Krusty Gets Busted

"Krusty Gets Busted"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 12
Directed byBrad Bird
Written byJay Kogen
Wallace Wolodarsky
Production code7G12[1]
Original air dateApril 29, 1990 (1990-04-29)
Guest appearance
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"They are laughing at me, not with me"[3]
Couch gagMaggie pops out of the couch, and lands in Marge's arms.[4]
CommentaryMatt Groening
Brad Bird
Jay Kogen
Wallace Wolodarsky
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"Krusty Gets Busted" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 29, 1990.[1] The episode was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by Brad Bird.[4] In the episode, Krusty the Clown is convicted of armed robbery of the Kwik-E-Mart. Believing that Krusty has been framed for it, Bart and 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.[4] Kelsey Grammer makes his first guest appearance on the show as the voice of Sideshow Bob.[5]

  1. ^ a b Groening 2010, p. 46.
  2. ^ "Krusty Gets Busted" The Simpsons.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2008
  3. ^ Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M..
  4. ^ a b c Krusty Gets Busted Archived October 12, 2003, at the Wayback Machine BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on August 31, 2008
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference BirdKGB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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