Simpsons Histories - Krusty the Clown

[@evilyoshimaster]

Krusty is weirdly a very similar character to Mrs. Krabappel. They're both people who work with children and clearly started their careers with a lot of passion and love for their work, but were jaded by how cynical and broken the system was. What's interesting is that it's likely that initial passion that lead them both to becoming who they are. Never achieving your dream sucks, but achieving your dream and realizing your dream kinda sucks has to be even more depressing.

[@dronessential]

I would throw in Lovejoy there as well.

[@NB-gu9rs]

My wife got her "dream job" in the animation industry. These days, she won't even talk about it. You are absolutely correct. (Luckily she got out and is much happier as a freelance illustrator.)

[@evilyoshimaster]

@@dronessential Lovejoy wasn't broken by the system, Lovejoy was broken by Ned Flanders specifically

[@marioalfredo5542]

My favorite Krusty moments are his dissatisfaction with his own brand, he'll spit out a krusty burger as soon as the cameras stop rolling.

[@ArticulateDegenerate]

"Cut, print, kill the pig"

[@jonpaulling]

Krusty was originally thought of as being Homer's secret alter ego - that's why he has the same character design. This was obviously brought to light in the Clown College episode.

[@notaplic8158]

Ok

[@nosilladex]

Honestly, I thought that would have been brought up in the video. I find the initial ideas that were abandoned so interesting

[@NeroLeMorte]

Like the joker to bartman

[@deadmeatjb]

Um seeing double here, 6 replies to your comment?

[@AndyJay1985]

What I always thought was interesting was how Sideshow Bob was pretty much Krusty's design when he was framed.

[@Caolan114]

"Wait, Is this a religous thing?" "A religous clown thing, yes"

[@ToonReel001]

That shot from 'Like Father Like Clown' with Krusty on set, red eyed and on the verge of sobbing, always melts me. Its probably the most genuinely heart wrenching expression the show has animated. There's something about Krusty's bigger expressive range that makes him larger than life, at least in the early episodes.

[@hartshornguy]

Please do Moleman, The guy is one of the most tragic characters in the Simpsons. He doesn't appear much but when he does, it's absolute gold

[@CeemPlay]

gil gunderson is the real tragic character

[@goodiesguy]

For me, Moleman is basically the Simpsons answer to Little Jackie Wright on The Benny Hill Show. Always getting abused or having bad luck.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

And it was revealed he's in his 40's, he looks so aged because of his alcoholism. Poor Moleman. Although, apparently, he has his own fortress underground.

[@farmerwithashotgun8523]

+MetroidJunkie Moleman stole my wife😢

[@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514]

Hes got to do that. I love Moleman.

[@ElementalArcher]

"Hey, we should talk this to Krusty" - Homer "I keep telling you, off camera, he's a desperate unhappy man." - Marge The Sweetest Apu

[@michaeljoseph6077]

Send in the clowns, Those daffy laffy clowns, Send in those soulful and doleful, Shmaltz-by-the-bowlful clowns. Send in...the clowns!

[@i.m.evilhomer5084]

They're al-read-dy hereeeeeeeee.

[@razkable]

Season 4 was so good ...that's the best season finale ever

[@kittygaillot2286]

Sideshow Mel: I love you Krusty. Krusty: Quiet.

[@michaeljoseph6077]

Kitty Gaillot THANK YOU It only took people 2 months 😂

[@kittygaillot2286]

Michael DaveyYou’re welcome.

[@emmetth3726]

I don't know why but the idea of a Krusty Burger being open on an Oil Rig and Krusty realizing why it's a bad idea really sticks out to me

[@Rbills02]

Perhaps Krusty’s lawyer had him wear makeup in court to make him look more “normal” and appealing to the jury. Sprucing up a defendant’s appearance is a common practice in the courtroom.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I find it amazing that Homer and Krusty where once meant to be the same person and that at one point Dan Castenella was once supposed to play Krusty in a late-night chatshow and Krusty's Sophie was originally meant to be Homer's daughter

[@giovanniorellana2200]

Krusty is one of those characters who I'd probably hate, but I don't and I can't quite explain it.

