The Simpsons (TV Series)

Krusty Gets Busted (1990)

Harry Shearer: Scratchy, Sketch Artist, TV Announcer, Kent Brockman, Rev. Lovejoy, Attorney, Krusty Souvenirs Salesman, Merchandiser #2, Security Guard, Eddie

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• Judge Snyder : Can it be that the champion of child literacy can't even read himself?

  Krusty the Clown : [distraught]  Is it a crime to be illiterate?

  Attorney : All right, all right. See this, Krusty?

  [holds up an evidence label with a "B" on it] 

  Attorney : This is a "B." And this is exhibit B.

  [holds up betting slips] 

  Attorney : Betting slips - obtained by this court indicating that you have lost substantial sums of money on sports gambling.

  Krusty the Clown : [nearly crying]  Is it a crime to bet on sporting events?

  Attorney : Yes, it is!

  Krusty the Clown : [sheepishly]  Oh.

• Kent Brockman : From his humble beginnings as a street mime in Tupelo, Mississippi, Krusty climbed to the top of a personal mini-empire, with dozens of endorsements, including his own line of pork products. This may have led to one of television's best-loved bloopers: Krusty's near-fatal on-the-air heart attack in 1986.

  [clip plays] 

  Krusty the Clown : Wasn't that a great Itchy and Scratchy cartoon, kids? Well, we've got another one coming right up. But first! I've got a hankerin' for some pork products! Mmmm... Look! Plump, succulent sausage. Honey-smoked bacon. And glistening, sizzling...

  [Krusty gasps and moans, and slowly collapses, clutching his chest. All the children in the audience laugh] 

  Krusty the Clown : Gah! I'm dying... I'm dying...

  Kent Brockman : [chuckles] 

• [the security video from the Kwik-E-Mart is played at Krusty's trial. When Homer screams and dives into the chip display, everyone in the courtroom laughs and Marge face-palms] 

  Attorney : Mr. Simpson, was that you taking that cowardly dive into that display of snack treats?