Day of the Jackanapes/References

== Cultural References ==
*The title parodies the title of the book The Day of the Jackal.
*The plot parodies the movie The Manchurian Candidate.
*The game show Me Wantee! is a parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
*Krusty's line "Our Chimpendale's dancer's gonna give you the full monkey!" references the 1997 film The Full Monty.
*A picture of Krusty and Bob that was unveiled while Krusty was lamenting his cruel treatment of Bob closely resembles the cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends.
*Krusty sings a song similar to Barry Manilow's Mandy, marking the second time the song was parodied on the show (Homer had previously sung his own version in "The Last Temptation of Homer").
*The scene where the two executives of Krusty's show reform into a silvery mass after being blown up references a similar ability the villain from Terminator 2 possesses.
*In his cosmonaut gag from 1957, Krusty identifies himself as "Kaputnik." Roger Kaputnik is the perennial hypochondriac created by MAD Magazine writer Dave Berg for his "Lighter Side..." series.
*Chief Wiggum references George W. Bush when witnessing Bart using a Bat to vandalize a Krusty statue on Sideshow Bob's orders. He say's "It's so great seeing a kid use a wooden bat. These days, it's all aluminum this, and George W. that."
**It should be noted that this is the first time the Simpsons made a Bush joke since his inauguration into office, and was edited on free-TV syndication. The cable reruns, season 12 DVD version, and version shown on Disney+ is uncut.
== Trivia ==
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*Day of the Jackanapes was released four years after Brother from Another Series, the previous Sideshow Bob episode, making the time in-between the two episodes the longest cooling-off period Bob ever had.
*This is the only Sideshow Bob episode to have an alternate Gracie Films logo (excluding the episodes with Bob's secondary appearances).
*When Marge states that cartoons should end before becoming old and stale, Mr. Smithers states that "Maggie shot Mr. Burns again", referencing Who Shot Mr. Burns?
*Things that are revealed this episode:
**Moe was born in Indiana.
**The Wiseguy/Sarcastic Middle-Aged Clerk's real name is Raphael.
*Rainier Wolfcastle still is shown with the weight he had gained by the time of "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses."
*Rainier Wolfcastle mentions that he would be willing to do nude scenes or play a nerd. He would be later be seen playing a nerd (albeit a physically capable one) in "The Bart Wants What it Wants," while "The Great Louse Detective" would reveal that he also did a movie nude.
== Goofs ==
* Krusty reveals to been on air for 61 years, but in I Love Lisa, Krusty celebrates 29 years on air. I'm guessing Krusty's not counting the years when his kids' show was a political talk show or the episodes where Sideshow Bob was his sidekick. Or maybe his kids' show was on for 29 years while Krusty was a working actor for longer. The continuity of this show is screwy.
* In Krusty Gets Busted, it is revealed that Sideshow Bob hated working for Krusty, which is why he framed him for armed robbery. Why would he care if his shows were taped over? Maybe because Sideshow Bob deep down does care about working on Krusty's show despite putting up with Krusty's abuse.
* Bart mentioned that he had defeated Sideshow Bob 6-0 in this episode. In reality, it should have been 5-0 (The five episodes would be: Krusty Gets Busted, Black Widower, Cape Fear, Sideshow Bob Roberts and Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming). Brother from Another Series doesn't count, since Sideshow Bob wasn't the one who instigated a crime in the episode (it was his brother Cecil), and Bart wasn't even the one responsible for sending him back to jail (Wiggum busted Sideshow Bob because he thought he committed a crime, even though he didn't).
* In one scene Krusty's gloves change color from white to yellow.
== Production Notes ==
* The final draft for this episode was published on June 1, 2000.https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search_Arg=cabf10&Search_Code=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=Rzz1n1bTfyoIN7aTABEPsqFtMJT
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