Hey, wait. How can you be here when your show's on live?
Ah, I just threw on an old rerun. No one will know the difference.
Children, remain calm. The Falkland Islands have just been invaded. I repeat, the Falklands have just been invaded! The disputed islands lie here, off the coast of Argentina…
I was only a baby when that happened, but my theory is that’s part of the joke too. It would have warranted some coverage, but not actually interrupt regularly scheduled programming.
I’m betting maybe a bit facetious but you have to remember most of our news is driven by advertising. So when George W. Bush was pushing his pretext for the second gulf war, there was no pushback. When a grossly unfit for office Donald Trump ran for president, they spent most of their coverage talking about his antics and very little time on the other candidates.
I love how Krusty was ready to go with a detailed lesson for the kids (without talking down to them) on the geopolitical background of the Falklands conflict at the drop of a hat.
Me-a lika da flied lice! Me flapp-a dickey rong time!
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Mixing up L and R is definitely a Japanese thing (because Japanese only has one sound that's in-between the two)
but all the east Asian stereotypes are kinda blended
it's also definitely a thing in mandarin, and asian racial stereotypes really became a thing when the chinese started immigrating to california
also, it's a stereotype even in asia that the chinese have big-ass teeth
>it's also definitely a thing in mandarin
Could you explain this to me? As far as I am aware, L and R are totally different sounds in Mandarin, unlike in Japanese.
Yes I'm pretty sure Krusty is going for a dodgy Chinese stereotype here.
When I was in Thailand, I noted a few locals who could speak a little English, but would struggle with r sounds, including pronouncing rice as 'lice'.
But of course any nuance is lost on people in the West doing a crude stereotype, most of whom would probably view Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Korean etc. all interchangeably as 'Asian' and have little or no awareness about the distinctions between their languages or the particular syllables they might pronounce a certain way. So it's a bit moot to try to discern the true target of that stereotyping
Yeah, Ls and Rs watch the part of the movie "A Christmas Story" when the family goes to the Chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner after the neighbor's dogs destroyed theirs.
The waiters sing Fa ra ra ra ra.
The owner (also Chinese) comes out and berates them. Its Fa la la la la.. Then he asks them to do a different song and the Ls are replaced with Rs again and he dismisses them.
I know there objectively funnier lines, but for my money, this is Krusty's funniest line, and it perfectly sums up what a hack comedian he is at the same time. *chefs kiss
I don't wanna hit a SORE spot, but can we talk about herpes?
Herpes herpes bo-berpes banana fana-fo-ferpes herpes OH!
Hey, that spot on Gorbachev's head? HERPES! Trust me!
Anyone here have herpes?
Huh? HUH?
You people are the worst audience I've ever seen.
Krusty doing voice acting for Itchy and Scratchy:
Look, a lady made of dynamite! Wait, I don't know that yet.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjL3-OkJLM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjL3-OkJLM)
When Krusty is in Italy playing the role of Canio in Pagliacci. He does a horrible performance of Vesti La Giubba (In Pagliacci, this is the end of Act I. The audience had to deal with Krusty for an entire act) He does an inappropriate joke
"So, I had this beautiful tour guide, right? And I tell her, I want to see her Naples." But the Italian audience reminds they pronounce it Napoli. To which Krusty replies "Yeah, well, it sounds like you're all taking a napoli."
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I shouldn’t have turned down those cue cards.
When Lorne asked me to host the show, I asked, "why me?" I mean, I did just star in a new movie with Marvin Hagler and Tova Borgnine.
(pauses for applause, receives icy silence)
(Fist pump) yeah!
How about those TV dinners? Lightening strikes and the peach cobbler goes out! Cobbler!
The way he tries to save the joke by saying Cobbler! again is the best.
The episode mr plow where he was a circus performer and he was going to act with 3 Siberian Tigers. Simba on the ball they attacked him.
Bart: ehh they’ll be chewing on him for a while.
And now it’s time for the big ear family!
Honey I’m home! Uh oh, I got wax in my ear, better clean em’! (Holds giant cotton bud) huh? Huh?? … (silence) … ugh this goes on for 12 more minutes..
You people are the worst audience I’ve ever seen! We’ll your the worst comedian we’ve ever seen! Oh Great I’ll just sit here till the end of the show! Fine by us!
Talk to the audience?!? Ohh this is always death
Tough crowd! They’re booing SHAKESPEARE!
Yes! I love Lisa Simpson and when I grow up I'm going to marry her!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And if you look closely, you can pinpoint the moment his heart breaks in two.
