"Alright, so there can only be one Krusty in each territory, so I hope this works out. Tell me where you’re from." – Krusty the Klown "Georgia." – Southern Hick "Texas." – Exaggerated Texan #1 "Uh . . . Brooklyn." – Exaggerated Texan #2 "Russia." – Fur Hatted Russian "New Hampshire." – Stuffy Yankee "Homer!" – Homer Simpson Krusty the Klown is a great symbol of so much that is wrong with the entertainment industry. He long ago shed any last vestige of dignity, then stopped caring about the quality of his show or his merchandise shortly thereafter. He doesn’t…
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Behind Us Forever: Yellow Subterfuge
“I never thought I’d win this easy.” – Bart Simpson “This has nothing to do with you, Simpson. I have many, many issues with my beloved smother-, mother.” – Principal Skinner The B-plot in this episode was a forced rehash of “Homie the Clown”. The A-plot was, almost impressively, even dumber, with Skinner pulling a giant combat knife out of his mother’s back and not noticing that she wasn’t actually dead before trusting himself to Homer and Bart(!). Before we got to that, however, we had plenty of Bart acting wildly out of character, more exposition than you can throw…
Sunday Preview: Yellow Subterfuge
Principal Skinner promises the students that the best-behaved among them can take a ride in a submarine. When Skinner gives all the kids a clean slate, Bart believes even his own past indiscretions will be forgotten if he doesn’t get into any more trouble. Meanwhile Lisa tries to help a cash-poor Krusty to turn things around by suggesting he sell the foreign rights to his shows. Bart will try to behave for a reward, and Lisa will help Krusty out of the poor house again. Neither of these plot lines are remotely new, but at least this time there may…