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Synopsis

The episode's promotional image. Bart with Conan O'Brien.

Bart goes on a class field trip to the box factory. However on the tour of the box factory Bart gets bored and escapes from the class to go to the Channel 6 TV studio nearby where he wanders by a beach scene and Bumblebee Man. With his absence, Skinner calls Homer who arrives, thinking that Bart was killed in one of the box-making machines. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (512x768, 103 KB) Bart Gets Famous promo card http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (512x768, 103 KB) Bart Gets Famous promo card http://www. ... Bart and his sister Lisa as news anchors Bartholomew Jo-Jo Bart Simpson is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... An empty corrugated box An elaborate wooden box Boxes are highly variable receptacles. ... Bumblebee Man is a fictional character in the animated television show The Simpsons. ... Principal Seymour Skinner (born in Capital City, 1953, as Armen Tamzarian) is a fictional character on the animated sitcom The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. ...

Meanwhile, Bart meets up with Krusty who is angry that he doesn't have his Danish. Because of this, Bart steals a Danish from Kent Brockman and gives it to Krusty who becomes grateful and asks him to become his assistant (though he forgets all the other times Bart has helped him out, from saving his career to renewing Krusty's relations with his father). When Bart returns home, Homer is relieved that he doesn't have to tell Marge that Bart was killed in a box accident. Afterwards, Bart continues his work as Krusty's assistant, though soon he gets tired in that the cast members don't treat him well and he doesn't get credited for his work of helping the show. However, before Bart decides to quit Krusty offers him to say one line in a sketch. Bart messes up his lines and destroys all of the props on the stage and when the crowd's focus comes on him, he tries to get out of it, saying, "I didn't do it", which causes the audience to laugh and applaud. Seeing this, Krusty immediately uses Bart and his "I didn't do it" catch phrase in later sketches and eventually creates a franchise out of Bart such as a line of "I didn't do it" shirts and a music record. Congressman Herschel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski (Hebrew: הרשל שמויקל פינקוס ירוחם קרסטופסקי, born c. ... Kent Brockman is a recurring fictional character from The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. ...

As Bart continues with his "I didn't do it" catch phrase, he begins to fear that the fad will eventually wear off so he tries to act intelligent (as during his interview on Conan O'Brien's show). Even so, eventually Bart's catch phrase loses its humor and Bart loses his fame. Conan Christopher OBrien (born April 18, 1963)[2] is an Emmy-winning American television personality best known as host of NBCs late-night talk/variety show Late Night with Conan OBrien. ...

Trivia

• The song that Bart whistles and Marge finds annoying is actually the Simpsons theme.
• Krusty used the catchphrase "I didn't do it" at least twice in the first season episode "Krusty Gets Busted".
• This episode was shown on the UK's Channel 4 shortly after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. As a result, the references to a tidal wave from Kent Brockman and Bumblebee man were cut out. As of January 2007, these lines are still omitted from airings of this episode. Because of this, Bumblebee Man is seen to take the news script off Kent Brockman, then fall straight over without saying anything.
• A similar situation in real life has occured when a Mexican kid named Edgar became an internet meme just for falling into a river as he curses at it. The fall was captured in video and posted at youtube under the title Edgar's fall. The funny results of the fall and the previous cursing made Edgar a celebrity to the point of being invited to several TV shows and appearing in a couple of commercials.

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Cultural references

• Krusty with a candlestick in the conservatory is a reference to the board game "Cluedo" (Clue in the United States).
• Krusty's line "Hey kid!" is a parody of "Mean" Joe Greene's line from the Coke television commercial, which was recently voted the best commercial in Super Bowl history.
• Bart raps to Rick James' "Superfreak"/MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This".
• Bart's album cover looks similar to the Kris Kross rap duo.
• Homer compares Bart to another child star, the character Steve Urkel, who became a popular series regular after a single guest appearance in the sitcom Family Matters.
• In the beginning of the episode, Bart hums the Simpsons theme, then Marge tells him to stop whistling that annoying tune. This is a reference to TV Guide saying the Simpsons theme was one of the most annoying themes ever.
• Bart does Late Night with Conan O'Brien after he becomes famous. Conan was part of the writing staff before he got his talk show, was written into the show just before he got the job because it wasn't 100% if Conan would get the Late Night spot or not.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. Harper Collins Publishers, p. 133. ISBN 0-00063-8898-1. 

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