Like Father, Like Clown/References - Revision history

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 **The phrase "I have no son!" later said by Hyman Krustofsky is a reference to that phrase said by [[Laurence Olivier]] portraying Cantor Rabinovitch in the fourth adaptation of ''{{W2|The Jazz Singer|1980 film}}''.
 *Krusty attended {{W|Yeshiva}}.
-*Krusty's first big break was being hired as the entertainment for a Talmudic conference in the Catskills. {{W|The Talmud}} is the collection of ancient Jewish laws and traditions. The foothills of [[New York]]'s {{W|Catskill Mountains}} were well-known for {{W|Borscht Belt|summer resorts catering to Jewish New Yorkers}} which were mostly all closed by the 1970s.
+*Krusty's first big break was being hired as the entertainment for a Talmudic conference in the Catskills. {{W|The Talmud}} is the collection of ancient Jewish laws and traditions. The foothills of [[New York]]'s {{W|Catskill Mountains}} were well known for {{W|Borscht Belt|summer resorts catering to Jewish New Yorkers}} which were mostly all closed by the 1970s.
 *At the Simpsons' house, Krusty finds ''{{W2|The Concert for Bangladesh|album}}'' album. This is album was credited to "[[George Harrison]] & Friends" and it followed {{W|The Concert for Bangladesh|two concerts of the same name}}.
 [[File:SpringfieldX.png|250px|thumb|The films being played at [[Springfield-X]] adult movie theatre are parodies of real-world ones]]

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 *This episode marks the first time [[Jackie Mason]] guest starred on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', as [[Hyman Krustofsky]]. He would later come back and voice the character again several other times.
 *[[Krusty]] reveals his real name is [[Herschel Krustofski]].
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 *[[Bart]] sings "{{W|This Could Be the Start of Something}}", a popular song by [[Steve Allen]].
 [[File:Lois Pennycandy Krusty pictures.png|250px|thumb|[[Krusty]] has pictures of him with both [[the Beatles]] and [[Alfred Hitchcock]] in [[Lois Pennycandy]]'s office]]
 *The pictures at [[Lois Pennycandy]]'s office include:
 **[[Krusty]] swapping chairs with director [[Alfred Hitchcock]].
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 **The phrase "I have no son!" later said by Hyman Krustofsky is a reference to that phrase said by [[Laurence Olivier]] portraying Cantor Rabinovitch in the fourth adaptation of ''{{W2|The Jazz Singer|1980 film}}''.
 *Krusty attended {{W|Yeshiva}}.
 *At the Simpsons' house, Krusty finds ''{{W2|The Concert for Bangladesh|album}}'' album. This is album was credited to "[[George Harrison]] & Friends" and it followed {{W|The Concert for Bangladesh|two concerts of the same name}}.
 [[File:SpringfieldX.png|250px|thumb|The films being played at [[Springfield-X]] adult movie theatre are parodies of real-world ones]]

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 *When Krusty pulls Mr. Teeny out of his bag he tells the chimp to go wait in the car, but when Krusty leaves there is no car outside and in the next scene he is also walking home. (The bag has also disappeared.)
 *After Krusty starts crying at the dinner table, Homer asks if he will finish his meatloaf, but there is no meatloaf on his plate.
+*When Krusty is sprayed with seltzer during the flashback his makeup is gone, after his father tells him he never wants to see him again his makeup re-appears.
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 *The title of the episode is a parody of the saying "{{W|wiktionary:like father, like son|like father, like son}}" and a reference to the 1987 film ''{{W2|Like Father Like Son|1987 film}}''.
 *The ending of ''{{ap|The Krusty the Clown Show|TV series}}'' resembles the ending of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', when all the cast members reform for the credits sequence.
-**{{W|Dona Mills}}, the American actress that starred on the soap opera ''{{W|Knots Landing}}'', is in Krusty's show.
+**{{W|Donna Mills}}, the American actress that starred on the soap opera ''{{W|Knots Landing}}'', is in Krusty's show.
 *The {{W|New York Giants}} American football team is mentioned.
 *[[Bart]] sings "{{W|This Could Be the Start of Something}}", a popular song by [[Steve Allen]].

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title of the episode is a parody of the saying "{{w|wiktionary:like father, like son|like father, like son}}" and a reference to the 1987 film ''{{w2|Like Father Like Son|1987 film}}''.