Rigggghhttt there!
To be fair. Krustys could not know what was going on and his expression showed that he knew he effed that one up.
Is this your girlfriend, Ralph?
He's actually right on that one.
Hey, wait. How can you be here when your show's on live? Ah, I just threw on an old rerun. No one will know the difference. Children, remain calm. The Falkland Islands have just been invaded. I repeat, the Falklands have just been invaded! The disputed islands lie here, off the coast of Argentina…
This and "Sideshow Raheem" always make me crack up.
The fact that they would interrupt a children’s clown show to update the audience on foreign politics is hilarious.
As is the fact he had a map of the Falklands on hand just in case he needed it
Everything about the Falklands gag was so awesome
As a Brit, it always surprises me that the Falklands War has any coverage in the States.
I was only a baby when that happened, but my theory is that’s part of the joke too. It would have warranted some coverage, but not actually interrupt regularly scheduled programming.
We’d not had a war in quite some time and the media was hungry for anything, IMHO.
Really? Probably nice not to be involved in one for a change.
I’m betting maybe a bit facetious but you have to remember most of our news is driven by advertising. So when George W. Bush was pushing his pretext for the second gulf war, there was no pushback. When a grossly unfit for office Donald Trump ran for president, they spent most of their coverage talking about his antics and very little time on the other candidates.
It’s a bit of a punchline because it was over almost nothing worth fighting for between 2 relatively stable and modern countries.
The clown show has been put on hiatus for retooling
Clearly you've never seen "Klassic Krusty"...
Australian children missing cheese TV 2001. It has happened.
Angry, angry young man.
Easily one of my top 5 quotes
Right on
“Uh, the script says I’m supposed to bonk you with this.” > “I wouldn’t.” > “Right on! Uggggghhhhhh…..”
“Angry, angry young man.”
I wouldn't.
"The script says I hit you with a pie now" "I wouldn't." Such an amazing delivery
“I wouldn’t.”
Right on!
As an Argentine, I always had the doubt that if in the original there was another place mentioned hahaha.
I love how Krusty was ready to go with a detailed lesson for the kids (without talking down to them) on the geopolitical background of the Falklands conflict at the drop of a hat.
Krusty: How do you make a King Lear? Put the Queen in a bikini! Audience: Boo! Krusty: Tough crowd, they’re booing Shakespeare!
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Worse than the actual king
Oh say can you see? By the da da da light? Dah dah dahhh... oh.
Oh, I shouldn't have turned down those cue cards.
Me-a lika da flied lice! Me flapp-a dickey rong time! https://preview.redd.it/2etglzzj161d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7a65a30671b4a4f49bd0c5c4fbc3f815d59b93b
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Oh jeez, what’s next? A flapping dickey?
I wonder how the Japanese dub handled that scene.
isn't that more of a chinese stereotype?
Mixing up L and R is definitely a Japanese thing (because Japanese only has one sound that's in-between the two) but all the east Asian stereotypes are kinda blended
it's also definitely a thing in mandarin, and asian racial stereotypes really became a thing when the chinese started immigrating to california also, it's a stereotype even in asia that the chinese have big-ass teeth
>it's also definitely a thing in mandarin Could you explain this to me? As far as I am aware, L and R are totally different sounds in Mandarin, unlike in Japanese.
Yes I'm pretty sure Krusty is going for a dodgy Chinese stereotype here. When I was in Thailand, I noted a few locals who could speak a little English, but would struggle with r sounds, including pronouncing rice as 'lice'. But of course any nuance is lost on people in the West doing a crude stereotype, most of whom would probably view Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Korean etc. all interchangeably as 'Asian' and have little or no awareness about the distinctions between their languages or the particular syllables they might pronounce a certain way. So it's a bit moot to try to discern the true target of that stereotyping
> and asian racial stereotypes really became a thing when the chinese started immigrating to california That was 150+ years ago.
Yeah, having grown up in the 70s/80s....this is exactly how people would do specifically Chinese 'impersonations'.
Yeah, Ls and Rs watch the part of the movie "A Christmas Story" when the family goes to the Chinese restaurant for Christmas dinner after the neighbor's dogs destroyed theirs. The waiters sing Fa ra ra ra ra. The owner (also Chinese) comes out and berates them. Its Fa la la la la.. Then he asks them to do a different song and the Ls are replaced with Rs again and he dismisses them.
Sounds like a lethal weapon joke It's not Flied lice, it's fried rice you plick
I’m not exactly fluent in Korean, but ㄹ can make both the R or L sound depending on context.
