{"id":45352,"date":"2002-07-29T07:29:46","date_gmt":"2002-07-29T11:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=45352"},"modified":"2025-09-07T22:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T02:48:58","slug":"world-of-springfield-krusty-the-clown-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2002\/07\/world-of-springfield-krusty-the-clown-review\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Springfield: Krusty the Clown review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pros:<\/b> A boombastic, optimistic version of the Simpson's favourite clown...
\nCons:<\/b> ...which is ripe with inaccuracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Krusty:<\/b> Hey hey, kids! Who do you love?
\nAudience:<\/b> KRUSTY!!
\nKrusty:<\/b> How much do you love me?
\nAudience:<\/b> WITH ALL OUR HEARTS!
\nKrusty:<\/b> What would you do if I went off the air?
\nAudience:<\/b> WE'D KILL OURSELVES!<\/p>\n

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It seems that although The Simpsons<\/i> is one of the most popular and famous TV programmes still on air, few truly appreciate its intricate genius and all-inclusive satire which appeals to almost all audiences. As an example, reviewing the past reception of television in its introduction, it was believed that TV was a family event, something to bring families together to watch programs. However, it was soon obvious that this wasn't to be, as different sectors of the family enjoyed their own tastes in what shows the TV had to offer. The opening of The Simpsons<\/i>, which I'm sure we've all seen a zillion times and now promptly ignore, clues the viewer into its cleverness, as the entire family rushes home to watch The Simpsons<\/i> on TV together - citing the fact that unlike most programs, The Simpsons<\/i> has something for everyone and is a show that all can watch, despite the majority of its content being aimed at the adolescents to adults age group.<\/p>\n

Everyone's favourite clown Krusty<\/b> is a good example of this - despite being the nation's most loved entertainer who is enjoyed and loved by children all over, he lives a seedy life of gambling, drugs, prostitution, drinking and god-knows what else. He taunts and hurts his co-stars for audience amusement, sells shoddy merchandise, runs horrible camps, and is generally a bad egg. Though I recall watching The Simpsons<\/i> as a child and always thinking of Krusty as a good character, only noting his dire shadiness when viewing the show through adolescent eyes, in the same way that most child-fans of The Simpsons<\/i> have. However, this figure, which is a near-perfect representation of Krusty's clown self, portrays him as the kid's fantasy rather than the actual creep that he is, which is my main gripe with this near perfect figure.<\/p>\n

Krusty stands 5\" tall from his big red floppy shoes to his crazy green hair. His sculpt is near perfect, from his crazy big green clown pants and his purple shirt, to his made-up face with bright clown makeup and his white gloves, all the way to his tiny blue bow-tie. He looks dead-on to his cartoon self, if not a little too jaunty happy. He's in scale with the other World of Springfield<\/i> characters, and also lacks articulation like the others. He weighs in with the typical four joints - arms, head and waist - and none offer much poseability. But, as we've become used to with the WOS<\/i> figures, this isn't a huge gripe.<\/p>\n

The Intelli-tronic sound feature of the WOS<\/i> figures is of course included with this figure, and this figure has some of my favourite lines in the playsets. For the uninformed, this feature involves placing the character on one of the pegs in a WOS<\/i> Environment Playset, and pressing a button to hear him say lines from the show related to the playset. To date, Krusty has 17, including my favourites:<\/p>\n