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Talking Simpsons - Krusty Gets Busted (Revisited) With KC Green (Patreon)

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2020-05-06 04:00:00
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2020-05-13 03:20:34
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2026-06
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 Professional cartoonist KC Green (check out his newest book, He Is A Good Boy!) returns once more for the best episode of season one, Krusty Gets Busted! It's the first Sideshow Bob-focused episode, the first one directed by Brad Bird, and the best script/animation combo of the whole run. Plus KC drops on us some cartoon history of a proto-Itchy & Scratchy. Listen and enjoy (and if you don't enjoy it, don't blame me! I didn't do it)! 

(And check out KC's awesome thread of Krusty-inspired art!)

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Cody C.

Great episode. Can confirm half of my Jewish family only learned Hebrew phonetically, and used Yiddish even more intermittently. Such is the plight of California non-religious Jews. I’d have to agree this is the best episode of the first season, and other than Roasting over an Open Fire, really the only episode that feels likes it belongs with everything else rather than a building block. I think we’re all grateful on the tone that has won out.

Boomer Spacely

I still dirty Seth Rogen laugh when Krusty clocks sideshow Bob. Also I don't mean to well actually you but Justice Kennedy, who indeed was a swing justice, integral for Oberfelge (gay marriage case). However he, for lack of a better adverb, fuckishly retired at age 70 in 2018. Compadre this to the other modern era retirement of a supreme Court Justice, Stevens didnt step down until he was 90. Anyhoo, Kennedy leaving set the table for the appointment of that lovable rapscallion Brett Kavanaugh. However, borks failed appointment was in 1985, and his would be seat went to Scalia, who was anything but a swing judge. But hey, mumbly joe voted for him! Kennedy got his seat in 1988. Huh. A centrist bring appointed in an election year. What a concept.

Frank Grimes

What I always wondered it how Sideshow bob was able to disguise himself as Krusty. Was that a Krusty mask? Their facial structures aren't a like at all, and that hair! How was he able to hide it? Minus hair, I think Bob's taller than Krusty as well. Regardless of all that though, probably my favorite ep of S1, and helped establish one of the few on going villains of the series...even if the later plots w/ Bob get too ridiculous.

crystalhearts

Oh man, KC is a great guest. I've been looking forward to this since his Krusty thread.

mavrick

"you missed the whole SLIDEshow, Homer" - and he missed that it was SIDEshow the whole time too. maybe im reaching but cmon, sideshow/slideshow...theres a joke there somewhere!

Joe Hodgson

Every time I watch this episode and it gets to the part where Homer is describing Krusty to the sketch artist as having red hair, I expect a joke to come of the artist revealing his image is Bozo the Clown. It doesn't sound like any such joke was ever planned based on all of the available material we have on this episode, but it did always bug me that the artist knows Homer is describing Krusty even though he messed up a pretty key detail like the color of the clown's hair. My take on the retcon of Krusty's flesh in 2018 is not so much the writers not knowing continuity, they just know the people who would care about that aren't watching or just hate-watch the show at this point. They no longer write the show for people who enjoyed it in the 90s because those fans are the ones who will tell you the show sucks now and has for 20 years. And I wouldn't dismiss the possibility that some writers on the show enjoy getting a rise out of that fanbase.

DeeGeez

As to the question of whether Krusty’s accidental pleading of guilty would be admissible at trial - no. First, the accused enters a plea at arraignment in real life, not at trial as depicted here, and that evidence is not submitted to the jury because a plea does not pass the test for admissibility, whether or not it has any tendency to prove an accused’s guilt. Similarly, if Krusty did accidentally say at trial he was guilty, that too would not be admissible because it was clearly a mistake and has no tendency to prove or disprove his guilt. And even if it was relevant to the case, for example if Krusty was accused of perjury or forgery and his history of lying about his guilt might show he’s a frequent liar who likely committed the crime, it would likely be so prejudicial to outweigh the minimal probative value it had and thus inadmissible. So, in short, no, it would not be admissible I am a lawyer in my day job. Rules 401 and 403 of evidence are the relevant ones here.

Lockerus

As a person with size 14 feet, I can say that I’m a neutral kind of evil, in that I don’t wish you any specific harm.

Alex Irish

I checked: the original podcast episode about Krusty Gets Busted was a meager 33 minutes long(!) That’s not nearly enough time to do it justice like this sizable upgrade of two and a half hours does

Mike Mariano

The line "Big shoes to fill..." echoing in Bart's head is used in the exact same manner in Black Widower when Bart hears the name "MacGyver"—constant repetition is the key to Bart solving these mysteries! On commentaries the writers seem to dislike having to come up with a mystery for Sideshow Bob episodes, maybe because they have to play these revelations straight instead of a dental plan-style gag.

Taskbaarchitect

This Season One revisitation has left an (entirely fictional) line of dialogue wedged in my brain. I hear it roughly once per day on average: Homer: "Two. Whenever Bart is not on-screen, Marge should be asking 'Mmm, where's that Bart?'" Please help me.

