Talk:Krusty Gets Kancelled/Archive 1
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Worker and Parasite
Worker and Parasite desrve their own article, But will be linked from here.
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Gabbo
I don't think Gabbo is the foul-mouthed one. I think Arthur Crandall (his puppeteer) has multiple personality disorder and channels his evil side through Gabbo. It's like the Ventriloquist or Mr. Garrison or any other characters with multiple personalities. - Ndrly 23:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Worker and Parasite
Actually, the visual style bears a distinct similarity to the films of Priit Pärn and other directors from Estonia. Compare for yourselves: [1] [2] [3] Esn 08:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
- I doubt that The Simpsons writers even knew Priit Pärn exists. Given the fact that Itchy & Scratchy is obviously based on Tom & Jerry, it's a pretty safe bet it's a spoof on the Gene Deitch era. Gaunt Man (talk) 22:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Worker and Parasite Explained
I put this in but it was deleted: It should not have been; can somebody who knows why put it in the "right" way...
The name could possibly be a reference to Communist ideals, hence Eastern Europe. This cartoon short is also a deliberately exquisitely-crafted highly-sophisticated masterpiece massive "insult"-via-indifference and American "marginalization" to both the themes, films, artistic, political, and human inpirations of the entire Central European independant cinema tradition that carefully strove to be both relevant (yet unthreatening) from the 1940's to 1980's under Soviet ideaological control. The various scenes, motives, imagery are drawn from dozens of both live action and animated cinema trends. Krusty's final clueless reaction is meant to represent not just the ideological collapse of the Soviet System, but more importantly (and more disturbingly) the total cluessness of current Americans (especially the younger ones) about any of the relevant historical, political, and economic life-or-death issues not only of that time and place but our own and our current inability to contextualize our own society. (Also it goes without saying that the one-dimensional good-versus-evil ideological-straightjacket-relationship that worker and parasite existed in is highlighted not just to refer to the ideological-narrowness of pure communist economic-policial society but to the ideological-narrowness and one-sidedness of the middle class American Popular "mind" with its emphasis on hedonistic nilhistic solipolistic self-rightous self-centered self-validation -- as we today are just as anthropologically-poor and self-oppossed as those forced to live in the utopia worker and parasite's ideological brainwashing was supposed to (but didn't) produce. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdlfjlssijdfi3434 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- This is obvious to anyone who knows what communism is, and for such a short appearance in the episode, this long explanation is unwarranted. The most that's needed is a one-sentence mention with a link to communism.
- I have always thought that Worker & Parasite was a parody of Gene Deitch's bizarre Tom & Jerry produced in Czechoslovakia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.232.253.81 (talk) 22:02, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Simpsons movie
gabbo was briefly seen in the movie, is that worth mentioning? Skhatri2005 05:40, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Additional characters
A section removed by User:Scorpion0422. Image was uploaded by me, but taken down as this section was removed. Oh well. Anybody who wants it, tell me, or buy the DVD.
Luke Perry makes an appearance as a replacement for Sideshow Mel. He is said to be Krusty's worthless half-brother. He plays Sideshow Luke Perry, who features in a small scene where Krusty and Sideshow Luke Perry must build a balloon model. Luke Perry manages to make a 19th century carousel with just a couple of balloons. Krusty can only make a simple traditional horse, and Krusty becomes jealous and angry of his ability. In Krusty's imagination, Sideshow Luke Perry is shot from a cannon into a brick wall. Krusty's mind then shows the cover of a magazine called 'Peephole', in which Luke Perry's face has been humorously flattened, with the tagline "New look for Luke". When Krusty tries the act in real life, however, Luke is fired through a window, the Museum of Sandpaper, the Kwik-E-Mart's special sale of acid, and 'luckily' lands in a pillow factory (which is immediately demolished). He later appears in Moe's at the end, seemingly unharmed with only a small bandage on his forehead to suggest he has been hurt.
--rjcuk 20:45, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- The section was removed because it only seems to be a more detailed retelling of the events in the episode and has no real world context whatsoever. -- Scorpion0422 20:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Rex Morgan
What is the exact Rex Morgan quote, and shouldn't that be included in the Cultural references section? -- Monica

