"The Last Temptation of Krust" is the 15th episode of The Simpsons'
ninth season, and first aired on February 22, 1998. Bart convinces
Krusty the Clown to appear at a comedy festival organized by Jay Leno
(pictured), but Krusty's old material does not go over well with the
audience, and he receives bad reviews. After Krusty goes on a drinking
binge, Bart and Jay Leno bathe him in the Simpsons' house, and Krusty
decides to announce his retirement. At Krusty's retirement press
conference, the audience finds his tirade against modern comedy
hysterical, and he returns to comedy with a new style where he complains
about commercialism. He later agrees to a deal with marketing executives
in return for a new "Canyonero" – a spoof on sport utility vehicles,
and markets products during his next comedy appearance. The episode ends
with an extended Canyonero sequence, with a background song sung by Hank
Williams, Jr. The writing staff initially had trouble getting Krusty's
offensive bad jokes through network censors, but convinced them this was
simply a way to emphasize his old and dated comedic material. The
episode was highlighted by USA Today in a review of the season's
episodes, and received positive reviews in The Washington Times, the
Evening Herald, and in books on The Simpsons.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Temptation_of_Krust>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
English Civil War: Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to
1,600 people during their storm and capture of the Town of Bolton.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Massacre>
1892:
Aided by a group of professors from the University of
California, Berkeley and Stanford University, preservationist John Muir
founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in San Francisco.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir>
1975:
Sixteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos,
establishing the Economic Community of West African States to promote
economic integration.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Community_of_West_African_States>
1987:
West German aviator Mathias Rust flew his Cessna 172 through
the supposedly impregnable Soviet air defense system and landed in Red
Square, Moscow.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust>
2003:
As a result of criticism of his conduct, Peter Hollingworth
resigned from his post as Governor-General of Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hollingworth>
2010:
A train derailment and collision in the Paschim Medinipur
district of West Bengal, India, caused the deaths of at least 141
passengers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnaneswari_Express_train_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
crown molding:
(finish carpentry, interior decorating) A molding at the edge of a room
between ceiling and wall.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crown_molding>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at
someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of
another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?
--Walker Percy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walker_Percy>