Jo Quigley

I find the claim of The Incredibles being Randian kind of weird to me when it's literally the exact opposite. It's a story about an ubermensch who seems to be dragged down by his family and shitty job, but the end is him admitting that he needs his family. His whole arc is realizing that other people don't weaken him, they empower him. There is the whole line about "When everybody's special, nobody will be..." But that's said by the bad guy. I take Bird at his, sigh, word because the movie seems to be about a guy who believes in rugged individualism only to realize the importance of family. But there is nuance because it does acknowledge evils like conformity that can make Rand's philosophy appealing to some because like all dangerous ideologies it's a false answer to real problems.

Robert Flaxman

Sports Knower™️ checking in just to note that the basketball star in Uncut Gems is Kevin Garnett, rather than Kevin Durant. Garnett is retired and thus was available - apparently it was supposed to be the still active player Joel Embiid, but he was unavailable at the time of filming due to the 2018-19 season starting.

Kat Heagberg

I'm just a few years younger than Henry and Bob but definitely have TV clown memories. I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about 3 hours from Chicago, so I had access to the WGN Bozo, but we also had our own local Bozo. His name was somehow Dick Richards and in addition to being Bozo he also emceed all of my dance recitals. My neighbor got to go on the show for his birthday one year and even got to play a game on TV, and I was super jealous. My mom said that tickets were so hard to get that parents had to reserve them before their kids were born, but I think actually she just really hated clowns and didn't want to sit through a show with me. I also definitely remember having some Bozo merch -- one of those big inflatable clowns that you bop like a punching bag and maybe a coloring book or two. And then there was the Bozo's Buckets game at Chuck E. Cheese. Anyone else remember that? SUCH an easy way to get tickets. Anyway, what I'm trying to say with this longer-than-necessary comment is that the Krusty the Clown show always just seemed like a normal, regular thing to me growing up, and the fact that our own local Bozo was a local fixture in non-clown-related entertainment made the whole "Krusty as celebrity" thing completely plausible to me.

To Boldly Joe... Moore

Great episode, guys. I think it's fair to say Krusty Gets Busted is pretty much a home run in everything it sets out to do. It's not just a classic in the "old" sense, but one that really holds up, even now. Regarding the reveal of Bob as the villain, I don't feel the show was really set up as a murder mystery style "whodunit" (with multiple suspects to keep the viewer guessing), so I think showing that Bob framed Krusty when they did was definitely the right way to go. It sets up a challenge for Bart and Lisa to catch Bob and clear Krusty's name. You still get a surprise reveal at the end of Act 2 which is followed up with a Columbo-esque "how are the kids going to catch him?" scenario that nicely changes up the dynamics, leading to a showdown that the audience is interested in seeing. Plus, once we know it's Bob, we get to enjoy more time with him doing his show, without worrying that this extra character spotlight will give away his reveal as the "gillty" party. However they managed to put this together, I can't help but admire how well it just "works". Definitely one of my early favourites. ^_^ Keep up the awesome work!

littleterr0r

The way I interpreted the "premium ice cream" part is that The Simpsons don't have a lot of money so premium ice cream is quite a splurge for them.

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

This is hands-down the best episode of the season and the one I've been the most excited to revisit since this trip back to season 1 was first discussed. And it did not disappoint! You guys were totally right, it's crazy how little of the episode that Kelsey Grammer is actually in vs the presence he gives and what you think of with this episode, in a sort of Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs way. Even though it's not expressly supposed to be a joke, the echoing "BIG SHOES TO FILL" bit is great and easily one of my favourites of the whole season. Next week's episode will be fascinating I'm sure, but this is the peak of Simpsons season 1.

Grant Baxter

When you guys were wondering how Bob was able to perfectly imitate Krusty's voice, that actually comes back as a plot point in Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming where Bob learns and imitates the general's voice and speech patterns perfectly to get into the restricted area. Maybe that was another instance of Bill and Josh paying homage to early Simpsons continuity.

Thad Komorowski

The tearful Krusty scene in "Like Father, Like Clown" was indeed Brad Bird's animation. Another great Silverman-heavy scene is Krusty's preamble and reaction to Worker and Parasite. As I wrote in an earlier comment, I'll be bolder than KC and say Groening totally cribbed Squeak the Mouse. Of COURSE he saw it. He probably is reluctant to name it as a source because of the pornographic nature, but c'mon, it's got the mouse taking a chainsaw through the cat's scalp drawn in a '30s-ish style on the cover. That's Itchy & Scratchy right there. Of course Groening swiped from it.

Stephen C. Nedell

I'm a few years older than Bob and Henry and I moved a few times growing up, so I was exposed to several children's hosts in different media markets, only one of which was a clown. Philadelphia had Captain Noah, a christian guy who looked like a taller, less vargranty Sea Captain, but without the gravelly voice. Louisville KY had Presto the Magic Clown. He didn't look like Bozo but followed a similar model. Rochester NY had Ranger Bob a cowboy type who lived in Gooberville. The actor for Ranger Bob apparently had some connections in the underground music scene of the early 1980s too if I remember correctly (citation needed of course, that claim is based on 35 year old school yard memories) I do specifically remember Ranger Bob and his cast doing a very surreal bit where they pretended to play and sing "Stairway to Gillian's Isle" by Little Roger and the Goosebumps, blue screened over Gilligan's Island footage. When my family finally ended up in Syracuse NY in 1985, there was no independent station but the local NBC affiliate WSTM had the STM Club with Scooby Doo. No gimmicky host but they sometimes had kids on bleachers on stage. A friend of mine and her Brownie troop were on once.