+*The title of the episode is a parody of the saying "{{W|wiktionary:like father, like son|like father, like son}}" and a reference to the 1987 film ''{{W2|Like Father Like Son|1987 film}}''.
 *The ending of ''{{ap|The Krusty the Clown Show|TV series}}'' resembles the ending of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', when all the cast members reform for the credits sequence.
-**{{w|Dona Mills}}, the American actress that starred on the soap opera ''{{w|Knots Landing}}'', is in Krusty's show.
+**{{W|Dona Mills}}, the American actress that starred on the soap opera ''{{W|Knots Landing}}'', is in Krusty's show.
-*The {{w|New York Giants}} American football team is mentioned.
+*The {{W|New York Giants}} American football team is mentioned.
-*[[Bart]] sings "{{w|This Could Be the Start of Something}}", a popular song by [[Steve Allen]].
+*[[Bart]] sings "{{W|This Could Be the Start of Something}}", a popular song by [[Steve Allen]].
 [[File:Lois Pennycandy Krusty pictures.png|250px|thumb|[[Krusty]] has pictures of him with both [[the Beatles]] and [[Alfred Hitchcock]] in [[Lois Pennycandy]]'s office]]
 *The pictures at [[Lois Pennycandy]]'s office include:
 **[[Krusty]] swapping chairs with director [[Alfred Hitchcock]].
 **Krusty with [[the Beatles]].
-*Krusty says he hates missing "{{w|Schnapps}} Night" at the {{w|Friars' Club}}, a famous private club in [[New York City]].
+*Krusty says he hates missing "{{W|Schnapps}} Night" at the {{W|Friars' Club}}, a famous private club in [[New York City]].
-*Just before having dinner, Krusty starts a {{w|List of Jewish prayers and blessings|Jewish blessing}}, more specifically the ''{{w|Berakhah|bracha}}''. According to [[Lisa]], [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Dinah Shore]], [[William Shatner]] and [[Mel Brooks]] are all Jewish.
+*Just before having dinner, Krusty starts a {{W|List of Jewish prayers and blessings|Jewish blessing}}, more specifically the ''{{W|Berakhah|bracha}}''. According to [[Lisa]], [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Dinah Shore]], [[William Shatner]] and [[Mel Brooks]] are all Jewish.
 *In Krusty's flashback, he and his father [[Hyman Krustofsky]] walk down the street with the style of the "Death of Don Fanucci" scene from ''[[The Godfather|The Godfather II]]''.
-*One of the Jewish men that was asking for advice asks Hyman whether he should buy a {{w|Chrysler}} car. The Rabbi answers positively and also mentions the "Dyna-Flo suspension", possibly a play-on to General Motors' {{w|Dynaflow}} automatic transmissions that competed against Chrysler's.
+*One of the Jewish men that was asking for advice asks Hyman whether he should buy a {{W|Chrysler}} car. The Rabbi answers positively and also mentions the "Dyna-Flo suspension", possibly a play-on to General Motors' {{W|Dynaflow}} automatic transmissions that competed against Chrysler's.
-*Krusty's Jewish heritage, his relationship with his father, and desire to be an entertainer rather than follow in his Rabbi father's footsteps, parallel [[Al Jolson]] in the 1927 film ''{{w|The Jazz Singer}}''.
+*Krusty's Jewish heritage, his relationship with his father, and desire to be an entertainer rather than follow in his Rabbi father's footsteps, parallel [[Al Jolson]] in the 1927 film ''{{W|The Jazz Singer}}''.
-**The phrase "I have no son!" later said by Hyman Krustofsky is a reference to that phrase said by [[Laurence Olivier]] portraying Cantor Rabinovitch in the fourth adaptation of ''{{w2|The Jazz Singer|1980 film}}''.
+**The phrase "I have no son!" later said by Hyman Krustofsky is a reference to that phrase said by [[Laurence Olivier]] portraying Cantor Rabinovitch in the fourth adaptation of ''{{W2|The Jazz Singer|1980 film}}''.
-*Krusty attended {{w|Yeshiva}}.
+*Krusty attended {{W|Yeshiva}}.
-*At the Simpsons' house, Krusty finds ''{{w2|The Concert for Bangladesh|album}}'' album. This is album was credited to "[[George Harrison]] & Friends" and it followed {{w|The Concert for Bangladesh|two concerts of the same name}}.
