“Hi, kids. Today’s show is gonna be the funniest, side-splittinest, cavalcade of . . . ah, the hell with it. Roll the cartoon.” – Krusty the Klown There are a lot of big, flashing similarities between “Like Father, Like Clown” and “Clown in the Dumps”, most prominently that both are about Krusty and his father, and, even moreso, about Krusty missing his father. But there are also a lot of small, individual scenes and jokes that are very similar. So let’s consider one of the former and then one of the latter. For our overarching theme, just look at how…
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Behind Us Forever: Clown in the Dumps
“My first day of college. I wish my father was alive to see this.” – Homer Simpson “Hey!” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “How long have you been back there?” – Homer Simpson “Three days.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson (Sorry for not getting this up yesterday. The day got away from me.) Season 26 picked up right where season 25 left off: a time eating guest couch gag, many needlessly self voiced celebrities, characters explaining how they feel and what they’re doing, and plenty of other boring nonsense. The A-plot was about Krusty being sad and involved the much hyped character…
Sunday Preview: Clown in the Dumps
A Springfield resident dies. Also, Krusty retires after he’s offended by a comedy cable channel roast of him, and Lisa tries to protect Homer from getting hurt. Welcome everyone to season 26. We are going to kick off with the much talked about ‘death of a recurring character who is voiced by an actor who won an Emmy for the character but it’s not anyone important blah blah blah’ episode for which we have all been waiting. Also some other things are going to happen. I can’t decide what thing I care less about, but that’s because they are all equally meaningless…