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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Krusty]] reveals the untold story of his past while working to produce the movie [[The Sands of Space]]. While serving as personal assistants on the film, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] learn about the early years of their parents' relationship.}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Krusty]] reveals the untold story of his past while working to produce the movie [[The Sands of Space]]. While serving as personal assistants on the film, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] learn about the early years of their parents' relationship.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"The Clown Stays in the Picture"''' is the fourteenth episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on February 17, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Timothy Bailey]]. It guest stars [[Marc Maron]] as {{Ch|Marc Maron|himself}}.
+'''"The Clown Stays in the Picture"''' is the fourteenth episode of [[Season 30|broadcast season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on February 17, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Timothy Bailey]]. It guest stars [[Marc Maron]] as {{Ch|Marc Maron|himself}}.
 "The Clown Stays in the Picture" was dedicated in memory of former production manager [[Trista H. Navarro]], who died on February 6.

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Krusty]] reveals the untold story of his past in his movie "[[The Sands of Space]]". While working as personal assistants on the movie, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] learn about the early years of their parents' relationship.}}
+{{Desc|[[Krusty]] reveals the untold story of his past while working to produce the movie [[The Sands of Space]]. While serving as personal assistants on the film, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] learn about the early years of their parents' relationship.}}
 == Plot ==
-At a road block, [[Bart]]'s phone battery dies so he tries to listen to what [[Lisa]] is listening to, and finds {{Ch|Marc Maron}}'s podcast and discovers he interviewed [[Krusty]], where he gets upset once Marc mentions the movie ''[[The Sands of Space]]'' and starts narrating the story around the movie.
+At a roadblock, [[Bart]]'s phone battery dies, so he tries to listen to what [[Lisa]] is listening to and discovers {{Ch|Marc Maron}}'s podcast. He hears an interview with [[Krusty]], who becomes upset when Marc mentions the movie ''[[The Sands of Space]]'', prompting Krusty to recount the story behind the film.
-Krusty started his work on the set as a star on the movie ''[[Good Cop, Dog Cop]]''. At the idea of a sequel, ''[[Good Cop, Dog Cop 2: Golden Revolver]]'', Krusty proposed to produce the movie of the book ''The Sands of Space''.
+Krusty begins his involvement as a star on the movie ''[[Good Cop, Dog Cop]]''. When a sequel, ''[[Good Cop, Dog Cop 2: Golden Revolver]]'', is proposed, Krusty instead suggests producing a movie adaptation of the book ''The Sands of Space''.
-In the crew, [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] as production assistants, were hired along other Springfielders, and are going to shoot it in [[Mexico]]. But the production of the movie isn't going too well when Krusty argues with the director and he leaves the set, so Krusty becomes the director, but doesn't know how to do it and starts crying.
+[[Marge]] and [[Homer]] are hired as production assistants, along with other Springfielders, and the crew travels to [[Mexico]] to film. However, the production begins to unravel when Krusty argues with the director, who subsequently leaves. Krusty takes over as director but quickly breaks down, not knowing how to proceed.
-Krusty starts falling apart, so Marge goes to help him and so he hires her as assistant to the director to decide for him. Her work though interferes with her love with Homer, and Krusty tries to break them, and appear to give in, but once alone, he plots to take him down, giving him hard and dangerous jobs on the set.
+Marge steps in to help, and Krusty hires her as his assistant director to make decisions on his behalf. Her new role begins to interfere with her relationship with Homer, and Krusty attempts to sabotage their romance. Although he pretends to support them, he secretly plots against Homer by assigning him difficult and dangerous tasks on set.
-Homer is sent to grab a lizard in the middle of a sandstorm and gets unconscious down a ravine, and awaits death down there, but cacti versions of Bart, Lisa and Maggie appears making him change idea, but he gets captured. Krusty refuses to save him, but the crew doesn't give up and goes to save him, using weapons from the movie, which are all fake. The only way to stop it is Marge selling the movie itself to the captures. And after that Krusty's career ended and he went back to kids TV.
+Homer is sent to retrieve a lizard during a sandstorm, falls down a ravine, and lies unconscious, awaiting death. Hallucinations of cacti versions of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie convince him to keep going, but he is captured. Krusty refuses to rescue him, but the crew rallies and stages a rescue using the movie's fake weapons. Ultimately, Marge must sell the movie itself to the captors in order to secure Homer's release. Following this, Krusty's film career collapses, and he returns to children's television.
-Back home, Bart and Lisa asks Homer and Marge how it was to work for the movie, asking what happened to the movie and if Krusty ever saw it. In Mexico, at the [[El Bozo Loco]] theater, the movie is shown and Krusty finds out people thinks its a comedy and laugh at the ending.
+Back home, Bart and Lisa ask Homer and Marge what it was like working on the movie, what happened to the film, and whether Krusty ever saw it. In Mexico, at the [[El Bozo Loco]] theater, the movie is shown, and Krusty discovers the audience sees it as a comedy, laughing at the ending.
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 == Production ==
-A joke cut about about movies in the late '80s was Krusty saying: "Nowadays, movies are all made by giant corporations, but back then, movies were made by medium-sized corporations."<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1097300047773855744 Matt Selman on Twitter]</ref> A song for {{w|Peabo Bryson}} to sing over was going to be written but the team forgot to.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1097303859301539840 Matt Selman on Twitter]</ref>
+A joke cut about about movies in the late '80s was Krusty saying: "Nowadays, movies are all made by giant corporations, but back then, movies were made by medium-sized corporations."<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1097300047773855744 Matt Selman on Twitter]</ref> A song for {{W|Peabo Bryson}} to sing over was going to be written but the team forgot to.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1097303859301539840 Matt Selman on Twitter]</ref>
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 == Promo videos ==
-*{{youtube|P9VAsOs8umY|Guest Starring Marc Maron}}
+*{{Youtube|P9VAsOs8umY|Guest Starring Marc Maron}}
-*{{youtube|wSox1jswUAE|Krusty Is On A Radio Show}}
+*{{Youtube|wSox1jswUAE|Krusty Is On A Radio Show}}
-*{{youtube|Sil0HJyaoJU|Krusty Gets Bombarded With Questions}}
+*{{Youtube|Sil0HJyaoJU|Krusty Gets Bombarded With Questions}}
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 == Plot ==
-At a road block, [[Bart]]'s phone battery dies so he tries to listen to what [[Lisa]] is listening to, and finds [[Marc Maron (character)|Marc Maron]]'s podcast and discovers he interviewed [[Krusty]], where he gets upset once Marc mentions the movie ''[[The Sands of Space]]'' and starts narrating the story around the movie.
+At a road block, [[Bart]]'s phone battery dies so he tries to listen to what [[Lisa]] is listening to, and finds {{Ch|Marc Maron}}'s podcast and discovers he interviewed [[Krusty]], where he gets upset once Marc mentions the movie ''[[The Sands of Space]]'' and starts narrating the story around the movie.
 Krusty started his work on the set as a star on the movie ''[[Good Cop, Dog Cop]]''. At the idea of a sequel, ''[[Good Cop, Dog Cop 2: Golden Revolver]]'', Krusty proposed to produce the movie of the book ''The Sands of Space''.
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