[@keshiaanders6452]

Like Duckman and BoJack.

[@ringkunmori]

He's easy to sympathize. Burns is just evil and unrelatable, while Krusty, while successful and well off, has his own personal demons he fights.

[@TheRealJims]

Ended up going for Krusty the Clown for this one, as he is a somewhat under-served character on my channel. I went a little crazy on the research for this one (looking at over 60 episode appearances), so I am all Krusty'd out!

[@KryptonianBMW]

The dedication that you put into your videos is evident. You should be proud of your excellent work. Thank you for the hours of entertaimment and nerding out about the Simpsons. You're no Jerk-Ass-Jim.

[@s1s1sad]

Hey another great video man. I agree with Remy de Boer. Sideshow bob is always a delight to see.

[@Super_Mario128]

Krusty in my mind would be an ideal character to have either a live-action or animated spin-off sitcom from The Simpsons, possibly chronicling his early days in TV/stand up comedy.

[@razkable]

Krusty burns and Skinner 3 sorta villains I adore in this series

[@bigeasycov]

@Freekazoid He looks like Homer because originally he was going to be homers' secret alter-ego. The joke being that Bart and Lisa don't respect Homer, but they love and admire Krusty. Marge's hair is like that because she originally had rabbit ears underneath (I'm honestly not making that up!).

[@Elite_Teach]

Please do more of these! “I can pull a better show out of my - hey, hey”- Krusty

[@luckjes112]

Krusty is such a unique character. The sad clown is very overdone, but what makes Krusty lovable is that there's still enthusiasm there.

[@robbiewalker2831]

I guess people DO love a Bipolar Clown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33YiX94fphkl5Y

[@VNReader]

In Krusty Gets Busted we learn that Krusty's catchphrase is "I didn't do it". It's funny that later Bart accidentally steals this catchphrase and overshadows Krusty as a result.

[@TheRealJims]

Krusty is in no place to be bitter toward people stealing jokes! :p

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Oh, of course, the Clown! The only one of you bozos who *doesn't* make me laugh!

[@felixf_7]

In french it was translated as : Not my fault !, and Bart's catch phrase was the same (I didn't do it)

[@nickbocchiaro2674]

Bart actually was the first to come up with it in a Tracey ullman short where he has a nightmare about cookies.

[@tt-du6vc]

Bart was not a famous person at that time, lots of kids would say that watching Krusty’s show.

[@dharmallars]

The falklands joke is one of my favorites in the entire series for sure. It’s also interesting seeing that the writers clearly had bigger plans for him and possibly wanted to make him a main cast member. He works better as a recurring character though. I think that’s why of all the people the simpsons family have met and helped or harmed, he’s the only one I actually believe still doesn’t know or remember them. Of course the shows been on for thirty years and there’s only so many characters, they can’t develop a close friendship with everyone they meet or there’d be no new interactions to have. But to me, the idea of krusty not recognizing Bart after he saved his career five times, after his dad saved his life, etc, really fits with his character. And I think that makes him really versatile too. In most episodes krusty is so rich he has more money than he knows what to do with, and in some he’s one bad show away from having to sleep on the street. In some episodes he’s internationally famous, sometimes people in Springfield don’t even know who he is. And he’s the only character where I don’t feel like I’m suspending disbelief to accept that. Sure he’s famous to every kid in Springfield, but it’s easy to fall into and out of the spotlight with adults. And he’s a jerk, of course he only remembers people he’s met before when he needs their help. Of all the characters who are awful people I think his awfulness is most consistent. It’s simple, he’s not evil or crazy, just entirely self-centered.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

It could be Krusty's skin grew paler as the seasons passed from his heart condition getting worse.

