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Encyclopedia > Sideshow Mel

The Simpsons character
Sideshow Mel
Melvin van Horne (Sideshow Mel)
Age Unknown
Gender Male
Hair Color Blue
Job Assistant to Krusty
Relatives Sister: Unnamed
Wife: Barbara
First appearance Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
Voice actor Dan Castellaneta

Sideshow Mel, full name Melvin van Horne (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), is a minor character on the animated TV show The Simpsons. Sideshow Mel has served as Krusty the Klown's sidekick for more than a decade, replacing Sideshow Bob after Bob was incarcerated from framing Krusty for robbery. He is often seen in the mobs of people throughout greater Springfield. His role seems to be that of summing up the group's sentiments in a line. Simpsons redirects here. ... Download high resolution version (375x820, 74 KB)Sideshow Mel This work is copyrighted. ... Herschel Shmoikel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski (1930s – ), more commonly known as Krusty the Clown, aka K the C, is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons (His name was originally Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski, but it has changed since the episode Today I Am a Clown. The spelling of the first... Itchy & Scratchy & Marge is the ninth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American actor best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the animated series The Simpsons. ... Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American actor best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the animated series The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Krusty the Clown, or Herschel Schmoikel Krustofski (full name: Herschel Pinkes Remochel Krustofski), is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a fictional character on The Simpsons. ...


Mel's hiring was never explicitly shown in the series. He first appeared shortly after Sideshow Bob was sent to prison, filling the exact role that Bob once did. The gag seems to be that Krusty unceremoniously replaced Bob with someone even stranger-looking than he was.


Little is known about Mel. He is a Cornell University graduate and an atheist (though he is occasionally seen at the Presbylutheran church). He may be named for Roy Horn, half of the famous Las Vegas lounge act Siegfried and Roy. Cornell redirects here. ... The 18th-century French author Baron dHolbach was one of the first self-described atheists; he did not believe in the existence of any deities. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... Siegfried & Roy are longtime Las Vegas headliners whose longrunning illusion and magic act closed October 3, 2003 after “Roy” was mauled by one of the acts performing white tigers during a performance. ...


Sideshow Mel uses a slide whistle to communicate on camera. When not in character, Mel speaks in a grandiose British/Shakespearean accent (Castellaneta's play on Kelsey Grammer's character, Sideshow Bob) and owns poodles. His main accomplishment so far has been successfully removing Waylon Smithers from suspicion of having shot Mr. Burns. Off-screen, Mel is generally very eloquent, poetic and intelligent, with a beautiful singing voice-it is implied that, as with Sideshow Bob before him, his true talents are wasted on Krusty's show. A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee whistle, piston flute or less commonly jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorders and a tube with a piston in it. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955, Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands) is an Emmy-winning American actor best known for his 20-year portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms Cheers and Frasier. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a fictional character on The Simpsons. ... Waylon Smithers, Jr. ... Who Shot Mr. ... Mr. ...


Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed: in "22 Short Films About Springfield" he warned Lisa Simpson not to use a bone to try and get gum out of her hair, as he did and it became permanently stuck there. However, in another episode, he removed and used it as a weapon during a duel. In "Skinner's Sense of Snow", he indicated that he could feel meteorological conditions in the bone, such as incoming storms. 22 Short Films About Springfield is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons seventh season, airing on April 22, 1996. ... It has been suggested that Lisas sax solo gags on The Simpsons be merged into this article or section. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Skinners Sense of Snow is an episode from season twelve of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ...


Bart Simpson has found out that Mel is lactose-intolerant. Krusty once poured liquid nitrogen down Mel's pants and cracked his buttocks with a hammer. Bartholomew Bart Jo Jo Simpson is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... Lactose intolerance is the name given to the condition (found in the majority of humans) in which lactase, an enzyme needed for proper metabolization of lactose, is not produced in adulthood. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nitrogen, N, 7 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 15, 2, p Appearance colorless Atomic mass 14. ... Female human buttocks The buttocks (anatomical nates, clunium, gluteus, regio glutealis) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds. ...


He may be married to or living with a woman named Barbara, who may or may not be Krusty's sister (as referenced in Colonel Homer) with whom he wished to purchase a house from Marge Simpson in the episode "Realty Bites." In the episode "I'm With Cupid" he complains that Barbara will no longer pleasure him with the French Arts. Bart the Murderer is an episode of the The Simpsons third season Episode details Production Number: 8F19 Original Air Date: March 26, 1992 Writer: Matt Groening Director: Mark Kirkland Blackboard: I will not conduct my own fire drills Couch Gag: The cushions are missing Synopsis Homer and Marge go see... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier, age 34 or so), is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... Realty Bites is the ninth episode of the ninth season of The Simpsons. ... Im With Cupid is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. ...


After Krusty's show was cancelled following the rise of Gabbo, Mel worked at a taco stand where he initially refused Krusty's pleas to return to his show.


He was the jury foreman for the Mona Simpson trial in My Mother the Carjacker. The jury was sequestered at a Quality Inn which "more than lived up to its name." For jury meaning makeshift, see jury rig. ... Foreman is the surname of: Dave Foreman Gordy Foreman Deborah Foreman Kevin Foreman George Foreman - a boxer Carl Foreman Freeda Foreman Tim Foreman Richard Foreman David Foreman Jon Foreman Susan Foreman Joseph Foreman Jack Foreman Mantle it may refer also to: Foreman, Arkansas Foreman of Signals George Foreman Grill Stanley... This article is about a character from the Simpsons. ... My Mother the Carjacker is the second episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. ... Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) is a hospitality holding corporation which owns several hotel brands and is based in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. ...


