Like Father, Like Clown
Season 3 / Episode 6

( bell ringing)

( whistle blowing)

( playing the blues)

( screams )

I hold in my hand the final ax.

( kids cheering)

( grunts)

Ah, heh...

( laughing)

Well kids, that's all the time we have for today.

I'd like to thank Sideshow Mel

corporal punishment, Tina Ballerina

oh and from Knots Landing, Miss Donna Mills.

Oh, she was a sport.

♪ We've had lots and lots ♪

♪ and lots and lots and lots of fun ♪

♪ But now the time has come... to go ♪

♪ If this old clown was found dead in his bed ♪

♪ Tomorrow I'd be in heaven ♪

♪ still doing this show. ♪

See you some other time!

Hyuk! Hyuk! Hyuk!

( cheering)

( moans)

Great show, Krusty.

I really laughed when you...

Yeah, yeah. Where's my nicotine gum?

Ah, that's the stuff!

Damn, I'm exhausted.

Those kids were like ice out there.

You've got a 4:30 merchandising meeting.

Cancel it! Therapist?

Personal trainer? Cancel it!

The opening line on the Giants is 5 1/2.

Put a dime on it.

"Thank you" dinner with Bart Simpson?

I don't know any Bart Simpson.

Krusty, he's the boy who saved you from jail.

Well, we made a terrible, terrible mistake.

Ah...

won't happen again.

There was one boy who trusted me

all along.

Bart? Yes, Sir?

Thank you.

Oh, yeah.

Cancel it!

( phone ringing)

Hello?

Mrs. Simpson?

This is Lois Pennycandy, Krusty the Clown's executive assistant.

Hello, Mrs. Pennycandy.

It's Miss Pennycandy, I can assure you.

I'm sorry to inform you

that Krusty will once again, not be joining Bart for dinner.

Oh dear, this is the fifth time he's cancelled.

How can he hurt someone who loves him so?

Oh, Mrs. Simpson

I've wasted my womanhood asking that same question.

I apologize for him.

Something really important came up at the last minute.

Lousy mildew!

( grumbles)

That's good enough.

Well, thank you for calling.

Good-bye.

( growls)

Okay Milhouse, how many Krusty autographs should I put you down for?

A hundred.

Consider it done.

♪ You're walkin' ♪

♪ along the street ♪

♪ or you're at a party ♪

♪ or else you're alone ♪

♪ and then you suddenly dig, dig, dig ♪

♪ This could be the start of something big. ♪

Sweetie, I'm sorry

but Krusty isn't coming to dinner again.

Oh, man.

"Dear Krusty, This is Bart Simpson

"Krusty Buddy number 16302

"respectfully returning his badge.

"I always suspected that nothing in life mattered.

"Now I know for sure.

Get bent. Bart Simpson."

Ooh, sex-chat!

Woman: You've reached the party line.

In a moment, you'll be connected to a hot party

with some of the world's most beautiful women.

Now let's join the party.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Are there any women here?

Hello?!

Are you a beautiful woman?

Do I sound like a beautiful woman?!

This is not as hot a party as I had anticipated.

Read this!

Uh... I, um...

uh... uh...

"Dee..." uh...

"deee..."

"Dear...

"Krus-s-s-t...

Why..?"

It says that the little boy

who never lost faith in you has lost faith in you.

Krusty, you are going to Bart Simpson's house for dinner tonight!

But I have plans.

Hey! Not the face!

Why you maddening, impossible man!

If you don't go tonight

I won't be here tomorrow.

Oh, all right, I'll go.

Oh, Krusty!

But I sure hate missing Schnapps Night at the Friar's Club.

Bart, wipe your feet.

Why bother?

They'll just get dirty again.

I've got some good news.

Krusty the Clown is coming to dinner tonight.

He is? For sure?

Yes.

God bless that clown.

( knock on door)

Hyuk! Hyuk! Hyuk! ( horn honks )

You think it's him?

Hi, kids!

Hey, hi!

( laughs)

Cute kid.

( doorbell rings)

Oh, hi, Bart.

I was just in the neighborhood...

What? Krusty the Clown!

What a surprise!

Milhouse, you can come in, and drop the charade.

Whoa! ( laughing)

Bart: Krusty, you don't have to be on tonight.

What are you talking about?

Of course, he does.

No, Dad. Krusty is our guest.

Your pratfalls and Punchinello antics

aren't necessary here.

Really?

Yeah. Just relax and be yourself.

Oh, that's a relief.

Go wait in the car.

Aw! We could have seen a monkey.

Marge: Who wants to say grace?

Why don't we let our guest do it.

Bless us, oh Lord...

Hey!

Krusty, would you do the honors?

Well, all right.

I'm a little rusty, but, um... I'll try.

Baruch ata adonai

eloheinu melech ha-olam

ha-motzi lechem min ha-aretz.

( laughs)

He's talking funny talk.

No, Dad, that's Hebrew.

Krusty must be Jewish.

A Jewish entertainer?

Get out of here!

Dad, there are many prominent Jewish entertainers

including Lauren Bacall, Dinah Shore, William Shatner

and Mel Brooks.

Mel Brooks is Jewish?!

( crying)

Krusty, are you all right?

Yes, it's just that saying The Brucha brings back

a lot of painful memories.

The old days...

my... my father.

Hey, Krusty, you going to finish

that meat loaf, or what?

( sobbing)

Poor Krusty.

He's like a black velvet painting come to life.

Krusty, why don't you tell us what's wrong? You'll feel better.

Yeah, spill your guts, man.

Yeah. Come on.

Krusty, tell us.

Well, okay.

First of all

my real name isn't Krusty the Clown.

It's Herschel Krustofski.

My father was a rabbi.

His father was a rabbi.

His father's father...

Well, you get the idea.

My father was the most respected man

in the lower east side of Springfield.

People would come from miles around

to ask his advice.

Reb Krustofski, should I finish college?

Yes. No one is poor except he who lacks knowledge.