[@joeblevins1061]

I'd like to see an episode about Abraham Simpson, specifically about the way he's been drastically retconned in recent seasons. Is it possible to piece together a coherent version of Abe's backstory, including his stints as a night watchman, professional wrestler, WW2 soldier, and (I think) jazz pianist? And was he a neglectful, unloving father to Homer, or did he make huge sacrifices for Homer (like in that episode about Homer's childhood dog)?

[@kylehyde215CA]

It's difficult to tell what parts of his stories are lies, glory days reminiscing, or stories that go nowhere like that time I used to wear an onion on my belt. Which was the style at the time. Back in those days, an onion cost a nickel. Nickels back then had bumblebees on them. "Give 5 bees for a quarter" they'd say. Where was I? Oh yeah! The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt. Which was the style at the time...

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Mona Simpson, one of Abe’s wives, wasn’t a good parent either, but at least she tried to do good things like being a feminist.

[@Foxy02016]

Joe Blevins it’s possible to piece it together if you sort out what makes sense for him, not ignoring retcons completely but instead deciding if the retcon makes sense

[@grkb]

a simpsons mysteries video about him was just made, it's half simpsons histories, and half simpsons mysteries.

[@mjames4709]

Worst character.....ever.

[@fyrewatermelons]

6:15 I am so with you on this. They hyped about how they were going to kill of a character for good and as soon as Krusty's Dad appeared on screen, I was like an anvil drop. You could see it coming from meters away.

[@wallacecrowmanproject9235]

I wish they did more with sideshow Mel. In the comics he's similar to bob, being an intellectual. But he has a sense of loyalty that Bob didn't. He even saved Bart from Bob once or twice .

[@jaywinner328]

I think that comes through in the show, especially in Who Shot Mr Burns.

[@kangthedestroyer5863]

Mel is under appreciated. Who wants a history on him?

[@horizonlabdusk4597]

@@kangthedestroyer5863 I do!

[@horizonlabdusk4597]

Mel is such an underrated character.

[@supadupa6891]

Loyalty.... Until he's drunk- "every one's always kissing your ass" 🤣🤣

[@masonsmith1386]

How about one on Waylon Smithers? For a minor character, they've touched on a lot of his history, from being bullied by Homer in Bye Bye Nerdie to his father's death in The Blunder Years to the flashback to his lavender marriage in Secrets to a Successful Marriage to how he explained to Mr. Burns that "[his] parents insisted" he try the burlesque house in Bart After Dark (presumably he had a stepfather in childhood) to his feeling rejected from trendy gay bars in Flaming Moe, mentioning he was discharged from the Navy after painting sailors in that Titanic pose in The Old Man and the C Student, and that's not even touching on his relationship with Mr. Burns.

[@HalloWitch93]

Two years later, he's finally posted one for Smithers. :) Check it out!

[@randomdudewholikemini14s85]

Heh he’s gay😅🤣😅🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂

[@leow3696]

If you go back and watch his very first appearance in the Tracey Ullman short, it’s interesting to hear Dan Castellaneta’s original voice for him. It’s sort of similar to the current one but it’s deeper and rougher. His voice in the very early seasons was less gravelly and almost childish.

[@TEKASHI-de1qt]

My dad always loved krusty. I had a, " the I didn't do it kid" dressing gown as a child with bart's spikes on the hood. I remember my dad laughing at krusty's antics and saying, "krusty is the perfect name for a washed up TV clown"

[@timfortune9]

Krusty's greatest moment will still forever his reaction to "Worker & Parasite": "What the Hell was that?!"

[@skanthavelu]

That scene was and still is hilarious! 😂😂😂

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I've always loved the multiple implications of that one: 1) he doesn't prescreen his cartoons before he puts them on 2) he uses the cartoons as a smoke break 3) the cartoon was so short he didn't get to finish his cigarette (or was too stunned to)

[@Super_Mario128]

"I said I wanted a danish" "but they're all gone" "they're not gone, your gone"

[@hasan_z]

Yoink!

[@skippiefritz]

@@hasan_z Yoink!?

