The clown with the honest mask

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Episode of the series The Simpsons
title The clown with the honest mask
Original title Krusty Gets Busted
Country of production United States
original language English
length approx. 22 minutes
classification Season 1, episode 12
12th episode in total ( list )
First broadcast April 29, 1990 on FOX
German-language
first broadcast		 November 15, 1991 on ZDF
Rod
Director Brad Bird
script Jay Kogen , Wallace Wolodarsky
Guest appearance (s)
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The clown with the honest mask ( English original title: Krusty Gets Busted ) is the twelfth episode of the first season of the US animated series The Simpsons . It is the first episode in which Tingeltangel Bob (here also in the German dubbed version: Sideshow Bob ) commits a crime.

action

One evening when Patty and Selma are visiting the family, Marge calls her husband and asks him to buy some ice cream for their sisters' slide show. To do this, Homer goes to the Kwik-E-Mart and witnesses a robbery there. The perpetrator looks like Krusty , a television clown whom Bart and Lisa like, among others. As the only witness other than owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon , Homer later tells the police who arrest, interrogate and imprison Krusty.

For the next few days, Homer testifies in the courtroom at the Krusty trial, although Bart is strongly against it. Finally, Krusty is convicted as guilty, which is why his assistant Sideshow Bob is now moderating his show. At the same time, however, Bart is still convinced of the innocence of his idol; together with Lisa they look for clues that can relieve him. In the Kwik-E-Mart, the two discover a sign that warns people with pacemakers and magazines that the perpetrator has looked at, as seen on the surveillance camera. Since Krusty wears a pacemaker and admitted at the court hearing that he cannot read, this is clear evidence of his innocence for Bart and Lisa.

Then they go to Sideshow Bob and want to talk to him about Krusty. But this one is too busy and has his show in a few minutes, but gives them two tickets for the show. When Bart is asked to come forward during the broadcast, he talks to Bob about his findings from the Kwik-E-Mart. Suddenly, Bart notices the size of Bob's feet and explains in front of the cameras that Bob is the one who robbed the shop, since the thief had big feet too, but Krusty's feet are small.

Bob is arrested by the police shortly thereafter, which is why Krusty is released from prison and thanks Bart for his efforts.

Cultural references

The close-up of Krusty's face behind bars at the beginning of the second act refers to the final motif in the credits of the British television series The Prisoner (English title: number 6 ) from the 1960s . The background music in this scene is similar to the Mission: Impossible series (English title: Cobra, take over ). The song "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Cole Porter appears in this episode. After Tingeltangel Bob's arrest, he mumbles, "And I would have succeeded if it hadn't been for these cheeky kids." This is a reference to a famous quote from Scooby-Doo and is often used as a classic saying by an exposed criminal.

production

Kelsey Grammer dubbed Sideshow Bob on that episode.

Director Brad Bird wanted to open this episode with a close-up of Krusty's face. The cast liked the idea, after which Bird suggested that all three acts of the episode, determined by the placement of the commercials, should start with a close-up. The first act begins with Krusty's face opening his show; Act two begins with his face locked behind bars in prison; the third act begins with Tingeltangel Bob's face, which can be seen on a large poster. Krusty's character is based on a Portland , Oregon television clown called "Rusty Nails," invented by Matt Groening while growing up in Portland.

An original script of the episode by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky was 78 pages long and had to be shortened by many scenes. In one scene that was cut, Patty and Selma show a slideshow of their vacation; it originally included pictures of them being arrested for importing heroin into the United States .

Tingeltangel Bob, who is called "Sideshow Bob" in the original version and in this episode in the German version, made his first meaningful appearance in this episode, but appears for the first time in a scene in the episode Bart beheads Oberhaupt , in which he still does does not speak and its design was still kept simple. That is why it was revised for The Clown with the Biedermask . Bob's other big appearances are the episodes Until Death Do You Part (Season 3), At Cape Fear (Season 5), Tingeltangel-Bob (Season 6), Tingeltangel-Bob's Revenge (Season 7), The Two Sneaky Brothers ( Season 8), Hello You Little Hypnosis Killer (Season 12), And The Killer Is ... (Season 14), The Italian Bob (Season 17), Burial For An Enemy (Season 19), and Bob Next Door (Season 21).

The script for The Clown in the Biedermask named James Earl Jones as Bob's voice actor , but the producers instead agreed with Kelsey Grammer , a cast member on the television series Cheers at the time.

reception

The first broadcast of Krusty Gets Busted ended the Nielsen Ratings for the week of May 23-29, 1990 with a rating of 16.4 in 13th place. This made it the highest rated show on Fox that week.

The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics. Listed it in ninth place in his favorite episodes of The Simpsons, creator Matt Groening stated, "I have a special love for TV clowning." The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide , Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, praised the episode and wrote: “The invention of the archenemy the Simpsons as a melancholy, already psychotic Englishman in dreadlocks succeeds wonderfully in this super-fast, super-funny episode, which is caused by the constant reversal of the expectations of the Audience works. ”In a DVD review of the first season of the series, David B. Grelck gave the episode a rating of 3 out of 5. In another review, Colin Jacobson wrote, "We found great material throughout the episode [...] Almost every Bob episode is a lot of fun, and this episode started that trend in a nice style."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Krusty Gets Busted In: BBC.co.uk . Retrieved August 31, 2008
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Matt Groening , Brad Bird , Jay Kogen , Wallace Wolodarsky . (2001). DVD commentary for the episode "The Clown with the Biedermask". In: The Simpsons: The Complete Season One [DVD]. 20th Century Fox .
  3. ↑ The Simpsons: Episode Guide of the TV Series. In: fernsehserien.de. Retrieved May 7, 2012 .
  4. ^ Ray Richmond: CBS sweeps Sunday, but NBC nets week's honors , The Orange County Register. May 2, 1990, p. I06. 
  5. ^ Dan Snierson: Springfield of Dreams , Entertainment Weekly . January 14, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 2008. 
  6. ↑ David B. Grelck: The Complete First Season . WDBGProductions. September 25, 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved on September 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Colin Jacobson: The Simpsons: The Complete First Season (1990) . DVD Movie Guide. Retrieved August 29, 2008.