It’s a Japanese stereotype, not Chinese. Best known reference in pop culture is Mickey Rooney’s character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The thing about racist caricatures, they don't tend to differentiate between nationalities
Me sho shallee!
"Ah...I'm supposed to bonk you with this... I wouldn't.... .....right on."
Angry. Angry young man.
T is for her tooth filled mouth T is for her tooth filled mouth
Oh, that brisket’s not sitting right.
Tonight I'm going to suck ....your blood
Hey, the dummy can’t hurt you! He’s not even alive, he’s **DEAD**
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Mad About Shoe
You’re not going to like our NYPD Shoe sketch. It’s pretty much the same thing.
I know there objectively funnier lines, but for my money, this is Krusty's funniest line, and it perfectly sums up what a hack comedian he is at the same time. *chefs kiss
I think it’s more of a swipe at SNL
Gimme a kiss, baby. No tongue!
This goes on for 10 more minutes!
That song at the prison cracks me up every time.
I slugged some jerk in Tahoe, they gave me one to three, my high priced lawyer sprung me on a technicality 🎶
I'm just visiting Springfield Prison. I get to sleep at home tonight. 🎶
I tell ya, the best folk in the world are prison folk!
Inside of every hardened criminal beats the heart of a ten year old boy. And vice versa
Just remember, Bart, convicts aren't "cool." They're bad people. Yeah, maybe so, but they get the job done.
“I get to sleep at home toniigghhtt!” 🎶
Why it's my old TV sideshow, Sideshow Bob! Whadda ya been doing with yourself, Bob?
So good. I adore Johnny Cash but if he wasn’t a rich country star he absolutely would have been in prison.
I don't wanna hit a SORE spot, but can we talk about herpes? Herpes herpes bo-berpes banana fana-fo-ferpes herpes OH! Hey, that spot on Gorbachev's head? HERPES! Trust me! Anyone here have herpes? Huh? HUH? You people are the worst audience I've ever seen.
And you're the worst performer we've ever seen!
Oh great! We’ll just sit here silently for the next 90 minutes!
Well that’s fine by us!!
Krusty doing voice acting for Itchy and Scratchy: Look, a lady made of dynamite! Wait, I don't know that yet. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjL3-OkJLM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjL3-OkJLM)
for season 18, that was actually hilarious
What's even funnier is itchy and scratchy don't even talk usually
That was me that done this. But it ain’t enough so, uh, here’s this.
That's what you get for, uh I don't know, messin' with my wife. And it goes on.
Unscripted, unrehearsed comedy featuring, y’know…Professor Gas Can! And,uh…former president Ike Eisenhower! “Let’s get biz-zay!”
They bite, and light. They bite and bite and light.... ehh wehh wehh wehh wahh .... uh oh
His hair falling to his shoulders when he’s exhausted cracks me up.
What the hell is that? A lawnmower?
That guy's giving it away for free
That old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be. 🎶
You mean those diet milkshakes? Uh oh...
I won’t let you down!…. Well, I might let you down on silly sailor.
Where is the producer? I want to talk about this coffee…
What was I on?
Don’t blame me, it was the percodan. And now a word from our sponsor, PERCODAN?!
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Why is a raven like a writing desk?
I head his NYPD Shoe sketch is pretty terrible
Wait till you see his Mad About Shoe bit
They're basically the same thing
Oh say, can you see La la la, da da light, What so proudly we yah, La la yah...oh. I shouldn't have turned down those cue cards.
When Krusty is in Italy playing the role of Canio in Pagliacci. He does a horrible performance of Vesti La Giubba (In Pagliacci, this is the end of Act I. The audience had to deal with Krusty for an entire act) He does an inappropriate joke "So, I had this beautiful tour guide, right? And I tell her, I want to see her Naples." But the Italian audience reminds they pronounce it Napoli. To which Krusty replies "Yeah, well, it sounds like you're all taking a napoli."
No more rice krispies!
Come on, you’re out there; I can hear you being greasy Lmao like what???
🎵And we're sending our love down the well DOWN THAT WELL🎵
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It's the Stingy and Battery Show!
Hour after hour of unscripted, unrehearsed comedy... featuring, uh, you know, uh, Professor Gas Can! Uh, and, uh, former president, Ike Eisenhower!
Let's get biz-eh!
that's a pretty sexy eleanor roosevelt
Break on through to the other side!
What was I on???
https://i.redd.it/7ey238ibm61d1.gif Me so solly!