[@Brytons_Thoughts]

*you're

[@jvgreendarmok]

I kind of assumed that the "discerning adult" audience in "Bart Gets Famous" were *a result* of Bart's success on the show, that it had given it a sudden surge of popularity beyond its main audience.

[@weirdoevil]

"My house is dirty buy me a clean one" Is it just me, or does Krusty seem like a character generally aimed towards older audience members as a laugh compared to someone like Nelson? Like some of the jokes about debauchery or all of the showbiz tropes he embodied went straight over my head as a kid.

[@TheRealJims]

That's a good point. I feel like I missed a lot of the context of Krusty related stuff when I was younger. I remember with the Gabbo episode, asking my parents, "What is an S.O.B.???" and they awkwardly looked at each other. Although that one is more Gabbo's fault.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

@dayzgone sob(

[@erik_gerhard]

“Sex Cauldron?? I thought that place closed down.” 😂

[@Trooth]

I think Krusty is one of the better-written side characters because none of his character developments ever feel like backpedals. Just using the previous video about Nelson as an example, I felt like the writers quickly wrote themselves into a corner with him, in that an utter one-note bully character isn't very flexible, so when they made Nelson more fleshed-out, it also felt like they were betraying his established nature. Krusty, from the beginning, has been a superficial children's entertainer with the off-camera personality of a sleazy hack. No part of his more fleshed-out backstory ever made me feel like the writers were trying to backpedal on any of Krusty's essential character traits.

[@sarafontanini7051]

My favourite krusty moment: *eats a krusty O to avoid getting a lawsuit, immediately keels over in agony* Sideshow Mel: But Krusty, that's a regular Krusty O! Krusty,in pain: It's poison.

[@escott1981]

One of my fave Simpsons episodes ever is Homie the Clown, when Homer goes to Krusty's clown college. I Love when everyone in his family has the Krusty make up and then Homer says "That's it, you all have held me back long enough! I'm going to clown college!!" and Bart says "Well, I don't think any of us expected him to say that." LOL! I still think of that moment and just laugh. Also the scene where Homer and Krusty do the tricycle trick for the mob is one of the best sequences in the whole series! Krusty is arguably the most important secondary character in the show!

[@SpookySkellyGurl]

"They drove a dump-truck full of money up to my house! I'm not made of stone!"

[@Exnem]

Krusty taking the kids to Tijuana is what humanized him I think lol. That episode sort of sums him up, gross negligence which could have easy made him into the character of "happy and nice on TV but always awful child hating off air" kind of beat, but then a sort of adorable come back when afforded to him.

[@Enkelados35]

An Edna Krabappel episode would be awesome

[@razkable]

Woodrow ...oh I gotta rewatch that one and coed confidential over again...with her passing away ...I have them on dvd

[@AvoytDesign]

"I'm seeing double! Four Krustys!" is absolutely one of my favorite lines tbh

[@coolbrotherf127]

If Krusty aged realistically, he'd be over 80 years old now.

[@cactuscoe9096]

I feel like it would have been worth exploring that (along with Sideshow Bob) he is a Republican, whenever there is a Republican Party meeting even as a joke Krusty is always there with the Texan, Mr Burns and Hibbert. I point it out because it's always been weird to me how often it comes up in various plots and episodes.

[@mechajay3358]

I feel Krusty is a commentary of the ups and downs of Hollywood. Sure there are other celebrities who also do that but he's the most prominent.

[@JanieBaby81]

"Wow, a real life clown hanky" "IT'S A TOWEL YOU YUTZ!!!"

[@GeriatricFan1963]

Please do Super Nintendo Chalmers!

[@thisaccounthasbeendeadsinc6418]

Yeah then we’ll be learnding even more about him

[@drengineer3]

@@thisaccounthasbeendeadsinc6418 I bent my wookie.

