{{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox Simpsons episode | image = | caption = | season = 1 | episode = 12 | director = [[Brad Bird]] | writer = * [[Jay Kogen]] * [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] | production = 7G12{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=46}} | airdate = {{Start date|1990|04|29}} | guests = * [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]<ref name="officialsite">[http://www.thesimpsons.com/#/recaps/season-1_episode-12 "Krusty Gets Busted"] ''The Simpsons.com''. Retrieved on August 29, 2008</ref> | blackboard = "They are laughing at me, not with me"<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |editor2-first=Antonia |editor2-last=Coffman |title=[[The Simpsons episode guides#The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family|The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family]] |edition=1st |year=1997 |location=New York |publisher=[[HarperPerennial]] |lccn=98141857 |ol=433519M |oclc=37796735 |isbn=978-0-06-095252-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/simpsonscomplete00groe/page/28 28–29] |ref={{harvid|Richmond & Coffman|1997}} }}.</ref> | couch_gag = [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] pops out of the couch, and lands in [[Marge Simpson|Marge]]'s arms.<ref name="bbc"/> | commentary = * [[Matt Groening]] * [[Brad Bird]] * [[Jay Kogen]] * [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] | prev = [[The Crepes of Wrath]] | next = [[Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons)|Some Enchanted Evening]] }} "'''Krusty Gets Busted'''" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the [[The Simpsons season 1|first season]] of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in the United States on April 29, 1990.{{Sfn|Groening|2010|p=46}} The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[Brad Bird]].<ref name="bbc">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season1/page12.shtml Krusty Gets Busted] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031012225928/https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season1/page12.shtml |date=October 12, 2003 }} ''BBC.co.uk''. Retrieved on August 31, 2008</ref> In the episode, [[Krusty the Clown]] is convicted of armed robbery of the [[Kwik-E-Mart]]. Believing that Krusty has been [[Frameup|framed]] for it, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] investigate the crime and learn that Krusty's sidekick, [[Sideshow Bob]], is the culprit.
This episode marks the first full-fledged appearance of [[Kent Brockman]].<ref name="bbc"/> [[Kelsey Grammer]] makes his first guest appearance on the show as the voice of Sideshow Bob, who becomes a recurring character in the series.<ref name="BirdKGB"/>
==Plot== [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] asks [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] to pick up ice cream from the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] on the way home from work; Homer obliges, and at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], he sees a man resembling [[Krusty the Clown]] committing a robbery. After Homer identifies Krusty in a [[police lineup]], the latter is arrested and convicted, much to the grief of Bart. Taking advantage of the public outrage over Krusty's apparent criminal turn, [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]] begins marketing a "clown-repelling" machine gun, while [[Reverend Lovejoy]] arranges a bonfire that the Springfield's residents use to destroy Krusty's merchandise. In Krusty's absence, his sidekick Sideshow Bob becomes the new host of his show, rechristening it as ''The Side-Show Bob Cavalcade of Whimsy'', which focuses on education and classic literature while retaining ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]''. Refusing to accept that his idol could have committed a crime, Bart enlists Lisa's help to prove Krusty's innocence.
At the crime scene, Bart and Lisa recall that the robber read a magazine and used a [[microwave oven]], which Krusty could not have done as he is illiterate and has an artificial [[pacemaker]], which requires him to avoid microwave radiation. When Bart, Lisa, and Maggie visit Sideshow Bob to learn whether Krusty had any enemies, he gives them tickets to his show. During the live broadcast, Bart is invited on stage with Bob, who dismisses Bart's points about the microwave and magazine. When Bob says he has "big shoes to fill", Bart remembers when Homer stepped on the robber's foot during his robbery, making him react in pain. Despite wearing clown shoes, Krusty has small feet and would not have felt Homer stepping on them. Bart deduces that Sideshow Bob is the culprit, since he had the most to gain from Krusty's downfall and his large feet literally fill his own shoes. To prove this to the audience, Bart hits Bob's feet with a mallet and reveals their size as Bob reacts in pain.
