Overview
- Executive producer Tim Long told outlets the character’s exit is intended to be permanent following the Nov. 16 broadcast.
- A memorial within the episode established that Alice left funds to Springfield Elementary to launch a new music program.
- The update clarifies earlier continuity confusion after Alice was shown dying in Season 22 yet later appeared again.
- Alice Glick first appeared in 1991 and was originally voiced by Cloris Leachman before Tress MacNeille assumed the role.
- Coverage situates the change alongside other notable character departures on the series, including Maude Flanders, Edna Krabappel, and Bleeding Gums Murphy.