[@warreng675]

@@thisaccounthasbeendeadsinc6418 My cats name is Mittens

[@deadraven355]

Im in danger

[@Dillon69]

My cats breath smells like poop

[@mankytoes]

"L the losers in her wake, I the income she will make, T is for her tooth filled smile, T is for her tooth filled smile" I don't know why, but the repetition on that one always gets me

[@Wigmeister]

Fabulous work as always sir. Always on the lookout for your work. I think Krusty can be something of a microcosm of the show, except we're still waiting for the Simpson's somewhat redemption at the end. Also, as a washington DC area resident, I definitely remember when Krusty became a congressman.

[@TheRealJims]

As Pie Man, Homer did throw a pie at Krusty, citing a slight decline in quality...

[@michaeldavis1879]

I'd like to see you do a Simpsons Histories on Herbert Powell. Since he's the half-brother of the main character, I find it weird that the show doesn't use him more often.

[@retro6416]

I think you should do an episode about Willie the Groundskeeper, he's probably my favorite character on the Simpson's. So I hope next time that we can "MAKE WAY FOR WILLIE!"

[@angrytheclown801]

Grease me up woman!

[@lukaspersson5882]

I love these videos! I'd love to see one focusing on mr Burns, but if it has to be a secondary character, I'm voting for Jeremy Freedman, the squeaky-voiced teen

[@EmmaMobes42]

I think you should do Captain McCalister, the Sea Captain. He has really developed since that all-you-eat Restaurant owner that he started as in Season 4

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I've got two glass eyes.

[@drebone1986]

Krusty wears make-up to look yellow, I think once he revealed his problem the kids didn't care so now he wears his natural color like Michael Jackson when he was changing and attempted to remain dark skin until he couldn't hide it anymore, in fact I'm assuming the Simpsons writers did this because MJ did this, it's very possible cause they were fans too

[@jackhamilton9604]

“Oh yeah the clown, the only one of you buffoons that doesn’t make me laugh!” My thoughts on Krusty

[@WouldNotPokeThat]

"This ain't make up" isn't from the Mirkin era, it's from season 4, Homer's Triple Bypass. So that would be Jean/Reiss.

[@pallokko]

The backstory of Krusty's estranged Rabbi father is taken from The Jazz Singer, although the show plays loose with it. It's one of the classic cinema homages they did early on.

[@imkool51391]

Yes I love these new segments! Do Hans moleman next!

[@melissacooper4282]

My favorite Krusty episode was Krusty Gets Busted. There was a scene where everyone gathered for a bonfire of Krusty memorabilia. It was after Krusty got arrested for armed robbery. Well the bonfire scene reminded me of a real life incident where people had bonfires and burning Beatles records and memorabilia. It was because John Lennon once said that the Beatles were more popular then Jesus Christ. He later apologized but by then the damage was done.

[@mccarthy5825]

Yeah coz the Beatles annual revenue really suffered after that...Look it up. It was a godsend to them. They were propelled into even higher stardom. Many of those absolute idiots actually went and BOUGHT the albums to burn. They hit demographics they never could have before. Many people became fans BECAUSE of that ridiculous hysteria.

[@isaacdishongh2432]

Just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge how good this channel is. Highly under rated in my opinion. Good work on the videos. Keep em up!

[@TheRealJims]

Thanks!

[@byronp2311]

If you've ever noticed that Krusty looks a bit suspiciously like Homer, that was on purpose. Homer was originally supposed to BE Krusty, but they decided that this wouldn't play out very well.

[@azraelle6232]

Maude Flanders: "But we're not talking about love, we're talking about S-E-X in front of the C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N!" Krusty: "Sex Cauldron?! I thought they closed that place down!"

