Bart the Fink

Season 7, Episode 15, Aired
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The Simpsons each inherit $100 after a recent death in the family. Bart and Lisa use their new fortune to open a bank account. With checkbook in hand, Bart has the idea of writing Krusty a check, so that when Krusty endorses the check, Bart will then have his autograph. Once the check is endorsed by Krusty's offshore holding corporation, it is discovered that Krusty is guilty of massive tax evasion. Devastated because his career is ruined, Krusty fakes his own death. It is now up to Bart and Lisa to bring him back to the top.moreless
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  • Julie Kavner

    Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier

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    Harry Shearer

    Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others

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    Hank Azaria

    Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons show one of the relitives dies and leaves money and bart and lisa each get 100 dollars and bart makes check and sends it krusty so he can send it back with a autograph thing is bart does not know about what kind of problems he is in and the check he wrote got krusty introuble for tax invasion and that leads krusty to fake his own death in a airplane and so bart and lisa start to see krusty all over the place and so they lead krusty back to the straight path .moreless

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    By futuramarama, Jan 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    Krusty is tired of the way he has been treated lately, by the IRS, and by his fans. So instead of changing, he "kills" himself. Bart, his biggest fan of course, feels tremendously sad, and thinks it was his fault. Later on he starts to notice a man who looks like Krusty without clown make-up. Him and Lisa track the man down, and in the end of the episode, Krusty goes back to comedy again.

    A decent episode, filled with some great humor, like Handsome Pete. Also great end. My overall grade is easily an A+, one of the bestsmoreless

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  • Krusty returns from the dead, agian.

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    By twilightboy, Apr 10, 2008 Report Abuse
    I like Krusty the clown, I like his arrogance, I like the fact that he makes Bart very happy. Hey, but he is definitely a moron. Once again we find Krusty getting into trouble thanks to his stupidity and once again the Simpsons save him somehow. Not a very funny episode, but what it lacks in the laughter department, makes up for in the emotional side. I love how the orange tones of the night and sunset surround Krusty's fall and departure from the show business.

    This seventh season has ben marked by good episodes that don't make you laugh but atleast they are watchable.moreless

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  • Great surprise ending

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 28, 2008 Report Abuse
    Bart messes with Krusty the Clown's life yet again, this time getting his idol busted for tax fraud. An audit reveals that Krusty is one of the worst scofflaws in history and the IRS seizes all his assets and sells them at auction. In the throes of financial despair, Krusty crashes his plane, The I'm-On-A-Roll-A-Gay, into a mountain, killing himself. While mourning Krusty's death, Bart and Lisa start getting the sneaky suspicion that the clown actually faked his own death to avoid the taxman. After tracking down Rory B. Bellows, the man they suspect is Krusty, their suspicions are confirmed. Krusty did fake his own death, and now he will fake the death of Rory B. Bellows, whose life is ensured for millions and signed over to Krusty. With his new inheritance, Krusty can start his life over and return to showbiz. Guest star: Bob Newhart as himself.moreless

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  • For a Hundred dollars more

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    By GeorgeJobson, Nov 30, 2006 Report Abuse
    Bart inherted $100 and sign up for a checking account, which leads to this week tragic character of Krusty the Clown. the IRS own him big time and when he lost everything, he fakes his death by crashing into a mountain. this episode loks at the fall of a clown due to problems with the IRS. Bart and Lisa learn the id of Krsuty, by his body language. After Elvis died in 1977, there are claims that Elvis is still alive. He was even spotted at a Burger King in Kalamazoo in 1988. Krusty is not elvis, but he might be close.moreless

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    • The episode reveals that Jimbo Jones's real name is "Corky" and that Principal Skinner's mother's first name is Agnes. Edit
    • There has been more than one Aunt Hortense in the Simpson and Bouvier families. In the Season 2 episode "Bart Gets Hit By A Car," Bart is on an escalator to Heaven and he sees an old lady on a cloud and says, "Aunt Hortense!" Edit
    • People sitting on the stage, at Krusty's funeral include: Sideshow Raheem, Tina Ballerina, Mr. Teeny, Luke Perry, and Corporal Punishment. Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: None. Couch Gag: A life-size fax of the family comes out of the cushions, is ripped off, and floats to the ground. Edit

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    • Bart: Dr. Hibbert, who was that man? Dr. Hibbert: Why, Bart, telling you that would violate the patient-doctor privilege, just as if I were to tell you that Jasper here has five seconds to live. Jasper: What did he say? Mrs. Glick: He said I'm next! Edit
    • Bart: Mom, I just saw Krusty! Marge: Yes, dear, in your mind. Bart: No, on the street. Marge: On the street in your mind. Bart: Why won't you believe me? Marge: Sweetheart, sometimes when people die, you just want them to be alive so badly you see them everywhere. I went through the same thing when Lyndon Johnson died. Edit
    • Krusty: But I love that plane! I used to fly to Vegas in it with Dean Martin. One time we were flyin' in it, and the moon hit his eye like a big pizza pie! We wrote a song about it! But it ended up infringing on one he recorded years before. Edit

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    • Enola Gay Krusty's plane, the "I'm-On-A-Roll-A-Gay", is a crack at the "Enola Gay" which was the name for the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Edit
    • Captain McAllister: Arr, I've got some customers. Call me back, Ishmael. "Call me Ishmael" is the opening line of Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick. Edit
    • Barton Fink This title of this episode is a reference to the 1991 Coen Brother's film, Barton Fink. Edit

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