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| When Mr. T made that line about not managing his finances better, how serious do you think he was? |
The family learns that Santa's Little Helper conceived puppies with Dr. Hibbert's poodle. The family finds this odd as, after the last time the dog had puppies, Homer was supposed to get the dog neutered. However, Homer took pity on the dog and had it promise never to get 'busy' again, which obviously didn't work. So, Bart and Lisa go around town to give away the new batch of puppies. They give one puppy to Krusty the Klown, who takes it for a walk a short time later. He gets taken to the Jewish walk of fame, but learns to his disgust that he isn't featured on there. When he goes to get his name on there, he learns he isn't eligible because he never had his bar mitzvah.
Bart and Lisa find the ashamed clown, and get him to ask his father, the venerable Rabbi Krustofsky, why Krusty never had a bar mitzvah. The Rabbi simply reveals that by the time Krusty could have one, he had fully gone into his career as a clown and that holding a bar mitzvah for him would've shamed the family. Krusty decides to have one, anyway, and furthermore begins to openly display his beliefs on the show. This includes not doing the show on Saturdays like before, so Krusty decides on having Homer replace him on that day, under the premise that Homer will screw up so bad there's no way he could replace Krusty (there's no way that plan will backfire!). As Krusty takes his extra free time to study up for his bar mitzvah, Homer's fill-in show on Saturday is basically just him, Moe, Lenny and Carl ranting about things. The kids aren't fans of it, but most adults are and the show becomes a hit. Homer becomes a bit power-hungry, though, replacing Lenny with Barney when the former hinted at a pay raise, and Barney with Disco Stu when the former complained about the lighting. It becomes so popular, the network executives decide to simply cancel Krusty's regular show.
Krusty goes to FOX and they agree to air his bar mitzvah live. Meanwhile, Homer makes the grave mistake of listening to Lisa and uses the show to talk about important issues. Predictably, people stop watching, the ratings tank and Homer's show is quickly cancelled. At the same time, Krusty's bar mitzvah gets underway, and he gets Mr. T to help with the show. However, Krusty sees his father in the stands looking awfully disappointed in Krusty, and Krusty decides to have a normal bar mitzvah after the show.
Quick Review
This was an alright episode, nothing special. The middle act was probably the best of the three, but the others were okay as well. I didn't enjoy Mr. T's appearance as much as I thought I would, it was just him either doing the ceremony or making a joke based around his famous "I pity the fool" phrase. Still, its better than the other episode focused on Krusty's religion, which isn't saying all that much.
Final Score: 7.5
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