[@rattis]

An interesting thing about Krusty is that despite the floating timeline that the show generally employs, Krusty seems to be somewhat immune to it. The episode where his father dies, which of course aired in the 2010's, specifically mentions that Krusty has been on for 50 years, in other words since the 1960's. This means that Krusty himself is now undoubtebly in his 70's. Personally I approve of this angle despite the fact that it makes Krusty out to be a lot older than he looks, because to me Krusty just feels so much like a Baby Boomer generation entertainer. If the had been, say, 45 years old today than that would have mean he would have to be a Generation X'er born in the 1970's, and that somehow doesn't sit right with his specific type of showbiz personality. Of course the problem with Krusty being a 70-something year old is that this means that his father, at the time of his death, must have been at the very least close to 100... and STILL actively working as a rabi. That is perhapes a bit difficult to swallow.

[@icegiant1000]

Krusty being so fake about the happy clown personality when in reality he is jaded, greedy, and all about fame is what makes him hilarious.

[@adolfodef]

What about Groundskeeper Willie?

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

The Falklands Islands joke is possibly my favourite joke in the entire series.

[@michiganscythian2445]

Sideshow Raheem will always be the best sideshow host. I have a very weird sense of humor and I have used the “Falkland Islands” clip as an example of the weird type of humor that I love. Usually results in people staring at me blankly and saying, “I don’t get it.”

[@OG_McLovin]

This "Histories" series is the best thing I've found on youtube in months. Thank you.

[@jamesmartinez9468]

Just don't drop that thing in the shower Bob Really funny but man that went over my head when I first watched it

[@Platypus3691215]

You forget that in Large Marge where he guest starred in the 60s Batman Tv show as as the villain Clown Face.

[@MissAshley42]

Krusty's sigh/groan has been an indispensable part of my vocabulary for decades.

[@YouCallThataKnife253]

"Now it's time for my favorite part of the show... --What's that say? Talk to the audience?! Ugh, this is always death!"

[@internziko]

"It moved me.. TO A BIGGER HOUSE!! i said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet!"

[@RigletDad]

"Let's just say it moved me... INTO A BIGGER HOUSE!!!"

[@CatPianoClassics]

"Repetitiveness is part of his job! A part of his job! A part of his job!"

[@johnnymcauliffe1289]

The most original episodes involving Krusty were the one where he was framed by SideShow Bob, and the one where he reconciled with his father... the early seasons. Since then, they’ve more or less rehashed any episode focused on him.

[@andrewpelechaty7634]

I’ve love to see a Krusty episode based on the Billy Crystal movie “Mr Saturday Night”. It’s an older Krusty still cracking one-liners and trying to stay relevant in a Springfield that’s forgotten about him. An adult Bart - who still worships Krusty - becomes his manager and they have some success. But Krusty sabotages it somehow and his career is over. He accepts that he’s not relevant anymore and spends his twilight watching tapes of his golden years.

[@oleg1111]

My favorite Krusty gag is the deleted part of "Krusty Gets Kanceled" where he parodies Madonna's Sex book. Kills me every time.

[@maxordman4100]

I love how when Apu cheats on his wife, Homer’s first thought is to tell Krusty! This moment has always been weirdly hilarious to me. Then when they talk to him he actually takes it very seriously. Homer is sort of oblivious to Krusty’s true nature which is another fun weird joke to me!

[@kuppamato]

best krusty moment has to be him singing break on through in '73

[@_Tzer]

marge had rabbit ears under her hair in the arcade game and crust was originally planned to be homer

[@ricardobernal8897]

Ok ill bite on this one, goes without saying but your Simpson histories are amazingly good. Anyways, i would love to see Sideshow Bob, (sycho), or his brother nigel, patty and selma, or even rainier wolfcastle,

[@michaelmckinnon1591]

Psycho has a p that's silent.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

There's a donut shop in my hometown called Krusty's. The signage is done in a Simpson's-esque don't complete with a pink frosted donut covered in sprinkles.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

??

[@_captain_N]

did you notice how bart hates homer but he loves krusty and homer looks like krusty in clown makeup? believe it or not, the writers were going to originally have it where homer was going to be krusty the whole time but they dropped the idea, it probably wouldn't had made sense though since homer showed up in that short where krusty choked bart cause bart thought it wasn't really krusty.

