YMMV / The Simpsons S 9 E 15 The Last Temptation Of Krust

• Crosses the Line Twice: The Canyonero advert is so over the top and in your face with American manliness it goes from being disturbing to hilarious. The truck causes a bus full of Boy Scouts to crash, randomly catches fire, mows down numerous deer running away from it in panic, and it rips through a burning American flag. Ironically, the types of patriotic Americans the ad is trying to cater to would probably be offended by the flag burning.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • One of Krusty's topics in his initial stand-up routine is TV dinners, which Janeane Garofalo mocks. Eighteen years later, Jerry Seinfeld actually did have this topic in his routine.
  • Jay Leno complaining about Krusty's material being dated and stale. The same criticisms have been leveled at Jay Leno, particularly during the height of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien debacle.
• Unintentional Period Piece:
  • The episode deals with Krusty's family-friendly (and rather politically-incorrect) brand of comedy no longer being considered funny in an era when "alternative" comedy was establishing itself in the mainstream. At the end of the episode, Krusty is offered a "Canyonero", a parody of SUVs at a time when these were gaining popularity.
  • One of the things that gets Krusty lambasted is putting on fake teeth and doing an offensively stereotypical Asian accent. In the episode, this is condemned as being corny and out of date, and he chooses to retire after being roasted by critics and his fellow comedians. Today, doing such a racist comedy act would be more likely to result in having Krusty's show cancelled by the network.

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