Quotes

  • "I love you, Krusty!"
  • "Don't try to get gum out with a bone. It only makes things worse."
  • "That hideous man is a hero."
  • "Let us end this mindless violence, and join our hands in song."
  • "Everyone flare your nostrils in olfactory anticipation."
  • "Long live the hero cat of Springfield!"
  • "He's gone from predator to partier."
  • (on Mr. Burns' commercialization of the First Church of Springfield) "He restored it from nave to narthex!"
  • "I've learned my lesson, Krusty. Never again will I look directly at a solar eclipse."
  • "Another tragedy averted by gun violence."
  • "I agree with the hideous crone."
  • "Look! It's Internet buffoon Angry Dad!"
  • "A storm is coming! I can feel it in my bone!"
  • "This place is the height of tedium."
  • "Our children aren't safe with that monster."
  • "My father was a monster, too."
  • "I'll see to it that Mr. Burns suffers the infernal machinations of hell's grim tyrant!"
  • "Please, Krusty. This is very demeaning!"
  • "My opinions are as valid as the next man's!"
  • "Apparently that disturbing odour was the food."
  • "Dear Lord, look at that blimp! He's hanging from a balloon!"
  • "And, as a grim finale, she plans to drown that poor, caged baby!"
  • "My Barbara will no longer pleasure me with the French arts!"
  • "No, Krusty. You've always treated me rather shabbily. On our last show, you poured liquid nitrogen down my pants and cracked my buttocks with a hammer. Mr. Johansen treats me with dignity."
  • "That robot has given birth to a man!"
  • "My tires have been severely damaged! The prophecy has been fulfilled."
  • "He's kicking it old school!"
  • "Come stand next to the bathroom door. I want to yell at you some more!"
  • "Surely you know I'm lactose-intolerant!"
  • "With these lactose pills, I can drink this milkshake. (Sips it) Terrible!
  • "Oh, Krusty, you can be so cruel when you're sober."
  • "Oh, shut up. You're wasting valuable smashing time."
  • "Not the sky! That's where clouds are born!"
  • "It burns Krusty! It burns!"
  • "I have a recurring dream in which I'm falling!"
  • (in response to seeing an HDTV) "I have never seen a picture, so highly DEFINED!"
  • (after having his hair lit by accident, by the rescuers who came to save him) "I don't know which pains me more - Is it the flames or is it the irony"
  • Mel: "I say bing cherries are the most delicious!"
    Captain McAllister: "Yar, I say 'tis maraschino!"
    Mel: "Maraschino isn't even a kind of cherry! It's a way of preserving them!"
Preceded by
Sideshow Bob		 Sideshow of Krusty the Clown
1990 – ?		 Succeeded by
Sideshow Marge
Preceded by
Sideshow Marge		 Sideshow of Krusty the Clown
? - 2010		 Succeeded by
Sideshow Ralph
The Simpsons characters
The Simpsons and relatives
Homer Simpson • Marge Simpson • Bart Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Maggie Simpson • Santa's Little Helper • Snowball II • Abraham Simpson • Patty and Selma Bouvier • Jacqueline Bouvier • Mona Simpson • Herb Powell Simpson
Around Springfield
Jasper Beardley • Comic Book Guy • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Professor Frink • Gil • Barney Gumble • Dr. Julius Hibbert • Lionel Hutz • Rabbi Krustofski • Helen Lovejoy • Reverend Timothy Lovejoy • Captain Horatio McCallister • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Mayor Joe Quimby • Dr. Nick Riviera • Agnes Skinner • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky Voiced Teen • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Chief Clancy Wiggum
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Aristotle Amadopolis • Montgomery Burns • Carl Carlson • Frank Grimes • Lenny Leonard • Waylon Smithers
Springfield Elementary School faculty and students
Students • Staff • Superintendent Chalmers • Dolph • Lunchlady Doris • Rod and Todd Flanders • Jimbo Jones • Kearney • Edna Krabappel • Otto Mann • Nelson Muntz • Martin Prince • Seymour Skinner • Milhouse Van Houten • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie
Media personalities Villains
Itchy and Scratchy • Birch Barlow • Kent Brockman • Krusty the Clown • Troy McClure • Roger Meyers Jr & Sr • Radioactive Man • Sideshow Mel • Lucius Sweet • Rainier Wolfcastle Snake • Kang & Kodos • Constance Harm • Sideshow Bob • Springfield Mafia • Hank Scorpio • Fat Tony
Miscellaneous Families
Recurring characters • Fictional characters • One-time characters • Animals • Guest stars The Simpsons • The Flanders • The Van Houtens • The Wiggums • The Bouviers

  Results from FactBites:
 
Sideshow Mel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (661 words)
Sideshow Mel, full name Melvin van Horne (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), is a minor character on the animated TV show The Simpsons.
Sideshow Mel has served as Krusty the Klown's sidekick for more than a decade, replacing Sideshow Bob after Bob was incarcerated from framing Krusty for robbery.
Mel perpetually wears a bone in his hair which may or may not be permanently affixed: in "22 Short Films About Springfield" he warned Lisa Simpson not to use a bone to try and get gum out of her hair, as he did and it became permanently stuck there.
Sideshow Bob: Information from Answers.com (3487 words)
Sideshow Bob declares that he has been reformed by Selma's love, and eventually proposes to and marries her (all to the objection of Bart, who still believes Sideshow Bob is pure evil).
Sideshow Bob then takes Bart as a hostage and goes off on a kamikaze mission aboard the Wright Brothers' plane to kill Krusty, but is foiled by the frailty of the Wright flyer.
Sideshow Bob and Krusty finally resolve their differences, but Sideshow Bob is still scheduled to be decapitated for his crimes by Chief Wiggum (although the show cuts to the credits before we see the impact).
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