Mervin Monroe - Arnie Pye

Arnie Pye, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, is a disgruntled, somewhat eccentric helicopter traffic reporter for Springfield's KBBL-TV (Channel 6). His name and appearance are a parody of the famous, Pulitzer winning 1930s journalist, Ernie Pyle. His segments are titled "Arnie (or "Pye") in the Sky". He has an apparent dislike of anchorman Kent Brockman, with whom he often gets into arguments on the air, and Brockman once snarled that Arnie was a "jackass" - Arnie has responded believing that Kent's soul is "as black as coal". In earlier episodes he had the name 'Bill Pye'.