Today I Am a Clown
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Couch gag The Simpsons each slide down their own pole into the Batcave, where everyone is dressed like the characters from the 1960s Batman TV show (Homer is Batman, Marge is Catwoman, Maggie and Lisa are Batgirl, and Bart is Robin, the Boy Wonder). | | |
Commentary | Al Jean Joel H. Cohen Matt Selman Carolyn Omine Tim Long Don Payne Tom Gammill Max Pross Dan Castellaneta Nancy Kruse Steven Dean Moore | |
"Today I Am a Clown" is the sixth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 7, 2003. The episode focuses on Krusty's religion, Judaism.
Dan Castellaneta won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his roles in this episode.[1]
Plot
One morning, the family is visited by
In response to The Homer Simpson Show's surprising success, Krusty's show is eventually cancelled by Channel 6. Lisa suggests that Homer put his power to good use, but ratings decline and Homer's show is also cancelled thanks to Lisa's suggestion. Meanwhile, Krusty pitches his Bar Mitzvah to the Fox network. When the Bar Mitzvah ("Krusty the Klown's Wet 'n' Wild Bar Mitzvah"), featuring Mr. T as a guest, airs, it becomes a ratings smash, but the spectacle disappoints his father. Krusty feels guilty, and after the show, he holds a real Bar Mitzvah the traditional way at a Jewish temple.
Reception
In 2012, New York named "Today I Am a Clown" as one of the nine later Simpsons episodes that was as good as the show's classic era.[2]
References
- ^ Schneider, Michael (August 11, 2004). "Emmy speaks for Homer".
- ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (February 10, 2012). "Nine Latter-Day Simpsons Episodes That Match Up to the Early Classics". New York. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ McNary, Dave (15 December 2004). "'Wing' still has the write stuff". Variety. Retrieved 23 February 2019.