While watching the show, the police realize they failed to notice this evidence and head to the studio to arrest Bob, who confesses that he framed Krusty out of frustration for being on the receiving end of the clown's humiliating gags and felt that his true talents were wasted on his show. Now released following his exoneration, Krusty regains the trust of the townspeople, including Wiggum, who apologizes for mistakenly arresting Krusty, and Homer, who apologizes for misidentifying him, as he thanks Bart for his help. Bart hangs a picture of himself shaking hands with Krusty in his bedroom, which is refilled with Krusty decor and merchandise.
==Production== [[File:Kelsey Grammer - Cropped.jpg|right|thumb|"Krusty Gets Busted" is the first episode guest starring [[Kelsey Grammer]] as the voice of Sideshow Bob.]]
Director [[Brad Bird]] wanted to open the episode with a close-up of Krusty's face.<ref name="Brad">{{cite video |people=Bird, Brad |date=2001 |title=Commentary for the episode "Krusty Gets Busted". The Simpsons: The Complete First Season |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The staff liked the idea, and he then suggested that all three acts of the episode, defined by the placement of the commercial breaks, should begin with a close-up shot.<ref name="Brad"/> Act one begins with Krusty's face introducing the audience at his show, act two begins with Krusty's face being locked up behind bars, and act three begins with Sideshow Bob's face on a big poster.<ref name="Brad"/> Krusty's character is based on a television clown from [[Portland, Oregon]] called [[Rusty Nails]], whom ''The Simpsons'' creator [[Matt Groening]] watched while growing up in Portland.<ref name="Matt">{{cite video |people=Groening, Matt |date=2001 |title=Commentary for the episode "Krusty Gets Busted". The Simpsons: The Complete First Season |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The original [[teleplay]], written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]], was 78 pages long and many scenes had to be cut.<ref name="Wallace"/> One scene that had to be cut down was the scene where [[Patty and Selma]] show the slideshow of their vacation; it originally contained images of them being detained for bringing [[heroin]] into America.<ref name="Wallace">{{cite video |people=Wolodarsky, Wallace |date=2001 |title=Commentary for the episode "Krusty Gets Busted". The Simpsons: The Complete First Season |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
"Krusty Gets Busted" is Sideshow Bob's second appearance on ''The Simpsons'' but is his first major appearance. He first appeared as a minor character in the season one episode "[[The Telltale Head]]".<ref name="MooreTTH"/> In that appearance, [[:File:SideshowBobsfirstappearance.png|his design]] was simpler and his hair was round. However, near the end of the episode, he appears with his more familiar hairstyle. Bob's design was updated for "Krusty Gets Busted", and the animators tried to redo his scenes in "The Telltale Head" with the re-design, but did not have enough time.<ref name="MooreTTH">{{cite video |people=Moore, Rich |date=2001 |title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "The Telltale Head" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The script for "Krusty Gets Busted" called for [[James Earl Jones]] to voice Bob, but the producers instead went with [[Kelsey Grammer]], a cast member on ''[[Cheers]]'' at the time.<ref name="BirdKGB">{{cite video |people=Bird, Brad |date=2001 |title=The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Krusty Gets Busted" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Grammer based Bob's voice on that of theater director Ellis Rabb. [[Kent Brockman]], [[Judge Snyder (The Simpsons)|Judge Snyder]], and [[List of recurring The Simpsons characters#Scott Christian|Scott Christian]] make their first appearances on ''The Simpsons'' in this episode.<ref name="Jay Kogen">{{cite video |people=Kogen, Jay |date=2001 |title=Commentary for the episode "Krusty Gets Busted". The Simpsons: The Complete First Season |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
==Cultural references==
[[Chief Wiggum]]'s order during the suspect line-up to "send in the clowns" is an allusion to the [[Stephen Sondheim]] song "[[Send in the Clowns]]" from the 1973 musical ''[[A Little Night Music]]''. The Sondheim musical took its name from [[Mozart]]'s [[Eine kleine Nachtmusik|Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major]], ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'', which is the theme tune to Sideshow Bob's show.<ref name=bbc /> The close up shot of Krusty's face behind bars in the beginning of act two is a reference of the closing credit motif of the British television series ''[[The Prisoner]]'' from the 1960s.<ref name="bbc"/> The background music in that scene resembles the theme of the television series ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' at one point.<ref name="bbc"/> Sideshow Bob is reading ''[[The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later#Part Three: The Man in the Iron Mask (Chapters 181–269)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' by [[Alexandre Dumas]] to the studio audience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G12.html |title=Krusty Gets Busted|access-date=2014-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902232115/http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7G12.html |archive-date=2014-09-02 }}</ref> The song "[[Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye]]" by [[Cole Porter]] is featured in the episode.<ref name="bbc"/> Following Sideshow Bob's arrest, he mutters to the Simpsons children, "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling kids.", which is a reference to a catchphrase from [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise, which was airing on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' when this episode aired.<ref name="Matt"/>
