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773:, Nathan Rabin writes "Like most Borsht-Belt shtick-slingers, Krusty is prickly and hard on the outside but soft, tender and sweet on the inside. Shtick without sentimentality is like lox without bagels and 'Like Father, Like Son' taps into a side of Krusty we seldom see: a lost little boy who never got over his father’s rejection and pines for what he sees as the domestic bliss of the Simpsons. As Lisa says with just the right note of sad, weary understanding, 'A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.'” 1436: 440:. Lisa says “A man who envies our family is a man who needs help” and she and Bart decide to reunite father and son. Hyman tells them: "I have no son!" and Bart says "Great, we came all this way and it's the wrong guy." He adds: "I didn't mean that literally!" He refuses to reconcile with Krusty because he believes that his son had abandoned his faith and family. To outsmart Hyman, Lisa finds 672: 1953: 516:, were credited as "special technical consultants". Schulweis was asked to take a look at a draft of the script. While not a fan of the show, he felt "it was profound" and added some corrections. He later commented, "I thought it had a Jewish resonance to it. I was impressed by the underlying moral seriousness." 519:
The episode was co-directed by Jeffrey Lynch and Brad Bird. It was Lynch's first credit as a director, so Bird was assigned to help him out and "usher into the world of directing things quickly". Krusty is one of Bird's favorite characters, and he always tries to animate a scene in every Krusty
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that shows the "comic and emotional scope of the show". They wrote, "Most Krusty the Klown episodes go heavy on celebrity cameos, while playing up the character's misanthropic greed. This one gave him a heart, as Bart and Lisa try to reunite him with his estranged rabbi father (voice of Jackie
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Mason), who has never forgiven his son for going into show biz." DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson wrote that the episode "lacks a surfeit of guffaws, but it manages to be sweet and heartfelt without becoming sappy. It's more of a charming show than a laughfest, but it does the job."
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of the film. A nod to the film is featured in dialogue when Rabbi Krustofsky says, "Oh, if you were a musician or a jazz singer, this I could forgive!" In the Simpsons house, Krusty plays
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to roll. Bart and Lisa arrive backstage with Hyman, and he and Krusty joyously reconcile before the audience. Hyman accepts a cream pie from Bart and throws it in his son's face.
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for helping exonerate him for charges of armed robbery. When he keeps canceling, an upset Bart writes him a letter saying he has lost faith in Krusty. Krusty's secretary,
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teachings that urge forgiveness, but he refutes her arguments. In a last-ditch effort, Bart convinces Hyman to abandon his stubborn ways by quoting
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comedian behind his father's back. One night, Krusty performed at a rabbis' convention unknowingly attended by Hyman. A rabbi squirted
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speaks of his heritage, making him break down in tears. He tells the family that saying the blessing reminds him of his troubled past.
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In its original broadcast, "Like Father, Like Clown" finished 34th in ratings for the week of October 21–27, 1991, with a
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and establish that Krusty is Jewish. The episode was carefully researched and two rabbis, Lavi Meier and
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in support or opposition of clowning were carefully researched. Cited passages from the Bible include
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Sepinwall, Alan; Matt Zoller Seitz (April 26, 1998). "The best of "The Simpsons" doing their worst".
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In its original broadcast, "Like Father, Like Clown" finished 34th in ratings with a
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and establish that Krusty is Jewish. They pitched the idea to co-executive producer
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Krusty is feeling glum when he starts the live of his show, and then calls for
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The Gospel According to The Simpsons, Bigger and Possibly Even Better! edition
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for his performance as Hyman Krustofsky. He was one of six voice actors from
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on him, washing off his clown makeup. Recognizing Krusty, an outraged Hyman
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Castellaneta, Dan. (2003). Commentary for "Like Father, Like Clown", in
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of 12.7. It was the highest rated program on Fox that week. Mason won a
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named the episode as one of four that broke new ground, alongside "
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Bird, Brad. (2003). Commentary for "Like Father, Like Clown", in
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Jean, Al. (2003). Commentary for "Like Father, Like Clown", in
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listed "Like Father, Like Clown" as one of the ten episodes of
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try to reunite a heartbroken Krusty with his estranged father.
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reveals to the Simpsons that he is Jewish and that his father,
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Krusty had agreed to have dinner with the Simpsons to repay
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in the United States on October 24, 1991. In the episode,
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were also researched, and two rabbis, Lavi Meier and
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Krusty reveals his real name is Herschel Krustofsky (
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Index

Homie the Clown
The Simpsons

Jeffrey Lynch
Brad Bird
Jay Kogen
Wallace Wolodarsky
Jackie Mason
Hyman Krustofsky
Chalkboard gag
Couch gag
Bart
Homer
Matt Groening
Al Jean
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Jay Kogen
Wallace Wolodarsky
Brad Bird
Homer Defined
Treehouse of Horror II
The Simpsons season 3
List of episodes
third season
The Simpsons
Fox
Krusty the Clown
Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky
Bart

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