The Krusty The Clown Show (Simpsonian Dimension)

**The Krusty The Clown Show** is an American local children's variety TV show most well known for it's slapstick sketches and Itchy & Scratchy cartoons. It airs every afternoon on Channel 6 at 4 PM in Springfield, Springfield's State.

## History

The Krusty the Clown Show began as early as 1957, and started off as a serious talk show. The show soon devolved into a children's entertainment show, and officially became one by 1978, which became extremely popular. The show involves slapstick humor, comedy skits starring members of the show, and occasional special guest stars.

In 1990, the show was handed over to Sideshow Bob due to the fact that Krusty was convicted for attempted robbery, and the show was renamed *Sideshow Bob's Cavalcade of Whimsy*, turning into an educational program for children. However, the show was handed back to Krusty after it was revealed that Sideshow Bob framed Krusty because Bob had enough of being the butt of Krusty's jokes.

The show faced competition with a popular ventriloquist show, The Gabbo Show, In 1993. This caused the show to drop in ratings and was soon cancelled. Two local kids, Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson helped Krusty to air a comeback special, starring many celebrities including Luke Perry and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The show soon became popular again, while the Gabbo show fell from grace due to the doll accidentally swearing at the audience.

In 2001, the Krusty the Clown Show faced competition with another show once again, this time with a quiz show called "Me Wantee!". Fed up with Network Executives attempting to get him to drastically change the content of the show, Krusty announces his retirement. The last episode of the show was a special Farewell episode. During the episode, Sideshow Bob, who was released from prison days before, planned to kill Krusty in revenge over Krusty constantly mistreating Bob during his career. To kill Krusty, Bob brainwashed and hypnotized Bart Simpson (who, due to the dimension's floating timeline, is still a child) into killing Krusty, and straps bombs on Bart which will detonate when Bart comes up to hug Krusty onstage after Krusty's speech to the audience. However, Krusty unexpectedly apologized to Bob onstage for mistreating Bob, causing Bob to do everything he can to stop Bart. Mr. Teeny ultimately saved Krusty by throwing Bart's bomb strap into a room full of network executives, killing them instead. The show's ratings rose once again due to Sideshow Bob's attempted murder (which Krusty enjoys due to the ratings that are brought to the show every time Bob attempts to kill him).

## Spin-Offs and Related Series

### The Krusty The Clown Show: Retro Reboot

In 2011, the show was cancelled again, Krusty was fired and lost his agent, he went to his old agent Annie Dubinsky, who advised him to recreate the show for adults who watched the show as a kid. The new version of the show, titled *The Krusty the Clown Show Retro Reboot!*, was picked up by HBOWTIME (a premium cable network) and proved to be very popular. Later Annie begins to interfere to much, prompting the network executives to request that Krusty fire her, however he refuses and the show is cancelled. The show later moved back to Channel 6 under the old name and format.

## Credit

* The Simpsons Wiki (FANDOM): Providing several in-show information.