==Reception== In its original American broadcast, "Krusty Gets Busted" finished 13th in the ratings for the week of April 23–29, 1990, with a [[Nielsen rating]] of 16.4. It was the highest rated show on the Fox network that week.<ref name="nielsen">{{cite news |title=CBS sweeps Sunday, but NBC nets week's honors |date=1990-05-02 |page=I06 |publisher=[[The Orange County Register]] |author=Richmond, Ray}}</ref> The episode received generally positive reviews from critics. [[Gary Russell]] and [[Gareth Roberts (writer)|Gareth Roberts]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv51/garyrussell.html|title=Gary Russell: From Peladon to Placebos|author=Preddle, Jon|date=June 1997|magazine=Time Space Visualiser|issue=51|access-date=20 August 2020|publisher=The New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club|quote=I've just done my first non-fiction book, Oh No It's A Completely Unofficial Simpsons Guide for Virgin, co-authored with Gareth Roberts which has, to be frank, been more of a nightmare than it needed to be [the book was published as I Can't Believe It's An Unofficial Simpsons Guide, with Gary and Gareth writing under the pseudonyms Warren Martyn & Adrian Wood].}}</ref> the authors of the book ''I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide'', praised the episode: "The invention of the Simpsons' arch enemy as a lugubrious yet psychotic Englishman in dreadlocks succeeds wonderfully in this super-fast, super-funny episode that works by constantly reversing the audience's expectations."<ref name="bbc" />
In a DVD review of the first season, David B. Grelck rated this episode a{{nbsp}}3 (of 5).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202012353/http://www.wdbgproductions.com/cinerama/reviews/simpsonsseason1.htm |url=http://www.wdbgproductions.com/cinerama/reviews/simpsonsseason1.htm |title=The Complete First Season |access-date=2011-09-15 |archive-date=2009-02-02 |date=2001-09-25 |author=Grelck, David B. |publisher=WDBGProductions}}</ref> Colin Jacobson at DVD Movie Guide said in a review that "throughout the episode we found great material; it really seemed clear that the show was starting to turn into the piece we now know and love. It's hard for me to relate any deficiencies" and added that "almost every Bob episode offers a lot of fun, and this episode started that trend in fine style."<ref name="dvdmg">{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonone.shtml |title=The Simpsons: The Complete First Season (1990) |access-date=2008-08-29 |first=Colin |last=Jacobson |publisher=DVD Movie Guide |archive-date=August 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821134725/http://dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonone.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Screen Rant]]'' called it the best episode of the first season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/the-simpsons-best-episodes-ranked/|title=The Simpsons: The Best Episode In Every Season, Ranked|last=Sim|first=Bernardo|date=2019-09-22|website=Screen Rant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-22|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608035214/https://screenrant.com/the-simpsons-best-episodes-ranked/|url-status=live}}</ref> Series creator Matt Groening listed it as his ninth favorite episode of ''The Simpsons'' and added "I have a peculiar love of TV clownery".<ref name="ew">{{cite news |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/01/14/springfield-dreams/ |title=Springfield of Dreams |date=2000-01-14 |access-date=2022-01-15 |first=Dan |last=Snierson |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628145338/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C275114_2%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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=== Bibliography === {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |title=Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |title-link=Simpsons World: The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 |date=2010-10-28 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year= |isbn=9780061711282 |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |edition=1st |editor2-last=Gimple |editor2-first=Scott M. |editor2-link=Scott M. Gimple |editor-last3=McCann |editor-first3=Jessie L. |editor-last4=Seghers |editor-first4=Christine |editor-last5=Bates |editor-first5=James W.}} {{refend}}
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