[@KombatGod]

11:07 my take on Krusty's makeup situation is that his multiple heart attacks and bad health in general caused his skin to change color and match his makeup over time between season 1 and season 4.

[@TheDarthbinky]

To be fair, the Canyonero *is* awesome.

[@TheDarthbinky]

To be totally fair, the Canyonero really is pretty awesome.

[@deskish3930]

you know what pisses me off? the episode about his father's death was actually pretty good, they touched on their relationship(even if they retconned it from the rabbi disowning his son to just being disinterested in his hobbies). The part that pisses me off is that they had to hype it as "OmG A SiMpSOns CHarACtER DiES in THis epIsODe!!!!!"

[@Tahkyn]

They also teased it to be Homer but nobody seriously believed that.

[@deskish3930]

@@Tahkyn who would then be replaced by his cousin, Fit Homer

[@sovereignsoviet788]

You keep making me want to play ocarina of time you bastard

[@ronvlaarsvar6867]

Krusty in the short looks bloody scary!

[@luckjes112]

What makes Krusty so fun to watch, as you point out, is his enthusiasm. You remember that joke in Homie the Clown when he chases Homer with an electric hand-shaker? That wouldn't exist if they'd written him as an apathetic clown who only cares about money. Imagine an alternate universe where they write him as super uninterested and apathetic. He'd be so cliche and boring.

[@LosgehtsFCB]

These Simpsons histories are brilliant!

[@hangonsnoop]

Krusty is still spitting in every Krusty Burger.

[@NYRfan85]

I'm surprised you didn't go into the fact that the writers intended for Krusty to actually be Homer along, hence why they look alike. It was lampooned a bit in Homie the Clown (an excellent episode!). Great series by the way, just discovered these!

[@usjets08]

Krusty has always been great. Except the week when Ray Jay Johnson was his co host.

[@Babble-Blindly]

Give me a bigger lolly!

[@jek__]

7:32 This kind of behaviour where he really doesn't care much about old relationships but sometimes is really sentimental about them is pretty characteristic of a chronic alcoholic, I think it makes total sense for his character, i wouldnt really consider it a show change, more of a personal inconsistency

[@ZhangtheGreat]

Don't eat that Krusty Burger! He said he'd personally spit in every 50th one. I know you like those odds, but can you really swallow the juice?

[@Gigas0101]

I feel like Krusty's "This ain't make-up!" bit could be seen as something that crept up on him between his heart attack and that line, just as a way to justify him not having make-up in his first court appearance and it truly not being make-up after that. Though, I've not watched the first season in order in years I might be getting those events out of order...

[@emilyjades]

Sideshow Bob or Troy McClure perhaps?

[@JoelCarli]

Krusty's canon skin color changed, correct, but... ...remember Smithers?

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

Also Krusty's merchandising is a parody of 50s children shows, which had a lot of inshow adverts, such as the Bonabo Turkish taffy clown, whose gimmick was all prizes were Turkish taffy.

[@xandervampire195]

Krusty was actually originally going to be revealed to be Homer in disguise but they scrapped the idea really early on. I'm glad they didn't go that route because as good of an episode that would have lead to, it only really would have resulted in one really good episode. Having him be a seperate character gave the writers a lot more to work with and we ended up with lots of great Krusty episodes and segments instead.

[@emanatingf]

@Xander Vampire They've made enough mistakes & the Show is already too overcrowded. It's been a while since I've seen any Soul in the Show. Which is why I watched it from the beginning just to even remotely be able to understand what is going on in that Town.

[@jgr7487]

Sideshow Bob?

[@TheVideogameStorm]

As somewhat of a sequel to this I'd like to see the Sideshow brothers

[@Snakie747]

Hey Frosty, you want some snow, man? Gotta be my favorite Krusty moment. Gets me every time. "We discussed this and I said no..."

[@archangelum]

Top of the line in utility sports, Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! Canyonero...... Canyonero.... (Yah!)