dan castellaneta did the voice for krusty the clown.
who does the voice for krusty the clown?
dan castellaneta
in 2004, dan castellaneta won a primetime emmy award for outstanding voice-over performance in "today i am a clown", an episode that heavily features krusty. several episodes featuring krusty have been very well received. in 2007, "vanity fair" named "krusty gets kancelled" as the ninth best episode of "the simpsons". john ortved felt, "this is krusty's best episode – better than the reunion with his father, or the bar mitzvah episode, which won an emmy much later on. the incorporation of guest stars as themselves is topnotch, and we get to see the really dark side of krusty's flailing showbiz career. hollywood, television, celebrities, and fans are all beautifully skewered here." matt groening cites "krusty gets busted" as his ninth favorite episode and has said that he particularly loves castellaneta's voice work. groening claims that he has to leave the room every time castellaneta records as krusty for fear of ruining the take. "star news online" named "krusty the clown's hatred of children", kamp krusty, and krusty's line "all these rules, i feel like i'm in a strip club" as some of the four hundred reasons why they loved "the simpsons". "the observer" listed two krusty products, "krusty's non-toxic kologne" and "krusty's home pregnancy kit", as part of their list of the three hundred reasons why they loved the show.
krusty the clown
krusty's appearance and design is essentially that of homer simpson with clown makeup. groening said that "the satirical conceit that i was going for at the time was that "the simpsons" was about a kid who had no respect for his father, but worshipped a clown who looked exactly like his father", a theme which became less important as the show developed. one concept initially saw krusty being revealed as homer's secret identity but the idea was dropped for being too complex and because the writers were too busy developing the series. there are two instances of the one assuming the identity of the other. in a (non-canonical) butterfinger commercial depicting a contest for $50,000 to find out who stole bart's butterfinger, a captured homer appears to be the culprit until maggie pulls off a mask, revealing krusty. in the episode "homie the clown," homer goes to clown college and dresses up as — and is confused with — krusty. krusty was originally just a normal man wearing clown makeup, but david silverman noted that "at some point, we decided he looked [like a clown] all the time." the producers had long discussions about whether or not krusty would always remain in his clown makeup but eventually decided that it did not matter. the writers had tried showing krusty's real face a few times in early episodes, but decided that it did not look right, although his real face was seen in "krusty gets busted" and "like father, like clown." later episodes made jokes about krusty's face. in "homer's triple bypass," krusty reveals that his "grotesque appearance" is the result of multiple heart attacks. homer remarks that he seems fine, and krusty replies, "this ain't makeup." in "bart the fink," he abandons an idea to sail away with a new identity and swims towards shore, leaving a trail of yellow makeup in his wake and his natural white face underneath. on shore, he shakes off his black hair, revealing his natural green clown hair, and removes his normal-looking fake nose to reveal his natural red bulbous clown nose underneath.
krusty the clown