled "Realty Bites."
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