+*At the Simpsons' house, Krusty finds ''{{W2|The Concert for Bangladesh|album}}'' album. This is album was credited to "[[George Harrison]] & Friends" and it followed {{W|The Concert for Bangladesh|two concerts of the same name}}.
 [[File:SpringfieldX.png|250px|thumb|The films being played at [[Springfield-X]] adult movie theatre are parodies of real-world ones]]
 *The films being played at [[Springfield-X]] adult movie theatre include:
-**''Crocodile Done Me'', a parody of ''{{w|Crocodile Dundee}}''.
+**''Crocodile Done Me'', a parody of ''{{W|Crocodile Dundee}}''.
-**''Debbie Does Springfield'', a parody of the pornographic film ''{{w|Debbie Does Dallas}}''.
+**''Debbie Does Springfield'', a parody of the pornographic film ''{{W|Debbie Does Dallas}}''.
-**''Doctor Strangepants'', a parody of ''{{w|Dr. Strangelove}}''.
+**''Doctor Strangepants'', a parody of ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''.
 **''For Your Thighs Only'', a parody of ''{{W2|For Your Eyes Only|film}}''
-*Krusty watches the ''{{w|Academy Awards}} Playhouse''.
+*Krusty watches the ''{{W|Academy Awards}} Playhouse''.
-*The scenes of Krusty calling up his father then staring into space is a reference to the 1980 film ''{{w|Raging Bull}}''.
+*The scenes of Krusty calling up his father then staring into space is a reference to the 1980 film ''{{W|Raging Bull}}''.
-*The ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "{{ap|Field of Screams|Like Father, Like Clown}}" is a reference to the 1989 baseball-related film ''{{w|Field of Dreams}}''.
+*The ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "{{ap|Field of Screams|Like Father, Like Clown}}" is a reference to the 1989 baseball-related film ''{{W|Field of Dreams}}''.
 *[[Lisa]] and Bart call Hyman and fake [[Saul Bellow]]'s voice so that Krusty can meet his father. Saul Bellow was a Jewish Canadian-American writer who was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]], the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
-*The kids also fool Krusty by telling him that the French government wants to give him the {{w|Legion of Honour}}, the highest French order of merit.
+*The kids also fool Krusty by telling him that the French government wants to give him the {{W|Legion of Honour}}, the highest French order of merit.
 *The food on the [[Izzy's Deli]] menu is called after Jewish American personalities, including entertainer [[Joey Bishop]] and stand-up comedian [[Jackie Mason]] (who voiced Hyman). [[Bruce Willis]] is also mentioned, although he does not practice any kind of religion
-*Krusty hums "{{w|La Marseillaise}}", the national anthem of [[France]], when he is at Izzy's Deli.
+*Krusty hums "{{W|La Marseillaise}}", the national anthem of [[France]], when he is at Izzy's Deli.
-**Krusty also asks the waiter to direct him to President {{w|François Mitterrand}}, who was in office when this episode aired.
+**Krusty also asks the waiter to direct him to President {{W|François Mitterrand}}, who was in office when this episode aired.
-*Lisa mentions the {{w|Judaica}}. She also reads about {{w|Simeon ben Eleazar}} in one of the [[Springfield Library]] books.
+*Lisa mentions the {{W|Judaica}}. She also reads about {{W|Simeon ben Eleazar}} in one of the [[Springfield Library]] books.
-*Hyman mentions {{w|Hillel the Elder}} (Rabbi Hillel), {{w|Judah the Pious}}, {{w|Maimonides}} and the {{w|Dead Sea Scrolls}} while trying to come up with the person Bart quoted. At the end, Bart says the quote was by American entertainer [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] from his book ''Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr''. Hyman also mentions "{{w|The Candy Man}}", Davis's career hit.
+*Hyman mentions {{W|Hillel the Elder}} (Rabbi Hillel), {{W|Judah the Pious}}, {{W|Maimonides}} and the {{W|Dead Sea Scrolls}} while trying to come up with the person Bart quoted. At the end, Bart says the quote was by American entertainer [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] from his book ''Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr''. Hyman also mentions "{{W|The Candy Man}}", Davis's career hit.
-*When Krusty reunites with Hyman, he sings "{{w|O mein Papa}}", a nostalgic German song originally as related by a young woman remembering her beloved, once-famous clown father.
+*When Krusty reunites with Hyman, he sings "{{W|O mein Papa}}", a nostalgic German song originally as related by a young woman remembering her beloved, once-famous clown father.
 == Trivia ==