Bart's TV hero Krusty the Clown is arrested for a convenience-store robbery, and witness Homer must testify against the clown.
Season 1's most joke-dense episode at 2.04/min, just missing elite status at 79.1.
Directed by Brad Bird · Written by Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky
WAR
41.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Krusty Gets Busted” ranks #239 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.1 — Elite. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Krusty landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Bart: Big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill--
Bart Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Bart: See that? Krusty wore big floppy shoes, but he's got little feet like all good-hearted people! Sideshow Bob really fills his shoes with big ugly feet.
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Marge: If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime time.
Marge Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Apu: Yes, yes. I know the procedure for armed robbey. I do work in a conveniencestore, you know.
Apu Deadpan/Understatement Observational Krusty: I plead guilty, Your Honor. Oh. I mean, not guilty. Opening nightjitters, Your Honor.
Krusty Character Comedy Misdirection All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Krusty: Or do you want me to shoot Sideshow Bob out of a cannon?
Krusty Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Children: The cannon. The cannon. The cannon. The cannon. The cannon.
Krusty: but maybe that's because we haven't used enough... gunpowder!
Krusty Escalation Dark/Subversive Bart: Don't blame me. I didn't do it.
Bart Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Krusty: Comedy, thy name is Krusty.
Krusty Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential Marge: If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime time.
Marge Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer: Ooh, premium-- Wait a minute. Why?
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Oh, eight carousels! We're in for a real treat.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Apu: Perhaps a little something for the trip back to the cash register.
Apu Character Comedy Observational Homer: Or as I call 'em, the Gruesome Twosome.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Apu: Yes, yes. I know the procedure for armed robbey. I do work in a conveniencestore, you know.
Apu Deadpan/Understatement Observational Apu: The opportunity to prove yourself a hero is long gone.
Apu Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Bart Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: My kid's hero, Cruddy, Crummy-- Krusty the Clown!
Homer Character Comedy Misdirection Krusty: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Krusty Character Comedy Absurdist Police officer: Send in the clowns.
Homer: Well, if the crime is making me laugh, they're all guilty!
Homer Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Patty or Selma: Oh, goody gumdrops.
Scott Christian: Why did the clown cross the road? To rob a Kwik-E-Mart.
Scott Christian: The news stoy behind that enigmatic half-joke right after this commercial message.
Bart: I've based my whole life on Krusty's teachings.
Bart Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Earth to Marge. Earth to Marge. I was there. The clown is G-I-L-L-T-Y.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: I was there. The clown is G-I-L-L-T-Y.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Kent Brockman: hang on each new development like so many Romanian trapeze artists.
Krusty: I'm dying. I'm dying.
Krusty Physical/Slapstick Dark/Subversive Krusty: Give a hoot. Read a book.
Child: And his feet, they're so small.
Child Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Krusty: I plead guilty, Your Honor. Oh. I mean, not guilty. Opening nightjitters, Your Honor.
Krusty Character Comedy Misdirection Homer Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Krusty Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Homer: No, I'm not! I'm hopping on the bandwagon.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Krusty: No, I can't! I can't read or write! I admit it! I'm totally illiterate. Now are you happy?
Krusty Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Krusty · Judge: Is it a crime to bet on sporting events? Yes, it is! Oh.
Krusty: I knew it! This happens to me evey time.
Krusty Character Comedy Absurdist Bart: What the hell are you doing, Lis?
Bart Character Comedy Reaction Beat Bart: You're smarter than me.
Bart Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: Don't you remember the get-well card we sent to Krusty? It was after his heartattack when he had a pacemaker put in.
Lisa Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Apu: Hey, hey. This is not a lending library! If you're not going to buy that thing put it down, or I'll blow your heads off!
Apu Character Comedy Escalation Sideshow Bob: Evey time we say good-bye I die a little
Bart: Big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill--
Bart Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Bart: See that? Krusty wore big floppy shoes, but he's got little feet like all good-hearted people! Sideshow Bob really fills his shoes with big ugly feet.
Bart Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Sideshow Bob: And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for these meddling kids.
Sideshow Bob: Treat kids as equals! They're people too! They're smarter than you think. they were smart enough to catch me!
Krusty: It better not, you dimwit!
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