Krusty Gets Kancelled

Season 4, Episode 22, Aired
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Krusty is out of a job, when a new show featuring ventriloquist Arthur Crandall and his dummy, Gabbo, hits the airwaves and shrinks Krusty's television ratings.
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  • perfect

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    By futuramarama, Aug 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked- the ending, the old man singing with his pants down, Krusty trying to get the Red Hot Chili Peppers to rewrite part of one of their songs, "Dancing around in their underwear, how degrading. Give me a bigger lollie" , "I'll get you for this, Midler!", "Everyone is saying Gabbo this, and Gabbo that, but no one is saying Jericho this or Jericho that", etc.
    great episode. it's pretty guest star heavy but who cares when the jokes are as good as they were here. and the plot was also nice. more than fitting conclusion to the wonderful season 4 of the wonderful simpsons. A+moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    this was a good ep for the simpsons season 4 final and in this ep there is a new show that is airing the same time krusty does and his show is just not doing it and so the krusty show goes off the air and his caree is like over. but bart and lisa want to help so they ralley a bunch of celbs and it turns out to be a good show for krusty and his career is back on top and this season 4 of the simpsons was excelent and this was a memorable ep and that is why i gave a 8.5moreless

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  • (Insert funny pun here)

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    By oceanic6, Jan 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    Krusty's show is cancelled when a wise - cracking puppet pulls in more viewers and with Bart and Lisa's help, Krusty claws his way back on top. Even the Ebenezer's of cartoons will find something funny in this episode however the jokes that rely on slapstick tend to miss their mark but overall we laugh heaps more than we roll our eyes. What this episode really lacks is solidity, it's more of a collection of good scenes that don't exceed 30 seconds. The plot twist of Krusty's weight problem seemed like just a desperate way to squeeze tension into the episode when it didn't belong.

    Watching Krusty's status disintegrate (while it's played for laughs) is more sad than amusing especially after episodes like "Krusty gets Busted" and "Like father, like clown", give this guy a break!

    Marge famously doesn't say anything in this episode but Krusty's prolonged appearence supplements the huskiness void. Once the Krusty special starts, the storyline officially ends and you can just sit back and enjoy the bevy of stars who popped in. The guest stars themselves (Johnny Carson, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, Hugh Hefner, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and is it Liz Taylor?) particularly Hef, Taylor and the Chilli's all just give off the sense that they're doing it for a superfluous paycheck and phone it in but the others really have fun with their time on the show.

    This episode is one of (sadly) very little that features the writing of John Swartzwelder with the direction of David Silverman. I feel they are both easily the most talented in their respective fields on the show and the combinations of the reclusive writer's brilliant script and jokes with the manic director's superbly energetic animation and detailed facial expressions is a guranteed recipe for a fantastic episode. Krusty gets Kancelled is one of those episodes that isn't a classic but still would be on every fan's top 10. Worth a look.moreless

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  • Krusty makes a come back!

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    By Hornets3, Aug 29, 2009 Report Abuse
    Springfield is bombarded with an advertising campaign for a new television series known as Gabbo! Gabbo is a ventriloquists dummy. The new TV show is on up against The Krusty The Clown Show and his career is jeopardized. When Krusty's ratings plummet, his show is cancelled. Krusty attempts to find employment and win at the races, but fails. Bart wishes to ruin Gabbo's career, so he sneaks into the television studio and switches on the camera as he is bad-mouthing his audience. Bart and Lisa wish to organise a comeback show for Krusty, which would feature all the best celebrities. They get in touch with Bette Midler, Hugh Heffner, Elizabeth Taylor, and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Elizabeth Taylor rejects the offer but all the rest accept. The special is an enormous hit and his show is reinstated. A good episode. Sometimes the plot gets a little dry; maybe because I've seen it a lot but it was a good episode. Give it a watch.moreless

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  • A lot of gurst stars

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    WAfter the most successful advertising campaign Springfield has ever seen, The Krusty the Clown show gets bumped in the ratings by Arthur Crandall, a droll ventriloquist, and Gabbo, his excitable dummy. Gabbo is a huge hit, and Krusty's show is cancelled as a result of falling ratings. Bart and Lisa enlist the help of Krusty's Hollywood pals like Hugh Hefner, Bette Midler, Elizabeth Taylor, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and others to save his show. After an emotional TV special, Krusty's show is brought back for good. No one ever hears from Arthur Crandall or Gabbo again. A lot of guest stars!!!!!moreless

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    • When we see Krusty with his shirt off, he didn't have a pacemaker scar, a birthmark or a third nipple as we previously saw it in "Kamp Krusty".

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    • Krusty's half brother is Luke Perry. Edit
    • Elizabeth Taylor tells her agent that she doesn't want to do the reunion special. She then watches the show and laments, "I gotta fire that agent." We later see her peaking in the window to Moe's Tavern as Bart gives a toast to Krusty. Edit

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    • Marge does not have a single line in this episode. Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: I will not charge admission to the bathroom. Couch Gag: The family get caught in a net while running to the couch. Edit

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    • Mayor Quimby: I'll admit I used the city treasury to fund the murder of my enemies, but as Gabbo would say, I'm a bad wittle boy. Edit
    • Bart: Moe, look over there! (as a distraction) Moe: What? What am I looking at? I don't see nothing. I'm gonna stop looking soon… What? What, is that it? Homer walks into Moe's Tavern Homer: Hey Moe, can I look, too? Moe: Sure, but it'll cost ya. Homer: My wallet's in the car. Homer runs out Moe: He is so stupid. And now back to the wall. Edit
    • Krusty: Bette and I owned a race horse together: Krudler. Edit

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    • The Doors appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show Krusty asking The Red Hot Chili Peppers to change the lyrics to one of their songs parodies the real-life event of when the band The Doors appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and were previously asked to change one word of the song they were to perform. However, the parody in this episode mixes the real event with the depiction of the event as seen in the 1991 film The Doors by Oliver Stone -- the Red Hot Chili Peppers are defiant about changing their song, as are The Doors in the film, whereas the actual Doors accepted to do so gladly and without any objection, as the Chili Peppers eventually and happily agree. In the end, The Doors performed their song with the lyrics unchanged, allegedly because Jim Morrison was a bit nervous singing in a live TV show. Edit
    • Krusty: Why is a raven like a writing desk? This is the classic no-answer riddle from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Edit
    • Rocky Krusty takes up boxing to lose weight. In one scene we see him training by punching a cow's carcass (as Homer munches on it). This is parodies the 1976 film Rocky, in which the main character Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) trains the same way. Edit

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