episode had Yeardley Smith's character, Louise, after hanging up the telephone, ask her colleague across the room, "Herman, I don't sound like that Lisa Simpson, do I?" A similar reference occurs when Mr. Bracken receives a complaint about one of the workers. The complainant didn't get the worker's name, but reported that she sounded like a cartoon character. After some furtive glances from Louise, Mr. Bracken dresses down a female coworker who sounds like Betty Boop. The Simpsons also referenced Herman's Head when Lisa (voiced by Smith) is asked what she is laughing at in the episode "Duffless"; she replies that she has just remembered "a joke I saw on Herman's Head". In the later episode "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays", when Marge Simpson asks him to sign a petition, Comic Book Guy (voiced by Azaria) explains that he only signs petitions to bring back television shows, exclaiming "America needs the wisdom of Herman's Head now more than ever." Further, Lisa is revealed to have a Herman's Head-like chorus of her own, seen when she's processing feelings of jealousy over Marge's publishing a novel. When asked about Herman's Head on a Simpsons commentary, Azaria said people were discussing shows that actors would rather forget, stating that he "always had that. I didn't love Herman's Head, really." Other During the November 17, 1991, broadcast of Herman's Head ("Near-Death Wish"), the very first commercial advertisement for condoms aired in the United States. During the 2012 United States presidential election, former Herman's Head actors Molly Hagan, Ken Hudson Campbell and Peter Mackenzie reunited to make a video parody for the comedy site Funny or Die, titled "Herman Cain's Head"; it referenced then-presidential candidate Herman Cain. Herman's Head is referenced in series 1, episode 6 of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building when one character compares herself to Herman, saying that she used to imagine people being inside her head like Herman had. See also Dream On (1990) Mental Block (2003) Inside Out (2015) References External links 1990s American sitcoms 1990s American workplace comedy television series 1991 American television series debuts 1994 American television series endings English-language television shows Fox Broadcasting Company original programming Personifications Television series by ABC Studios Television shows set in New York City