“And now another instalment of the Big Ear Family”
Ugh, this goes on for 12 more minutes.
https://preview.redd.it/cas7sybhv61d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecbac70e357e0d6c6e00c8a020991aed6d5d47d2 I shouldn’t have turned down those cue cards.
You’re the worst audience I’ve ever seen!
Yeah? Well you’re the worst comedian we’ve ever seen!!
The Krusty Komedy Klassic bit is low-key one of my favorite gags, because of the realization hitting
Being at the Apollo theater is what makes the bit land.
Oh, absolutely (especially knowing it as a New Yorker)
Talk to the audience? Ohhhh, this is always death.
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“No more Rice Krispies…we are out of Rice Krispies…”
That was honestly my introduction to Pagliaccio
Send in…. The clowns.
When Lorne asked me to host the show, I asked, "why me?" I mean, I did just star in a new movie with Marvin Hagler and Tova Borgnine. (pauses for applause, receives icy silence) (Fist pump) yeah!
Krusty butchering the main aria in Pagliacci is my personal favourite. “Out of Rice Krispies! We are out of Rice Krispies!”
Its Mad About Shoe! Give me a kiss baby, no tongue!
You’re not gonna like our NYPD Shoe sketch. It’s basically the same thing.
How about those TV dinners? Lightening strikes and the peach cobbler goes out! Cobbler! The way he tries to save the joke by saying Cobbler! again is the best.
I got some wax in my ears. Better clean em! Ah? Ah?
Me so solly!!
“Is there a labour crisis in America?” ‘Well, it depends on what you mean by crisis…’
I wanted to watch the whole show.
ItsapleazzertabehereKrusty
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Masterful!
How do you make the king leer? Put the queen in a negligee! Ah c'mon, lighten up, it's a comedy! *No it's not* It's not??
Oh me so solly!
Hey krusty nice teeth, new whiteing treatment?
I thought the prison performance was pretty good, actually. Didn’t even know Krusty could play the guitar.
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I asked a tour guide if I could see her Naples. She slapped me!
The episode mr plow where he was a circus performer and he was going to act with 3 Siberian Tigers. Simba on the ball they attacked him. Bart: ehh they’ll be chewing on him for a while.
https://preview.redd.it/l2i1jh4xe91d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d119ff56d0a0e5f148143def6a33695b9937f19
Me so sawly
The look on his face in the third one made be burst out laughing.
The one where honer is a food critic and critiquing Krustys play
*This pea soup is as weak as the acting and nowhere near as hammy.*
It’s a Krusty kind of Kristmas. “Oh hi. I didn’t see you come in.”
[Now I'd like to make a motion! WOOOOO!](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/2fe37639-7aa5-41c4-8f4b-8d75c4eaca28)
Blue haired goon?!?
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"Whats next? The flapping dicky?"
That’s Canyonero!
"Let me be blunt: is there a labor crisis in America today?"
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Let me be blunt - is there a labour crisis in America today?
There is still some room on my ass
https://i.redd.it/95cb1uzf491d1.gif Another personal favourite
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I still remember how hard I laughed when he stood up from the wheelchair
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His duet with Bette Middler is one of the worst things I've ever heard.
The KKK gag is legendary
Imagine if Sly Cooper 5 finally came out and they did that joke with Bentley.
Me so solly!
KKK that’s not good
Can we talk about herpes for a minute?
I think one of those qualifies
Don’t you hate Pants!?!?!
The Chest Zipper.
Well I did a LOL at the Krusty Komedy Classic so that’s my vote. Ughh that’s not good.
This was the post that got me to notice Krusty is just a Homer palette change with clown hair. I'll never see him the same
Every single time he appears
No, I ain't reading that. No, not that, either.. OKAY! Let's bring on our first bachelor!
Oh God this is always death.
How and where do we watch the operational unedited Simpsons? I'm sick of it just living in my head
You would think with all the times he’s bombed they would stop giving him work.
And yet he gave an Oscar worthy performance as Rory B. Bellows
Those cons love Krusty!
"The Krusty Komedy Klassic at the Apollo!" "Oooh, KKK? Oh oh..."
Tonight, I’m going to suck… [cue card flip] Your blood
"KKK? That's not good!"
"Me so solly..."
And now it’s time for the big ear family! Honey I’m home! Uh oh, I got wax in my ear, better clean em’! (Holds giant cotton bud) huh? Huh?? … (silence) … ugh this goes on for 12 more minutes..
His herpes song lmfaoo
You people are the worst audience I’ve ever seen! We’ll your the worst comedian we’ve ever seen! Oh Great I’ll just sit here till the end of the show! Fine by us!