Barney Gumble

Barfly, Homer's best friend/ Moe's Tavern. Lives for beer, beer commercials, beer nuts, beer bellies. Likes Duff Regular, Duff Dry, Duff Lite, McDuff Ale. He has formed deep and meaningful friendships with the other barflies at Moe's Tavern, and though he can't remember their names, he feels completely comfortable borrowing money from them whenever he's out of work. When Homer's hair grew back, Barney announced in all seriousness, 'Hey, it's the President!' Highlights include his winning the Springfield Film Festival and being on the number one record with the B-Sharps barbershop quartet. Says: 'Burrppp!'

A compilation of Barney Gumble's best moments

Barney is a character from The Simpsons franchise. He is known for his alcoholism and frequently spending time in Moe's Tavern.

Images of the voice over actors who play the voice of Barney Gumble from the Simpsons franchise.

Bernard Arnold "Barney" Gumble is the Springfield town drunk and Homer Simpson's best friend, though to a lesser extent after high school. Being a frequent customer at Moe's (to the point of sleeping there) Barney considers Moe to be his second best friend; however, he is often abused in the process, mainly due to Moe's personality. Barney was formerly an A-student back at Springfield High, but lost it all due to his drinking alcohol and is since then seen as a disgrace by his whole family, none of whom drinks.

Barnard "Barney" Gumble[1] is a fictional character on the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. The character is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the town drunk of Springfield and Homer Simpson's best friend. His desperation for alcohol is a frequent butt of jokes on the show. Barney sobered up in the episode "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", which was co-written by Castellaneta, and stayed sober for several seasons. Barney was inspired by the cartoon character Barney Rubble from The Flintstones and by several barflies from other television programs. In 2004, Castellaneta won an Emmy Award for voicing various characters, including Barney.