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The Simpsons episode
"Krusty Gets Busted"
Sideshow Bob dressed as Krusty robs the Kwik-E-Mart ("Hand Over All Your Money in a Paper Bag")
Episode no.	12
Prod. code	7G12
Orig. airdate	April 29, 1990
Show runner(s)	James L. Brooks Matt Groening Sam Simon
Written by	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
Directed by	Brad Bird
Chalkboard	"They are laughing at me, not with me"
Couch gag	Maggie pops out of the couch, and lands in Marge's arms
Guest star(s)	Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
DVD commentary	Matt Groening Brad Bird Jay Kogen Wallace Wolodarsky
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"Krusty Gets Busted" is the 12th episode of the first season of The Simpsons. The episode originally aired April 29, 1990. This episode marks the first full-fledged appearances of Krusty the Clown, Itchy & Scratchy and also the first speaking appearance of Sideshow Bob which therefore is the first guest appearance of Kelsey Grammer. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a three-time Academy Award, nineteen-time Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American producer, writer, and film director. ... Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist (Life in Hell) and the Emmy Award-winning creator of the animated series, The Simpsons and Futurama. ... 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Plot

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As Bart and Lisa watch The Krusty The Clown Show, Marge phones Homer to stop at the Kwik-E-Mart on his way home from work. While in the Kwik-E-Mart, a masked clown, resembling Krusty, points a gun at Apu and robs the store. Police question Homer and a Police sketch artist creates an image that looks exactly like Krusty. Chief Wiggum and the a SWAT team barge into Krusty's home and take him into custody. Image File history File links Krusty_Gets_Busted. ... Image File history File links Krusty_Gets_Busted. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ... Sketches of a lion 1980 pen and china ink on paper by Frans Koppelaar A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. ... In the television series, The Simpsons, the Wiggum family consist of Clancy (father and police officer), Sarah (mother), and Ralph (child). ...

Krusty's trial begins and Bart tries to stop Homer from taking the stand, but the bailiff takes Bart back to his seat. Homer takes the stand and immediately indicates that Krusty was the clown he saw. Later, Krusty – testifying in his own defense – admits during cross-examination that he is illiterate when he is unable to identify an exhibit in the courtroom. Krusty is found guilty and sentenced to prison. The Krusty The Clown Show is replaced with Sideshow Bob's Cavalcade of Whimsy, a critically-acclaimed educational program.

Bart and Lisa set out to prove Krusty's innocence. Judging from the fact Krusty is illiterate and has a pacemaker (hence he could not be near Apu's microwave), Bart guesses that his hero was framed and Sideshow Bob would know who did it. The next day, Bart, Lisa and Maggie meet Sideshow Bob at the studio to ask him for input. A suspicious Bob dismisses their investigations and gives them tickets to his show. On the air, Bob spots an "unhappy child" – Bart – in the audience, and invites him onstage to talk about what's the matter. Bart states his findings, but Bob provides plausible explanations for each claim. Then, Bob admits that he "has big shoes to fill." That statement echoes through Bart's mind, as he realizes the final link to the mystery: Homer stepped on the tip of the robber's oversized floppy shoes, causing the suspect to cry out in pain; yet, Krusty had small feet like everyone else. Being an underappreciated TV sidekick, Bob would have the most to gain from Krusty's downfall. Literacy is the ability to use text to communicate across space and time. ... The term pacemaker has multiple meanings: In sports, a pacemaker or pacer is a competitor who enters an athletics race with little or no intention of winning, but purely to set a fast pace for other competitors to follow. ...

Seeing his chance, Bart grabs the microphone and reveals Bob as the imposter who committed the robbery. To prove his point, Bart grabs a croquet mallet and smashes the end of Bob's shoe, causing him to scream in pain. Bart pulls off Bob's shoes to reveal very large feet. Exposed, Bob admits that he framed Krusty out of frustration being constantly on the receiving end of the clown's humiliating (and often painful) gags. He is taken off to jail, swearing revenge on Bart (which he will attempt to carry out in many of his subsequent appearances), and the charges are dropped against Krusty, who receives apologies from Wiggum and Homer. Grateful to be free, Krusty thanks Bart for standing up for the truth and sticking to his convictions. As a result, Bart has a sleepful night, full of Krusty merchandise.

Debut Appearances

Characters making a first appearance in this episode are:

• Kent Brockman
• Scott Christian
• Judge Roy Snyder

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Continuity Errors

This episode had numerous parts that seemed to be contradictory to other episodes, as is often the case with the earlier Simpsons episodes:

The first is when the Springfield TV News asks if Krusty is busted, they show a picture of Krusty in makeup and a picture of him without makeup, which is contradicted in the later episode, "Homer's Triple Bypass", where Krusty explains that he is pale because of a heart condition. Homers Triple Bypass is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons fourth season, which originally aired on December 17, 1992. ...

Another error is with the TV channels as in this episode says that Krusty is on a different channel from Kent Brockman, but this is contradicted in later episodes, many times.

Cultural references

• Rev. Lovejoy calls Krusty The Clown Prince Of Corruption, a reference to The Joker, Batman's arch-nemesis, often called "The Clown Prince of Crime."
• Black Sox Scandal – The famous line, "Say it ain't so, Joe!" is mimicked when Bart utters, "Say it ain't so, Krusty!"
• The Day the Music Died – The Channel 5 pre-trial report, "The Day the Laughter Died", is a play on the common phrase, referring to the plane crash that killed rock stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. It was also used as a title for a future episode
• Hamlet – Bart's observation, "Comedy, thy name is Krusty!" is a play on the Hamlet line, "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
• Time and Newsweek - Krusty is shown on the cover of Timely and Newsweekly magazines.
• The Man In the Iron Mask - Sideshow Bob reads the end of the chapter "An Homeric Song", and announces, "Next week, chapter 35 of The Man in the Iron Mask: 'The Death of a Titan.'"
• Cole Porter - Bob sings "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" to end his show.

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