Episode 12: Krusty Gets Busted and the Tabloid TV Craze is Born
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Chris Prentice returns to the podcast, to discuss "Krusty Gets Busted," the penultimate episode of the first season, which aired on April 29, 1990. This classic episode is the formal introduction of Sideshow Bob, which is a fan favorite character, brilliantly brought to life by the dulcet Mid Atlantic tones of Kelsey Grammer. Both Chris and I happen to be huge fans of this fine actor, and we spend quite a bit of time singing his praises. Tracing his career from Cheers through Frasier and beyond...as he got plum roles in terrible Robert De Niro/Ed Burns movies and also got to be the Big Villain in the Transformers movie with Mark Wahlberg...in one of those anyway. Yes, this discussion is all over the place as you should very well expect...and it eventually has us talking about the tabloid TV craze of the 90s and everything that entailed. We had a lot of fun...and hopefully you will too. Dig in.
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