Homie the Clown
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"Homie the Clown" is the 15th episode of The Simpsons' sixth season. The episode title is a play on the sketch comedy character Homey the Clown from the sketch comedy show In Living Color. Damon Wayans played Homey the Clown, his real name being Herman Simpson.
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[edit] Synopsis
Krusty's poor gambling skills and wasteful habits (he lights a cigarette by burning a $100 bill, a pearl necklace, and a copy of Action Comics #1) land him in deep financial trouble, and to make up for it he launches a training college for clowns. Homer becomes oddly fixated with the prospect of becoming a clown after seeing the college advertised on a billboard, and enters the program. After graduating, he impersonates Krusty at private and public events that the real Krusty deems unworthy of his personal appearance. Homer eventually finds the job disappointing and decides to quit, until he discovers that when he impersonates Krusty, he receives all sorts of benefits from authority figures and businesses. The impersonation goes too far when Homer is kidnapped by Fat Tony's gang, to whom the real Krusty is indebted. After a brief attempt at eluding them by fleeing to Switzerland and getting plastic surgery, the real Krusty arrives at Fat Tony's club, and Krusty and Homer's lives are spared after they entertain the gang with an elaborate clown trick. Krusty pays off his debt to the gang - a total of $48, of which he gets change for his $50.
[edit] Trivia
- Officially, this episode is titled "Homie the Clown", but it is still known as "Homer the Clown" in some places, including The Simpsons Archive.
- This episode is the first to reveal that Kirk Van Houten works at a cracker factory.
- It is also revealed that Fat Tony apparently works for "Don Vittorio DiMaggio", who admits to being an Italian stereotype. Don Vittorio appears in non-speaking roles in later episodes.
[edit] Cultural references
- Krusty lights a cigarette with the first issue of Action Comics, the first full appearance of Superman, a gem piece for any comic collector.
- The notes that play on the wine glasses during Homer and Krusty's bicycle trick are those of The Godfather theme.
- One scene in the episode parodies the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind when Homer forms his mashed potatoes into a circus tent.
- The "Krustyburglar" is a parody of the McDonald's Hamburglar.
- Fat Tony tells Louie that they'll get more ammo at Big 5.
- Krusty bets all of his money on the Washington Generals, a basketball team that loses to the Harlem Globetrotters in exhibition games, with his reasoning being that they're "due."
[edit] External links
- "Homie the Clown" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive
